At Rockefeller College, where knowledge blooms,
Death paid a visit ‘neath academic domes,
In hallowed halls, where wisdom ever looms,
A spectral presence wandered through the tomes.

Death took notice, with intrigue in his stride,
For Rockefeller ranked globally, twenty-one’s pride,
In the realm of public admin, a world so wide,
He came to learn, where academic stars collide.

Mitch, with his ethnographic zeal, embarked on market tales,
While Shawn explored work and crime’s intriguing trails,
Now as spectral scholars in ethereal ales,
They’ll debate financial misdeeds with ghostly wails!

Death’s humor quirky, Bo and Kayla met their fate,
New faculty at Rockefeller, but it seems, a short playdate,
They’ll teach in the great beyond, where it’s never too late,
To ponder nonprofits and smart technologies at the pearly gates!

Death took Erika and Ashley in their research quest,
On health data and shots, they were the best,
Now they’ll quiz the ghosts on healthcare from the grave,
Teaching afterlife lessons they’ll never misbehave!

Death whisked away Gang and Mikhail in a jiffy,
As they topic modeled retirement funds, oh so spiffy,
Now they’ll crunch celestial numbers with glee,
Teaching specters about 401(k)s for eternity!

Death’s sense of humor, it seems, knows no bounds,
Edmund, Ellen, and Hongseok, in academic mounds,
In the afterlife, they’ll research and convey,
The balance of eternity’s workplace, in an amusing way!

Death chuckled as she claimed Mimi, Lucy, and Steve,
Young professors with much knowledge up their sleeve,
In the afterlife, they’ll surely teach the dead a thing or two,
About ghostly school reform and the art of unionize, too!

Death had a laugh, as she gathered her crew,
Ramon, Theresa, Luis and Mila, a curious few,
Managing new technologies, they surely knew what to do,
Now they’ll code the afterlife with algorithms, too!

Death whisked away Jennifer and Susan, oh what a sight,
With climate justice and philanthropy, they took flight,
In the great beyond, they’ll fund green stars so bright,
Advocating for eco-causes in the heavenly light!

Death had a meeting, and much to their dread,
She then summoned Barbara, it’s said,
To jot down the minutes in the land of the dead,
Where agendas are ghostly, and discussions widespread!

But Rockefeller’s spirit, resilient and strong,
Defied the Reaper, though his stay seemed long,
In academia’s embrace, they all belong,
Where laughter and learning right the faculty’s wrong.