CUNY Laboratory I Dedicated B Local Scientists Prominent chemists, biochemists, biolo- gists, and physicists gathered at Hunter this month to hear Dr. Mildred Cohn ('31) of the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia and Dr. Edwin D. Becker of the National In- stitute of Health discuss nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy-a rapidly grow- ing scientific technique that enables scien- tists across the disciplines to analyze the structure and dynamics of molecules. Dr. Cohn's and Dr. Becker's lectures were part of an afternoon program to dedicate CUNY's new nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, a high-poweredinstrume that is housed in a temperature-controllt room in Hunter's North Building. The sp trometer, worth approximately $400,00C wasacquired by a consortium of CUNY Attending the subway opening were, from left to right: David L. Gunn, NYC Transit Authori- ulty whose proposal was funded in part ty President; Brian Sterman, Urban Mass Transit Administration; City Councilman Bob the National Science Foundation. Dryfoos; MTA Board mc mber Ron ay Menscl iel; Presidcsnt Shalalir; and Assc Mark Three CUNY colleges-Queens, City Alan Siegel. and Staten Island-have their own spec trometers, but all are less powerful than 1 I- II CUNY instrument at Hunter, which cont;,, ,, Subway Sta r Revita a superconducting magnet with a magnetic field of 94 kilogauss-a characteristic that The newly renovated 68th Street-t the mezzanine's Drlgnr opt makes possible complex analyses of a Co llege subvvay station, where st1 dents anc 1 An additional passageway leads directly molecule's composition and capabilities>. ott-ler commilters catch either the uptown or from the B1 level of Hunter West intothe sta- The uses of the instrument are extens1i ve, d olwntown IR T No. 6 train, was deidicated tion's mezzanine. The old tunnel connecting according to Dr. Michelle Broido, assistslnt nr- during a mid-morning ceremony ha'.'I IGIU In,+,ail, thestation with Hunter's North Building has professor of chemistry at Hunter. With it, UI - month on the subway's mezzaninle level be- also been restored. The widened stairway ganic chemists are gaining valuable striJC- low the plaza of Hunter'sWest BuiIding. linking the station's mezzanine to the street- tural information about small organic Ulrich Franzen & Associates-t he archi- level plaza outside Hunter's West Building molecules, and biochemists are learnin! tects who planned Hunter's new 17-story includes a large tree that rises from i~n open, how drug1s bind to nucleic acids. towers-designed the station to flow logical- subterranean garden. Biologists and physicians conducting ly underground from the College's new pla- The station's renovation was spon!sored cancer re!search are using NMR technic

hn AAnn+ 1 tn rl;un.... zas on the downtown corners of 68th Street by Hunter College under tl IG~~UU~L-P?- rv ~lll~l~litiatebetween cancerous and I IUI I- and Lexington Avenue. Thus, the station's Station program of the Metropolitan'Transit cancerous cells, and industris11 chemist: ; are stairways and walls are constructed with Authority. A large part of the funding came studying the characteristics 01 f such nati~ral .. . pink granite to match the plazas. The sta- from the Urban MassTransportation Admln- resources as oil and coal. tion's aluminum graphics and railings also istration of the U.S. Department of Transpor- continue the themes of the new towers. tation. The balance was raised by Hunter The station's enlarged mezzanine, com- from other institutions served by the subway r IS publishecI by Hunter C ollege of the I -6 kt,.,.. ",..,, ; - ..,.1L. *h^ A,. . posed of gray and red ceramic tile, contains and from generous business and residential AssoclatlcIn of Hunter I a waiting area where passengers can sit neighbors. The contributors include New and view the track below through a glass York Hospital and Cornell University Medi- Editor Design and Layout panel before descending to the track level. cal College, Memorial Sloan-KetteringCan- Renee Crteange Harold Jz iffe The waiting area is spacious and in full view cer Center, The Rockefeller University, and ' 1984 by Hunter College of the C~tyUnlverslty of New of the token booth. An aluminum ceiling and Marymount Manhattan College. York Printed In the US A brushed aluminum gates and posts add to 4