Almanac

Database now free on Web
PrimateLit, the primary database for searching the literature of primatology, is now available free in Web format. Visit: http://primatelit.library.wisc.edu/.

The database includes more than 200,000 citations covering the literature from 1940 to date. The project is part of a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the National Center for Research Resources to the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center Library. The grant allows free access for all users of the database. Database management is handled by the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center with the technical assistance of the UW–Madison Library Technology Group.

Wellness fair planned
The Recreational Sports Wellness Fair is scheduled Saturday, Feb. 16, noon- 4 p.m., at the Southeast Recreation Facility, 715 W. Dayton St. The event will offer a variety of speakers and organizations promoting healthy lifestyle choices, along with demonstrations on yoga, Pilates and other activities. This event is open to enrolled UW students, faculty and staff who have paid their access fees. Information: Lori Devine, 262-4268.

New publication details engineering college art
How many bags of softener salt are used each year in the Máquina sculpture’s water system? Which college artwork was created by a former fashion designer? Learn the answers to these and other questions in “The Art of Engineering,” a new guided-tour booklet of artworks in the College of Engineering. The book includes photos, locations and background information for each piece, from paintings to sculpture — ideal for visitors to the college. Copies are free; contact Roxanne Beisel, beisel@engr.wisc.edu.

Colleagues remember Moll
A memorial service was held Jan. 5 at Olbrich Botanical Gardens for retired art department professor and sculptor, Lavern “Ernie” Moll, who died Dec. 27 after fighting cancer for more than 20 years. Moll joined the school’s art department in 1964 and taught sculpture for 23 years. “He liked to solve problems,” says art professor Bruce Breckenridge, adding that Moll was famous for inventing little fix-its to help other artists do their work better. Art professor Laurie Beth Clark described Moll as a role model, not only for his work, but also for the kindness he showed artists.

Trotter addresses graduates
UW alumnus and master chef Charlie Trotter told UW–Madison graduates to challenge themselves, read the great books and to “never lose their nervous energy,” in his Dec. 23 commencement address. About 1,900 students were eligible for degrees. For a summary of Trotter’s remarks, visit: http://www.news.wisc.edu/view.html?get=6937.

Willey wins Zolotow award
Margaret Willey, author of “Clever Beatrice” published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, and edited by Caitlyn Dlouhy, is the fifth annual winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a picture book. The book is illustrated by Heather Solomon. The award is made by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center.

Backward glance
From Wisconsin Week, Jan. 15, 1992: Wisconsin Week, started as a weekly in 1986, switches to biweekly publication in a cost-cutting move. … Scientists begin drilling holes in Antarctic ice to build a neutrino telescope called AMANDA. … A new touch-screen terminal in the Peterson Building lets students check their records electronically. … A gender-equity- in-salary study will compare male and female faculty pay rates across campus.