Baltimore Business Journal articles from May 2001

Baltimore Business Journal archives from May 2001

Getting out.(University of Maryland, Baltimore County's incubation program)
May 4, 2001... Regional incubators graduate few Paul Silber admits his company, In Vitro Technologies Inc., is among a select group of Greater Baltimore technology companies. Not only has his biotech company been profitable since 1995, but it is also...

Hyatt's city plan in doubt.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, the anticipated operator of Peter Angelos' planned convention headquarters hotel, may not expand in Baltimore after all: The Chicago-based company (www.hyatt.com) -- once eager to open a hotel on the Orioles owner's...

Carroll County General to expand.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 4, 2001... Carroll County General Hospital will spend at least $35 million to upgrade its emergency medicine, inpatient and outpatient services just to keep pace with one of Maryland's fastest-growing counties. David Horn, vice president of marketing...

Piper Marbury eyes California.(San Francisco merger)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Baltimore-based law firm Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe is considering merging with San Francisco-based McCutchen Doyle Brown & Enersen to better compete for some of the country's largest clients. If the merger goes through, the combined firm...

Online publication closes down.(LocalBusiness.com)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... LocalBusiness.com, an online business publication started by Edwin Warfield IV, former owner of The Daily Record, has shut down. The site's entire editorial staff was dismissed April 27, said Bill Lane, a former editor with the site. Fort...

UM business school gets high ranking.(University of Maryland)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... University of Maryland's business school may be finally getting the national attention it's been craving. A new survey by the Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive Business School, ranks the Robert H. Smith School of Business No. 13 overall...

Constellation earnings rise.(Constellation Energy Group Inc. )(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 4, 2001... Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group Inc. reported that its earnings for the quarter ended March 31 were $111.8 million, or 74 cents per share, compared with $72.1 million, or 48 cents per share, a year earlier. After removing the effects...

Corrections.
May 4, 2001... * In the List of Largest commercial printers in the Baltimore Area, [Vol. 18, April 27-May 3, Page 17], GraphTec Inc., ranked No. 9, should not have appeared on the List. The company is a division of Consolidated Graphics, which was No.1 on the...

More Baltimore b-ball.(professional basketball)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... It appears professional basketball is headed back to Baltimore. But don't go betting the farm on it just yet. A local ownership group of three individuals is expected to agree to a deal to own and operate a new International Basketball...

UMB loses Boughman.(University of Maryland (Baltimore), Joann A. Boughman)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... The University of Maryland, Baltimore's loss is the American Society of Human Genetics' gain. Joann A. Boughman, the university's vice president for academic affairs and graduate school dean, announced this week that she is leaving the...

Billick, the author.(Brian Billick's book)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... For you high-ranking executives who are having a hard time whipping your subordinates into shape, Baltimore Ravens coach Brian Billick may be able to help you out. In his second book, "Competitive Leadership: Twelve Principles for...

Gainers & Losers.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Maybe the mayor should have skipped law school and tried UM's business school instead. Mayor Martin O'Malley The mayor is caving into one city union pressure. It's time to cut the fat, not raise taxes. Taxes We hope not. ...

Galli leads B&D exiles from tools to rubber.(Joseph Galli Jr., Black & Decker, Newell Rubbermaid Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Seven former executives with Black & Decker Corp. like to follow the leader when it comes to their careers. Their paths most recently have led them to Illinois to help run one of the largest manufacturing firms in the world with their old...

Allfirst funds target religious investors.(Ark Social Issues Portfolios will not invest in companies that make money from abortion or contraception)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Allfirst Bank's new line of socially conscious mutual funds are not your typical social funds. The Ark Social Issues Portfolios will not invest in companies that make money from abortion or contraception. That's unusual even among socially...

Mfume not on the board.(Kweisi Mfume)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... When eChapman.com Inc. shareholders vote to elect directors at their annual meeting June 18, they won't be voting for Kweisi Mfume, president and chief executive officer for the NAACP. Mfume, a former Congressman from Maryland, was supposed...

Picking up deposits.(BankAnnapolis)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... BankAnnapolis (www.bankannapolis.com) announced that it has gotten permission from the state to start offering deposit pick-up from its commercial clients. BankAnnapolis Chief Executive Officer Mark Anders said the bank was going to use a...

Survey: 20 percent of nurses may leave field.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 4, 2001... Frustrated with stressful nurse-to-patient ratios, about 20 percent of nurses nationwide are considering leaving the profession within the next five years, according to a survey by the Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals...

UMBI gets some relief.(University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute gets more funding)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... The cash-strapped University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute has more financial relief coming its way -- but not much more. As part of its fiscal year 2002 budget, the University System of Maryland -- the governing body for the state's...

MdBio funds Cyto Pulse.(Cyto Pulse Sciences Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 4, 2001... Searching for money to help grow its business, Linthicum-based Cyto Pulse Sciences Inc. found a $22,500 investment from MdBio Inc., a Frederick nonprofit that tracks the state's biotech industry. The small investment is one of two MdBio...

Vapotherm Inc.(contract with Martab Medical)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Vapotherm Inc., an Annapolis medical device manufacturer, has signed an agreement with Martab Medical, a Lincoln Park, N.J., company, to market and distribute its respiratory therapy products to hospitals.

Sinclair sues Nielsen, saving it was overbilled.(Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., Nielsen Media Research Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... A subsidiary of Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. is suing television ratings giant Nielsen Media Research Inc., claiming Nielsen repeatedly tried to bill the broadcaster for inaccurate research. Nielsen was supposed to...

Radio One goes to bonds.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 4, 2001... After issuing a round of convertible securities last year, Radio One Inc. is now looking to tap the bond market as a source of capital. The company has announced plans to sell $300 million of subordinated debt with a 10-year term. Proceeds...

The Pomerantz Agency.(contract with Terminal Corp.)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... * The Pomerantz Agency, an Annapolis marketing firm, announced it was hired by The Terminal Corp. to rebrand the 108-year-old warehousing and logistics company. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed. Pomerantz...

Blakeslee Group.(gets marketing contract from Homestead Resort)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... * Blakeslee Group, a Baltimore marketing agency, was hired as agency of record by Homestead Resort of Midway, Utah. Billings were not disclosed. Blakeslee (www.blakesleeadv.com) will handle duties for the new client out of its West...

Genesis Publishing.(management issues)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... * Genesis Publishing, (www.genesispublishing.com) a Hunt Valley company announced it was relocating to an office in Towson and changing its name to Genesis Publishing & Advertising. The company, which recently took on agency of record status...

City not center of tech life.(Baltimore, Maryland government and U.S. Department of Labor, research on Baltimore technology industry)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 4, 2001... As much as Baltimore City likes to promote itself as the epicenter of the region's technology community, some employment data just doesn't support that claim According to a recent work force study conducted by the Baltimore County Office...

Cisco, Mentor team up.(Cisco Systems Inc. contracts Mentor Technologies)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... San Jose, Calif.-based Cisco Systems Inc., the developer of Internet networking systems, has purchased distance training and testing technology created by Annapolis Junctionbased Mentor Technologies that will be used to evaluate more than...

Biotechs feel downturn's wrath.(biotechnology industry outlook)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Unlike IT firms, cash reserves could help them survive While dot-coms crash and burn and the telecom industry crumbles, biotech is displaying better staying power and long-term sustainability than its sibling sectors. But it won't...

Stock Snapshot: RWD Technologies Inc.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 4, 2001... NASDAQ: RWDT Columbia-based RWD Technologies, a business software development and information technology consulting firm, hit a new 52-week low April 17 when its stock closed at $2.35 a share. Like so many other technology stocks on...

BBJ Tech 25: A glance at Greater Baltimore's leading public technology companies.(securities prices)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 4, 2001... BBJ Tech 25: A glance at Greater Baltimore's leading public technology companies This Last Week's Week's...

Venture Corner.(multiple financing deals)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... A weekly look at business funding deals in the Mid-Atlantic region. * Computer training software maker GlobalLearningSystems announced April 30 it closed a follow-on round of funding, securing $10 million. New York-based private equity firm...

Financing game.(real estate developers getting finance)
May 4, 2001... Developers find investors wary of even the hottest deals Trammell Crow is the second real estate company in less than a year that has tried to jump-start development of a planned luxury office tower at Pratt and Gay streets. Despite...

Ailing Burger King location might he razed.(Baltimore area Burger King franchises)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Two of the four Baltimore City Burger Kings remaining from fast food entrepreneur La-Van Hawkins' failed franchise deal with the chain could see the wrecking ball. The temporary operator of the stores said they are in terrible condition,...

Retailers still search for space.(online, retail companies fight for space)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 4, 2001... While retailing isn't taking a beating like the office market, development is slowing and sales are in a downturn. Yet the smiles on the faces of retailers and their brokers are still there -- albeit a bit more tentative. Consumer...

Female lawyers still perceive obstacles.(in seeking employment and entering law schools)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 4, 2001... The enrollment of women in top law schools has been on the rise, and is expected to actually exceed that of men in 2001. In 2000, women's enrollment reached about 50 percent, up from 1985's 40 percent. But only 15.6 percent of law partners in...

Struever taking on 3rd Locust Point property.(Sruever Brothers Eccles and Rouse Inc. leases property)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 4, 2001... Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse Inc., a Baltimore development company, has signed a long-term ground lease for a third property in Locust Point. Carl W. "Bill" Struever, chief executive officer of Struever Bros., recently confirmed the deal...

Schulweis goes residential.(Harvey Schulweis)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Harvey Schulweis, a local developer who has talked for five years about building a hotel at 300 E. Pratt St., is changing his game plan. The businessman, who is chief executive officer of Baltimore-based apartment complex owner Town &...

COPT to form new group.(Corporate Office Properties Trust, Corporate Office Services L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Corporate Office Properties Trust, a Columbia-based real estate investment trust, is forming a new group to provide land planning, design/build services and consulting to third-party companies throughout the country. The new group, called...

Consolidated Equities Corp.(plans apartment complex, Baltimore County, MD)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... * Consolidated Equities Corp., a Lutherville-based developer, broke ground this week on Dulaney Crescent, a 264-unit apartment complex in the Towson section of Baltimore County. The project -- just west of Fairmount Avenue -- is considered...

Maryland Art Place.(moves location)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... * Maryland Art Place is the latest addition to Power Plant Live, the Cordish Co. redevelopment off Market Place in downtown Baltimore. The nonprofit organization -- aimed at raising the profile of the region's artists -- recently moved from...

Office dumping trend hitting state's market.(Maryland's real-estate market)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... TPN Register is vacating its King Farm headquarters in Rockville and may join a growing number of companies dumping office space on the real estate market. The Rockville-based online procurement firm has laid off half its 140-person work...

Local REIT leasing stays brisk.(Corporate Office Properties Trust)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 4, 2001... Although some developers are having a hard time landing tenants, Corporate Office Properties Trust is bucking that trend. The Columbia-based real estate investment trust, which specializes in office development, has signed another big name...

Richard T. Burns.(principal at Design Collective shares views on Baltimore's West Side)(Interview)
May 4, 2001... Design Collective Richard T. Burns, a principal with Design Collective, a Baltimore architecture, planning and interiors firm, knows more about the west side than most in his field. About a year ago, the Baltimore Development Corp., hired...

Buildings cleaning up after janitors strike.(My Cleaning Service Inc. employees strike)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... When janitors at two downtown office buildings walked off their jobs for two days last week, local building managers found themselves and their tenants in the middle of a labor dispute. Only the employees weren't their own. The picketing...

Md. to be test market for modular buildings.(Workstage moves into Maryland market)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... A company well known for office furnishings has ventured into designing entire office buildings and plans to build one of its first in Gaithersburg. Steelcase Inc. has teamed with Gale & Wentworth, a real estate developer based in Florham,...

Largest caterers in the Baltimore area.(Directory)
May 4, 2001... Largest caterers in the Baltimore area (Ranked by total sales in 2000) Rank/ Name Total sales: last Address ...

Largest travel agencies in the Baltimore area.(Directory)
May 4, 2001... Largest travel agencies in the Baltimore area (Ranked by total gross sales from Baltimore-area offices in 2000) Rank/ Name Local sales last Address ...

People.(multiple company appointments)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... The People section publicizes management-level hirings and promotions of area businesspeople. We also publicize elections to nonprofit and charitable organizations. We do not run professional certifications or designations. Send announcements...

Taking Stock.
May 4, 2001... The BBJ Index [*] of 88 stocks closed at 1261.12 on May 2, 2001. Weekly Gainers & Losers Price Corporation 5/2/01 % Change 1. W.R. Grace & Co....

Carnegie International Corp.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... 11350 McCormick Road, Suite 1001 / Hunt Valley, 21031/ (410) 785-7400 / www.carnegieint.com Corporate profile The past few years have been filled with more downs than ups for Carnegie International Corp. The company, which is a...

Honoring the entrepreneurial spirit.(Small Business Administration, exemplary business owners)
May 4, 2001... SBA applauds small businesses and the supporters who fueled their growth Editor's note: Each year the US. Small Business Administration (www.sba.gov) holds up for the small business community a selection of exemplary business owners, who...

Put a stop to bad traits.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... "Why does this keep happening to me?" That might be the toughest career question you ask yourself. Take the case of the company president who can't understand why his senior level managers don't take initiative. "They wait for me to bring...

Turning around Gr8.(layoffs)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... During the good times, technology firms set out to prove that they were different from the rest of corporate America. The employee counted. He wasn't just a number who was expected to wear a shirt and tie and sit in a staid cubicle all day....

O'Malley's marching to a different beat with taxes.(Mayor Martin O'Malley )(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 4, 2001... Mayor Martin O'Malley can relate. He sat on the City Council for eight years while Mayor Kurt Schmoke scratched for money. He even went so far as to kill the very same energy tax on nonprofits that he now wants to impose. The year was...

CareFirst nears merger deal.(with WellPoint Health Networks Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Sources: Jews may lead East Coast division of California insurer CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Maryland's largest health care insurance company, appears close to merging with WellPoint Health Networks Inc., a California company that runs...

Aether VC halts tech investing.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 11, 2001... Reeling from an unforgiving stock market that wiped out nearly half the value of its investment portfolio, Aether Systems Inc. has shut the door on venture capital investing for the foreseeable future. Over the past two years, Owings...

Future bets.(thoroughbred horse racing industry in the Mid-Atlantic region is being transformed by slots gambling)
May 11, 2001... Md. loses business to horse race rivals A busty brunette, about 40 feet tall, gives commuters on the nearby Jones Falls Expressway a sexy stare. The billboard princess is Stacy from television's "Baywatch Hawaii," and she's hawking Charles...

I.C. Isaacs faces delisting.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 11, 2001... Nasdaq staff has recommended that I.C. Isaacs & Co. Inc., a Baltimore designer and marketer of branded sportswear, be delisted because it fails to meet requirements for public float and stock price, the company announced. Isaacs has asked...

Legg Mason's earnings fall 27 percent.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 11, 2001... Legg Mason Inc. announced that fourth quarter earnings per diluted share fell 27 percent because of declining brokerage and investment banking revenues. Legg Mason reported net income of $37.3 million for the fiscal fourth quarter ended March...

Aether Systems reports big losses.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 11, 2001... Owings Mills-based Aether Systems Inc., a wireless technology firm, reported significant losses on record revenue. The company reported a net loss of $1.2 billion, or $29.67 a share, for the first quarter ended March 31, compared to a net loss...

Troubled W.R. Grace secures funds.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 11, 2001... W.R. Grace & Co., currently in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection, has received approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for a $250 million debtor-in-possession loan from Bank of America, N.A. Grace plans to use the funding to support operations....

Net income down at RailWorks.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 11, 2001... RailWorks, a Baltimore-based transportation infrastructure company, reported net income of $11.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, compared to a net income of $11.7 million for the same period last year. The company also reported revenues...

Lord Baltimore sold.(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... The Hilton Baltimore and Towers hotel is being sold, again. Just four years after a joint venture of Prudential Real Estate Investors and Davidson Hotel Company bought it, the former Lord Baltimore Hotel will change ownership. Joseph...

Time running out.(first round of cuts in Maryland State Comptroller's Office ad account competition)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... The field is getting smaller in the race for the state's $1 million tax amnesty program advertising account. The State Comptroller's Office will cut a number of agencies from the field of competitors who submitted proposals for the account...

Chilly venture.(Maggie Moo's Ice Cream and Treatery)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... A venture capital firm has acquired a controlling interest in Maggie Moo's Ice Cream and Treatery, and it's planning aggressive growth for the Columbia-based chain (www.maggiemoos.com). The recently formed Olsten Venture Partners is a...

Gainers & Lossers.(includes multiple business reports)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... What can we say? It was a bad week for Baltimore business. * David Oros His Aether Systems reports a $1.2 billion loss in its first quarter. And, yes, that's billion with a 'b.' * Verizon Forget to collect taxes from your customers? No...

Traffic woes frustrate downtown businesses.(in Baltimore)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Christopher L. Schein, a senior associate with Baltimore architectural firm Hord Coplan Macht, has a 45-minute commute to work each morning from his Annapolis home. But a third of that time is spent creeping from Camden Yards to his office...

BWI's $2.8M advertising account wide open.(Baltimore-Washington International Airport )(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... The $2.8 million advertising account for the rapidly growing Baltimore-Washington International Airport is up for grabs, and incumbent Eisner Communications Inc. is not in the fray. The Maryland Aviation Administration could select a new...

Saul Ewing forms HR business.(Workplace Initiatives by Saul Ewing human resources consultancy)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Saul Ewing LLC, a Philadelphia law firm with a 60-attorney office on South Charles Street, is hoping to boost revenues with new Baltimore-based human resources consulting division. The new entity, called Workplace Initiatives by Saul Ewing,...

Chinese port considers Baltimore for hub.(Xiamen, China)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... A. Chinese port city plans to consolidate its East Coast shipping business at one hub, and Baltimore is on the city's final list. Port of Baltimore officials and area shipping business leaders will get to make their pitch May 15, when...

SBA loan fraud puts man in jail.(David W. Shineman found guilty of defrauding The Money Store Investment Corp.)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... A federal judge sentenced a local businessman to more than a year in prison for lying on an application for a $260,000 loan from The Money Store Investment Corp. David W. Shineman, owner of Annapolis-based Commercial Realty Exchange Ltd.,...

Leapley shuts down Baltimore division.(Leapley Construction)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Leapley Construction, an Atlanta-based, woman-owned general contracting company, has closed its Baltimore operation. The office at 1240 Key Highway in South Baltimore shut down about three weeks ago, said previous employees who asked not to...

Chase enters market.(construction company D.F.Chase opens Calverton, MD, office)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... D.F. Chase Inc., a Tennessee-based general contractor, has opened a new office in Calverton. The move represents the company's foray into the Baltimore region, said David Chase, who is handling business development for D.F. Chase...

Belvedere plans intact.(developers plan to revitalize Belvedere Square shopping center in North Baltimore)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Three local developers are pushing ahead with plans to revitalize Belvedere Square, a struggling North Baltimore shopping center. Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse Inc., Manekin Corp. (www.manekin.com) and Hawkins Development continue to work...

Cross Keys losing tenant.(Pendleton is closing)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Pendleton, a men's and women's clothing store at the Village of Cross Keys, is planning to close by the end of the month. The retailer (www.pendleton-usa.com) will be the third to pull out of the north Baltimore shopping center off Falls...

Rumsey, Snowden sold.(Nottingham Properties sells to R.S. Columbia Holding L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Nottingham Properties, a Towson developer, recently sold some of its Columbia properties to R.S. Columbia Holding LLC, a private investment group out of New York. The deal included Rumsey Center and Snowden Center -- two one-story flex...

Commercial loans still flowing, bankers say.(in the Baltimore region)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Although large super regional banks may be tightening their lending standards in light of the economic slowdown, executives from Baltimore-based banks say they haven't had to pull back on commercial lending. Even Mercantile Bankshares...

VC investing slows.(venture capital investments in the Mid-Atlantic region)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 11, 2001... Venture capital investments in the Mid-Atlantic region slowed down for the second consecutive quarter, according to statistics released last week by the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (www.mava.org) and Venture Economics, a venture capital...

NCO Portfolio Management Inc.(1st-quarter earnings)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... NCO Portfolia Management Inc., the company that bailed Baltimore-based Creditrust Corp. out of bankruptcy protection, reported net income of $2.9 million, or 27 cents per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2001 on revenue of $12.6 million....

Carrollton Bancorp.(1st-quarter earnings)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Despite recognizing a $254,000 loss on the sale of $34 million in residential mortgage loans, Carroilton Bancorp (www.carrolltonbank.com) announced earnings of $505,000, or 19 cents per share, for the first quarter of the year, a 19 percent...

New incubator plans to lure biotechs to state.(MdBio Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... The folks at MdBio Inc. believe they may have figured out a way to bring more bioscience companies to Maryland. Establish an incubator. Not just any incubator, though. The proposed incubator would house the U.S. operations of foreign...

Howard to the rescue.(Howard Community College offers scholarship program for nursing students)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Six Maryland hospitals are turning to Howard Community College (www.howardcc.edu) for help with their respective nursing shortages. Earlier this week, the hospitals -- five of which are Greater Baltimore hospitals -- announced a scholarship...

Fund seeks $100M.(Emerging Technology Partners seesk to start second biotechnology venture capital fund)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Emerging Technology Partners in Rockville has launched its second fund, in which the venture capital biotech firm hopes to raise $100 million. But Emerging Technology founder and partner Wei-Wu He said the market downturn has made it...

Institute of Human Virology.(to work with Harvard's School of Public Health in fight against AIDS in Nigeria)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... The Baltimore-based Institute of Human Virology has joined Harvard's School of Public Health in the fight against AIDS in Nigeria. The institute, a division of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, will work with Harvard and...