August 11, 2000

4 Professors Leave U. of Washington to Join New Institute of Biotechnology; Indiana U.'s Top Choice Turns Down Offer to Direct Black Film Center

By LILA GUTERMAN and SCOTT HELLER

All involved are delicately dancing around the phrase "brain drain" after four professors announced that they were leaving the University of Washington to join a former colleague at a new, private scientific institute.

When the noted biologist Leroy Hood started the Institute for Systems Biology last winter, Richard L. McCormick, the university's president, said he had few concerns about other faculty members' leaving. "I hope there will be University of Washington faculty involved in