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HWI Collaborations Hauptman Woodward is a small institution, and can prosper only by developing interactions with others. This need for interactions is one of the reasons why our location on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus is so beneficial. One’s first impulse is to think about interactions as scientific – joint research projects with Roswell Park for example. But administrative and functional interactions are equally important. The past year has brought many new and useful joint projects. Roswell Park has put out a helping hand to the HWI in a number of ways. A critical example involves visas. The "J" exchange visitor program is designed to promote the interchange of persons, knowledge, and skills in the fields of education, arts, and sciences. Participants include students at all academic levels, including post-doctoral fellows. It is clear why HWI might wish to host such visitors. However, the J program has instituted a requirement that a host institution must have a minimum cohort of J visitors in order to remain certified. Because of its small size, the HWI lost its certification and was no longer able to host J visitors. Fortunately, we have nearly completed negotiations with RPCI to be placed under their J- program umbrella, and we will be able to host such visitors again very soon. Another RPCI interaction provides convenience and cost savings to HWI scientists for certain products used extensively in molecular biology. The Invitrogen Company establishes supply centers at larger institutions where the more commonly used products are stored in a freezer, which can be raided whenever a lab needs the product involved. RPCI has granted our investigators access to the Invitrogen freezer – a big help. Besides the physical location we know as the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, there is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation by the same name formed by the sister institutions on the campus. This organization is deeply involved in master planning activities for the area and in providing services that address quality of life issues on the campus. Many of you are familiar with Beakers and Beer, a monthly social the BMNC sponsors. But did you know that our parking, except for the 14 spots we have on our lot, is provided through the campus? In the next month, a large streetscape project, sponsored by the campus, will go out to bid. This will improve the length of Ellicott Street, from Goodell to North, and establish a linear park on the east side of the street along much of that length. Another project in the planning stage is the opening of the Allen St. subway station so that Allen St. can be extended through to Ellicott St. and make a natural connection between the campus and the Allentown area. The campus is also involved in promoting collaboration between institutions by providing those mundane services which are nonetheless required to insure that the campus remains vibrant, i.e., safety, landscaping, maintenance and snow removal.
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