Chao was transported to Union Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. During the days and weeks following the tragedy, the site has been a place for students to gather, alone and in small groups, to mourn their losses and muster strength. First permanent home for Nursing Twelve years after enrolling its first students, the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is getting its first permanent home. The new building, which will be constructed on Wolfe Street directly across from Johns Hopkins Hospital, will consolidate the school, whose rented offices and classrooms are currently scattered throughout Hopkins's East Baltimore and Bayview campuses. We can't go one student more, although we're turning away extremely well-qualified students.
Classrooms are cramped.
As many as five faculty members share an office, working in shifts, says Donaldson. When the school first opened to students, in 1984, it had 28 students and 10 faculty. In addition to classrooms, offices, and wet labs, the new building will feature computer and video technology for long-distance teaching, something the school currently lacks but which is vitally needed, says Donaldson. Such technology could be used to reach nurses in geographically remote sites, or to teach nursing students, many of whom must continue to work full time while attending school. The building's architectural plan calls for a facade of red brick, to complement the exterior of the hospital, and caststone, to echo the lighter brick and limestone of the School of Medicine's buildings.