The Jill Roberts Institute hosted the Inaugural Society for Mucosal Immunology Symposium for Local Chapter NYC, organized by Drs. Iliyan Iliev and Gregory Sonnenberg. The symposium was sponsored by the Society for Mucosal Immunology. The event was filled to capacity and attendees listened to presentations from junior scientists, representing local New York City institutions working in Mucosal Immunology, including Columbia University, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, The Rockefeller University, Rutgers University, the Skirball Institute at New York University, and Weill Cornell Medicine. Drs. Iliev and Sonnenberg were pleased to include Keynote Speakers Dr. Miriam Merad from Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai and Dr. Dan Littman from the Skirball Institute at New York University on the event program to round out the strong presentations. It provided a valuable opportunity to the junior scientists to present their research and to speak to a large audience. Most importantly, it provided an invaluable opportunity to develop connections and future fruitful collaborations among NYC-based institutions to further advance scientific discovery in the field of mucosal immunology. We are grateful for the financial support of the Society for Mucosal Immunology, The Office of the Dean at WCM and the JRI.