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icing on the cake
Research II facility to be dedicated Sept.
30 in Indianapolis
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Photos
courtesy of Team Chihuly
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Some believe the real icing on the medical education cake in
Indiana is in scientific investigation.
Improving human health and providing optimum medical therapies
requires careful, collaborative and creative research. At the
IU School of Medicine, such goals are the cornerstones of the
Research II facility, which will be dedicated Tuesday, Sept.
30, at 3 p.m. in the nearby atrium of the Van Nuys Medical Science
Building on the Indianapolis campus.
The dedication will mark the start of a new era of investment
in and expansion of research at IUSM.
The glass-and-brick design of Research II blends with existing
architecture of the surrounding Ruth Lilly Medical Library,
IU Hospital, Indiana Cancer Research Institute, Riley Hospital
for Children, Wishard Memorial Hospital and the Van Nuys Building.
Housed at Research II are the Stark Neurosciences Research Institute,
Walther Oncology Center, Indiana Center of Excellence in Biomedical
Imaging and the Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy.
Nearly half of the 128,215-square-foot building is dedicated
to laboratory space and supporting scientific areas. Construction
of the facility was made possible by a $16 million gift from
Dr. Paul and Carole Stark to establish the Stark Institute;
Clarian Health Partners contributed $10 million, and the Riley
Children’s Foundation also donated $2 million.
Also at the dedication, the unveiling of a representational
art piece depicting the double-helical structure of the DNA
(deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule, is scheduled to take place.
Fifty years ago, IU alumnus James Watson and colleague Frances
Crick discovered the DNA molecule, for which they later received
the Nobel Prize. The luminous DNA representation, designed by
internationally acclaimed artist Dale Chihuly, depicts the double
helical structure and contains more than 1,000 colorful orbs
of glass, representing the components of heredity and genetic
instructions for growth, development and replication in all
living organisms.
The unveiling of the work of art is in conjunction with the
dedication of the Research II facility.
Dale Chihuly’s DNA Tower
(photo above top), which is being installed in the atrium of
the Van Nuys Medical Science Building on the Indianapolis campus,
will be a focal point for the dedication of the Research II
facility Sept. 30 (the dedication is being held in the Van Nuys
Building to accommodate a larger audience). Earlier this summer,
a member of Team Chihuly in Seattle worked on a model of the
glass sculpture (center and bottom photos) and glassblowers
were busy at the nearby Lake Union hot shop crafting the art
glass globes that will number nearly 1,000 on the final sculpture.
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Publication Date: September 19, 2003 + Comments: homepgs@indiana.edu
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