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• UW Conference To Explore New Anthology March 28, 1997
• Future of Campus Natural Areas To Be Discussed March 28, 1997 How should the university care for Picnic Point and other beloved campus natural areas? There'll be a public meeting to discuss the future of these important lakeshore lands on April 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Memorial Union.
• Chemical Engineering's Minority Ph.D. Program Recognized March 28, 1997 The UW-Madison chemical engineering department's past success in graduating minority Ph.D. students has garnered an invitation from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to help increase the numbers.
• Student Technology Dollar Goes Further at UW-Madison March 27, 1997 Each semester, a 1.5 percent surcharge on each student's tuition (currently about $20 for a full-time resident undergraduate) goes into the Student Information Technology Initiative (SITI) fund.
• Richard Davis To Conduct 4th Annual Bass Conference March 27, 1997 Internationally recognized jazz bassist Richard Davis, professor of music, will conduct the fourth annual bass conference for young people March 28 and 29.
• Virologist Richard Marsh Dies at 58 March 26, 1997 Richard F. Marsh, a veterinary virologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a longtime investigator of infectious agents related to 'mad cow disease,' died March 23, 1997 at his home in Middleton, Wis., after a long bout with cancer. He was 58.
• Benefit Concert Planned for Waisman Center March 25, 1997 A benefit concert by founders of the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society will be held Sunday, April 6 for the Waisman Center, a national center devoted to disabilities research.
• Guide to Midwestern Trees and Shrubs Now on CD-ROM March 24, 1997 Landscape Plants of the Upper Midwest, a CD-ROM featuring color photos and information on more than 600 species and varieties of trees, shrubs, vines and ground covers that grow in the region is now available.
• Largest-Ever Women's Health Study Heads Into Final Year of Recruitment March 21, 1997 For anyone who has struggled with the lure of a bratwurst in July, that's a tall order. But it's exactly the regimen one group of women is testing as part of the Women's Health Initiative, the largest U.S. clinical study ever conducted on women's health.
• Students To Get Prizes for High-Tech Business Plans March 20, 1997 Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will team up to create a business plan for a technology-based business venture as part of a new campus competition.
• Study Suggests Purple Grape Juice Is Good for the Heart March 19, 1997 There appears to be something special about the fruits of the vine when it comes to preventing heart disease.
• New Greenhouses Light Up WALSAA's 25th March 18, 1997 The new D. C. Smith Instructional Greenhouse will be dedicated during WALSAA's 25th anniversary celebration.
• UW Libraries Help Make Historian's Job More 'Pleasant' March 18, 1997 Borkowski will lecture March 19 on the intricacies of her job, as well as the integral role university resources play in insuring the historical accuracy on which Pleasant Company prides itself.
• Upcoming Lectures in the Library Colloquia March 18, 1997 Upcoming lectures in the School of Library and Information Studies colloquium will cover the subject gamut from the virtual library to a history of children and reading.
• UW Regents Approve Five Named Professorships March 17, 1997 The appointment of five faculty to named professorships was approved by the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents at its March meeting.
• Reggie Torian Featured in Sports Illustrated March 17, 1997 Senior Reggie Torian recently won the 60-meter hurdles final at the USA Track and Field Indoor Championships, has been recognized by Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd section.
• Cambridge Expert Delivers Computing Lecture March 14, 1997 An internationally renowned expert on concurrent and mobile computing will discuss the theories that underlie computation and communication during a lecture on Monday, March 17, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Ward: Governance Process Deserves Respect March 13, 1997 The governance process does not deserve criticism just because someone does not agree with the outcome, Chancellor David Ward told the Faculty Senate March 3.
• Performance Artist Meredith Monk Planning UW Residency March 12, 1997 MacArthur Fellow Meredith Monk, a choreographer, composer and musician, will be in town March 12-15 to start to plan a strategy for a longer residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998-99.
• Washington Post, CNN Commentator To Speak at UW-Madison March 12, 1997 David Broder, author of a syndicated column for The Washington Post and a regular contributor to the Cable News Network, will consider 'Approaching a New Century.'