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King’s Lessons Are Not Past, but Present |
| By Valerie Lambros |
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Dr. Michael Eric Dyson gives the keynote lecture at NIH’s annual King celebration. |
More than 40 years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the country has surely come a long way. However, as the keynote speaker of the NIH presentation to observe the civil rights leader’s birthday pointed out, there is much work to be done.
The NIH event celebrating King’s life and work was kicked off by a performance by musicians from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and headlined by author and sociologist Dr. Michael Eric Dyson.
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‘Decommissioned’ Bldg. 3 Gets Ready to Shine Again |
| By Valerie Lambros |
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Facelifts aren’t common treatments at NIH. Unless you’re talking about buildings.
Bldg. 3, a structure in what NIH considers one of its two historic districts, is not only getting some cosmetic updates to its exterior, but also a full interior overhaul. Once used as laboratory
space, the building will soon be re-tasked as administrative offices. But making the building
ready for this shift in purpose hasn’t come without challenges.
“A building with so much rich architectural character, you can’t tear it down, although that would be much easier,” said Dexroy Chisim, an architect in ORF’s Capital Projects Branch who will manage design and construction phases of the renovation. “So we have to modernize the building’s interior and restore the exterior with the exact same features [it used to have].”
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