Research building on fast track
Under a large white tent on a sweltering June day, ground was broken for construction on the East Baltimore campus of a 10-story, $140 million research building that's a concrete-and-brick metaphor for today's biomedical science.
   The building, housing the McKusick-Nathans Institute for Genetic Medicine, other School of Medicine laboratories and a state-of-the-art mouse facility, becomes part of a recent approximately $324 million investment in research infrastructure on the medical campus. It's slated to open early in 2004.
   The building's early stages, including design approval, have moved with unprecedented speed, reflecting Hopkins' determination to respond quickly as the scientific spotlight shifts to new areas of medical research and the NIH doubles its research budget. Full story...

Former Blue Jay named coach of men's lacrosse team
Dave Pietramala, a 1990 Johns Hopkins graduate and for the last three years the head men's lacrosse coach at Cornell, has been named the head coach of the men's lacrosse team at Hopkins. The announcement was made June 12 by Tom Calder, director of athletics.
   Pietramala, who becomes the 22nd coach in the 117-year history (112 seasons) of the Hopkins lacrosse program, takes over for John Haus, who resigned the previous week after two years.
   "When the position became available, we immediately set our sights on Dave and could not be happier that he wants to return to Homewood," Calder said. "We are looking forward to him getting started and moving the program forward." Full story...

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