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• UW Biologist Has Eye on the Prize Dec. 5, 1997 Molecular biologist Georg Halder was named this week (Dec. 4) as one of four Pharmacia Biotech & Science Prize winners for 1997. Halder was recognized for an achievement that was as shocking as it was controversial.
• Volleyball Team Opens Tournament Play, Hosts Opening Rounds Dec. 4, 1997 The Badgers open NCAA tournament play this weekend playing host to first and second-round matches in the Field House.
• Learning From Cultural Elders Dec. 2, 1997 Among their other responsibilities, teachers act as keepers -- 'elders' -- of their culture. This is an important concept to Sherone Price, UW-Madison's first Bascom-Henry Visiting Professor of Dance.
• UW-Madison Student Diagnosed With Bacterial Meningitis Dec. 2, 1997 A 19-year-old female student at UW-Madison, presumed to have bacterial meningitis, is in critical condition Tuesday at University Hospital and Clinics. Health officials say the isolated case poses no larger public health concern.
• Fennema Elected To National Academy of Education Dec. 2, 1997 UW-Madison Professor Elizabeth Fennema has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Education.
• UW Chemist Wins American Physical Society Prize Dec. 2, 1997 F. Fleming Crim, chair of the chemistry department, has won an award from the American Physical Society for his studies of chemical reactions at the molecular level.
• Compound Accelerates Fruit Ripening, Slows Softening After Harvest Nov. 26, 1997
• Compound Accelerates Fruit Ripening, Slows Softening After Harvest Nov. 21, 1997
• Scientists Get the Facts on Folic Acid in Red Beets Nov. 21, 1997 Scientists at UW-Madison have found that the amount of folic acid in beets can be increased through breeding, and that beets harvested later in the growing season contain the highest amount of the nutrient.
• WebZ Dials up 13 Libraries, No Waiting Nov. 21, 1997 The CIC Virtual catalog and its mammoth collection of 55 million volumes from the libraries of 13 research universities is now accessible through UW Libraries' WebZ interface.
• Science Videojournalist To Spend Week on Campus Nov. 21, 1997 Jane Ellen Stevens, a science journalist with New York Times Television, has been named a 1997 Science Writer in Residence by UW-Madison.
• A Chemical Christmas Nov. 21, 1997 For the 28th year, Chemistry Professor Bassam Shakhashiri will present 'Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri.'
• And The Twain Shall Meet Nov. 21, 1997
• Vonnegut To Speak on Campus Dec. 2 Nov. 20, 1997 Best-selling novelist Kurt Vonnegut will give advice to aspiring writers at a public lecture, Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m., in the Wisconsin Union Theater.
• New Guidelines In Place for Distribution of WARF Royalties Nov. 20, 1997 New guidelines for the distribution of royalty and licensing income from inventions held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation have been put in place by the Graduate School.
• UW Professor Uncovers the Life of Everyday Objects Nov. 19, 1997 Do you fill your house with telephones? Your cabinets with makeup? Why? Laurie Beth Clark, a professor of art, will explore those and other questions through a new site-specific installation, 'The Everyday Life of Objects.'
• University Club's 90th: If These Walls Could Talk Nov. 17, 1997 Steeped in architectural beauty and haunted legend, the University Club will celebrate its 90th birthday party on Thursday, Nov. 20, from 4:30-7 p.m.
• Library Bridges Atlantic With Joint Web Project Nov. 14, 1997 DESCRIPTION
• Public Lecture Kicks Off Education Week Nov. 14, 1997
• 'Potomac Watch' Columnist To Share Beltway Insights Nov. 13, 1997 Paul Gigot, the author of the popular and influential 'Potomac Watch' column in The Wall Street Journal, will give a public lecture at UW-Madison Nov. 17.