Editor's Note ----------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the first issue featuring a redesign of "The Gazette," the university's weekly newspaper. We have changed our look to create a more contemporary and readable publication, showcasing our commitment to provide our readers with excellence in writing, photography and graphics. "The Gazette" has come a long way since it was first published in September 1971. At that time, the mission was simply to serve as a repository for official university information the administration wanted "on the record." No original reporting was expected or required. Today, a small staff, supported by news writers in public information offices across the university--as well as free-lance writers, photographers and designers--bring their talents to the paper as we pursue our primary mission: to keep the faculty, staff and students of the far-flung Hopkins community informed about the university. But beyond simply reporting on the university, our goal each week is to give our readers a glimpse behind the Hopkins newsmakers, policies, research and scholarship in an effort to humanize the work--and the workplace--at each of the university's eight schools and the Applied Physics Laboratory. We strive to tell the stories we hope are most interesting and engaging to our diverse readership. We hope you enjoy this and subsequent issues of "The Gazette." Next week begins our summer biweekly publication schedule. Weekly editions resume Sept. 5.