TOOLS FOR PROGRESS. A line of shovels (left photo) with the Tulane University logo awaits an important groundbreaking — for a $63 million project at the Tulane National Primate Research Center in Covington, La. Announcing the new biosafety facilities for infectious disease research (center photo) is Andrew Lackner, director of the primate center, while a group of dignitaries (right photo) listens to Paul Whelton, former senior vice president for health sciences at Tulane. (Photos by Virginia Horner)