BRB to Open

After five years of construction, the Broadway Research Building opens this month with six stories of research labs, two stories of administrative offices, as well as meeting spaces and a large animal facility, or vivarium. The state-of-the-art research facility, located at the corner of Broadway and Madison, features an exterior of precast concrete and tinted glass.

First in, over the weekend of Sept. 12-14, will be School of Medicine Admissions and the Office of Research Administration. The following weekend (Sept. 19-21) is moving day for the Clinical Practice Association and the School of Medicine's five vice deans, registrar, Business Office and Office of Student Affairs and Financial Aid. (The Dean's Office will remain on the first floor of the Ross Building.) Last on the list: offices of the general counsel and hospital president. They check in Nov. 26.

Class of '07

A woman with 10 years of experience as a detective who was with the Chicago Police Department and a man who spent last year in Iraq as a fighter pilot instructor with the U.S. Air Force are among the 119 members of the School of Medicine's incoming Class of '07. Women make up 53 percent of the class. Colleges with the largest number of matriculants are JHU (10), Yale (seven), and Duke and NYU (five each). Students hail from 30 different states, topped by Maryland (17), New York (15) and California (12).

Magnetic Forces

Representatives from the American Nurses Credentialing Center's magnet recognition program will visit Hopkins Hospital Sept. 15-18. The organization awards "magnet" status to health care organizations that demonstrate the best nurses, practice, environment and outcomes for patients. These centers act as "magnets" by attracting and retaining outstanding nurses.

"Everything we have heard from our nursing colleagues at other institutions tells us that the site visit is an opportunity to showcase and celebrate the quality of our nursing practice," says nursing VP Karen Haller. The visit follows a five-volume, 1,500-page written submission that passed muster with appraisers. Hopkins should find out if it recieves the honor around the first of the year.