Almanac

Memorial Union closed June 16
Due to meetings associated with the U.S. Conference of Mayors 2002 being held in Madison, Memorial Union will be closed to the public Sunday, June 16. Wisconsin Union Director Mark Guthier says that because of security needs for a group of hundreds of elected officials, Wisconsin Union leaders felt it best to limit access to the building. The entire building will be closed for the day.

Labs named for trustees
In honor of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and two of its trustees, the Biochemistry Department has dedicated the Russell G. Cleary and Walter A. Frautschi Laboratories. The labs are on the fifth floor of the Biochemistry Addition. Walter A. Frautschi of Webcrafters Inc. served as a trustee from 1947-88; Russell G. Cleary, former president of Heileman Brewing Co., served as a trustee from 1985-97. Both men are deceased.

Budget action detected
State budget conference committee members continue to meet to resolve differences between the Senate and Assembly versions of the budget adjustment bill. One provision would set aside $901,600 and six positions at the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory for testing wild deer for chronic wasting disease. Funding would be used for staff-related costs, testing equipment, supplies and incineration. Program revenues would be provided from the Department of Natural Resources. The Assembly and Senate will meet in special session today, May 15, to take up the chronic wasting disease issue.

Niederhuber moves on
John E. Niederhuber has announced his resignation as director of the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center effective Oct. 31. Niederhuber has held the job since 1997. “This has been a difficult decision,” Niederhuber says. “However, I believe that I have accomplished what I was brought here to do, and the time has come for me to explore other options in my field.” A national recruitment effort to replace Niederhuber will start in fall.

University Communications receives national awards
University Communications has received two national awards this year from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Senior photographer Jeff Miller received the Photographer of the Year gold award for a portfolio of 20 campus images created within the past three years, including some photos published this past year in Wisconsin Week.

On Wisconsin, the alumni magazine produced with the Wisconsin Alumni Association and UW Foundation, won a CASE silver medal in the category of Periodical Staff Writing. Judging criteria were: An understanding of the institution’s mission and the ability to communicate that mission through imaginative writing; superior writing style, organization and careful editing; and creative story ideas and development. The stories submitted for judging were written by John Allen, Wisconsin Alumni Association, or Michael Penn, University Communications.

Backward Glance
From Wisconsin Week, May 1992: Parking rates are going up 10 percent. … Mark Luker is named head of the Division of Information Technology. … A new campus recycling effort yielded 493,000 pounds of aluminum, glass and plastic in the past year. … Construction on Grainger Hall should be done sometime in the summer.