Check the January issue of Architectural Record for a handsome new rendering of the University's academic building under construction (page 124) and drawings showing energy-efficient characteristics and photovoltaic details (page 125). The images illustrate an article, "Photovoltaic technology comes of age," which quotes Steven Strong, president of Solar Design Associates, Harvard, Mass. The firm is designing the photovoltaics being installed on roofing and glazing materials that will generate part of the new building's power. You can access the story on-line at www.architecturalrecord.com

Miron Construction Co. of Appleton recently received word that it has won a state building program design and construction award for its work on the Weidner Center expansion. Miron was one of seven state companies to win the award for superior design and construction practices on a state owned building.

The visiting artist for Tuesday, Feb. 6, is Leslee Nelson, a textiles artist from Madison. The event is organized by the student Art Agency. Her slide lecture in Studio Arts 411 begins at 9 a.m.

The Feb. 10 program is the third in the new Chamber Music at Green Bay series that began in October. Newly added to the schedule is a performance by percussion quartet o'li-o, with guest artist Michael Spiro, on February 17. The Wisconsin Brass Quintet, Madison, ends the series on April 7.

Be there for a night of classical music as the concert and chamber choirs from UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College will present J.S. Bach's St. John Passion, on Sunday, March 25, at 7:30p.m. in the Cofrin Family Hall of the Weidner Center. Funded by a grant from the Northeast Wisconsin Arts Council, with support from the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation and the Wisconsin Arts Board, the event will celebrate the 250th anniversary of Bach's death.

Watch for a reminder next week, but make plans to check out the "Celebrate Self, Appreciate Others Faire" from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14 in the Phoenix Rooms of the University Union. Vendors, interactive displays and a wealth of information on health and wellness of body and mind will be featured attractions. Up for raffle are a number of terrific fitness and stress-reduction items. The Counseling and Health Center is helping with the planning.Watch for more!

Have we mentioned that there is a new human resources specialist in Office of Human Resources? She is Brenda Jerabek. Get your campus directories out: her phone number is ext. 2846. Also, she is located in Pam Spangenberg's old office, CL 830D. Pam has moved to CL 828A and her new phone number is 2839. The general Office of Human Resources number is 2390. Questions? Give 'em a call.

The next meeting of the LGBT faculty/staff issues group will be meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 6, from noon to 1 p.m. The group is open to any faculty or staff member interested in discussing issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, faculty and staff in higher education as well as the UW-Green Bay campus. If interested in participating, please call or e-mail Brian Stahlkopf at 465-2343 or stahlkob@uwgb.edu.

A reminder for students: Morris K. Udall scholarships will be available to students majoring in fields related to the environment, or students who are of Native American or Alaskan heritage majoring in a field related to health care or tribal public policy. The amount of the scholarship is $5,000. Students must have junior or senior status during the 2001-02 academic year. Deadline for receipt of nominations is Feb. 15. For more information about the scholarship, contact Michael Kraft.

A paper by Prof. Peter T. Breznay (Information and Computing Sciences/ICS) titled "Recursive Hierarchical Interconnection Networks with Asymptotically Optimal Parameters" has been invited for presentation at the at the IASTED International Conference on Applied Informatics (AI2001). The event is scheduled for Feb. 19-22 Innsbruck, Austria.

Anne Buttke, director of the University Union, is a contributing author for a new book being published by the Association of College Unions International. From Vision to Reality: Designing and Building College Unions to Meet the Needs of the 21st Century Student will be available in March. Buttke authored the chapter, "Building Support for your Project". Buttke was selected as an author from dozens of professionals involved in college unions around the nation.

Prof. Dechang Chen, NAS, is co-author with a colleague from Peking University of an article "The Riemann-Hilbert Problem for Elliptic Systems of Second Order Equations in Infinite Domains" in the Journal Compex Variables, Vol. 43.

Profs. Janice Cusano and Scott Wright, COA and Music, were published in a recent issue of Wisconsin School Musician. Wright's feature, "To Educate or Not to Educate," was a guide to help school teachers encourage their students to consider careers in teaching music. "Multiculturalism: Defining the Term," was Cusano's article.

Just accepted for publication in the journal for the Teaching of Psychology is the article "Mixing, Matching and Mating: Demonstrating the Effect of Contrast on Relationship Satisfaction" by Prof. Regan Gurung, Human Development.

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