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• Additional Building Funds Will Not Be Sought From Donors May 1, 1997 UW-Madison will not get from the state the remaining $5 million needed for a new pharmacy building, but it will not have to raise the money privately.
• Researchers Gain Insights Into Drugs Used for Manic-Depression April 30, 1997 Many people who suffer from bipolar disorder, or Researchers at the University of Wisconsin Medical School now believe they understand why.
• UW-Madison Ranked 39th Most 'Wired' School April 30, 1997 UW-Madison has been named one of America's 100 Most Wired Colleges by Yahoo! Internet Life magazine, finishing No. 39.
• Rouse Participates in Volunteerism Summit April 30, 1997 Joining President Clinton, retired Gen. Colin Powell and Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala, Dean of Students Mary Rouse took part in the President's Summit for America's Future April 27-29 in Philadelphia.
• Barrows Assumes Role As Point Person on Diversity April 30, 1997 In January, Barrows left his position as associate dean of the Graduate School and joined the Provost's Office full time as an associate vice chancellor for academic services and campus diversity.
• Distinguished Teaching Award Winners Honored April 30, 1997 This year's Distinguished Teaching Award winners range from assistant professors to veterans, in disciplines ranging from chemistry to theater, history to nursing, English to physics.
• De Boor Elected to National Academy of Sciences April 30, 1997 Carl de Boor, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of mathematics and computer sciences, is one of 60 U.S. scholars elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences this morning.
• Earn-While-You-Learn Program Molds Engineering Careers April 29, 1997 Students gain anywhere from six months to a year of full-time experience with a company, alternating with full-time study.
• UW School of Social Work Marks Fifty Years April 29, 1997 The School of Social Work at the UW-Madison will celebrate its 50th anniversary as an autonomous university program during a two-day conference May 2-3.
• Richard Ralston Collects Culture Through Stamps April 28, 1997 Should the discovery of a world in a grain of sand elude you, Richard Ralston suggests you continue the search in a postage stamp.
• Pharmacy School To Offer New Professional Degree April 28, 1997 As pharmacists play an increasingly important role on the health care team, pharmacy schools are redesigning their curricula to prepare them for the growing responsibility.
• Science Deputy News Editor To Visit April 25, 1997 Elizabeth Culotta, deputy news editor of Science magazine, has been named a 1997 Science Writer in Residence at UW-Madison.
• Chicago Tribune Chief Economic Correspondent To Visit April 25, 1997 Pat Widder, chief economic correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and the newspaper's former financial editor, will serve as this semester's business writer in residence at UW-Madison April 28-May 2.
• Economist To Present Plan for Fixing Social Security April 25, 1997 A former chair of the Advisory Council to the U.S. Social Security Administration will give a free public lecture on Tuesday, April 29, at 4 p.m. at UW-Madison.
• Symposium To Cover New Arts Administration Landscape April 24, 1997 In response to the unfamiliar and often daunting terrain ahead, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Bolz Center for Arts Administration will present a symposium on the changing relationship between contemporary society and the artistic community.
• TV Message Wins Telly Award April 24, 1997 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's 1996-97 institutional message for TV, Cheese, has earned a national Telly Award for John Roach Projects of Madison, a video and film production company owned by alumnus John Roach.
• Teaching Academy Inducts Eighteen New Members April 24, 1997 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Academy inducted 18 new members in an April 15 ceremony at the Wisconsin Center.
• Chemist Cited for Development of Key Genetic Technologies April 24, 1997 Lloyd M. Smith, professor of chemistry, has been cited by the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities for his efforts to develop automated DNA sequencing technologies.
• Athletic Study Center To Be Dedicated April 23, 1997 A new $2.4 million study center for student-athletes will be dedicated in an April 26 ceremony.
• Law School's Sparkling Addition Officially Dedicated April 23, 1997 Two days of activities, including tours, technology demonstrations and guest speakers, are planned for April 25-26 to dedicate the $16.1 million addition and renovation to the University of Wisconsin Law School.