Dance Ensemble to perfom in D.C.

The UA Dance Ensemble is holding a benefit concert Saturday to raise funds for their trip to Washington, D.C., where it will perform at the Kennedy Center.

"No other university was invited to perform in the event, so this makes this a special honor," said Jory Hancock, professor of dance.

The Dance Ensemble will perform on campus Saturday at 8 p.m., along with Suenos Tangos, a tango dance group, at the Gittings Dance Theatre on East University Boulevard, west of Campbell Avenue.

The concert will include ballet, modern and jazz performances by the UA Dance Ensemble. Suenos will perform two of their works, entitled "Los Zaponts Susios" and "El Beso."

General admission is $7 and $5 for students and seniors. Tickets are available through the dance office at 621-4698.

-Melanie Klein

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UA astronomer gets $330,000 grant

A UA astronomer who created new technologies used in the world's largest telescope mirrors has been named the 1996 MacArthur Foundation Fellow.

J. Roger Angel, director of the Steward Observatory and Regents professor of astronomy, was awarded $66,000 annually the next five years for the fellowship. He can use the money for what he deems best, said Catherine Stimpson, director of the MacArthur F ellows program.

The program awards fellowships to talented people who have shown originality and dedication in their creative pursuits.

Angel, in collaboration with UA astronomy professor Neville Woolf, has proposed an innovative space telescope that could see planets like Earth orbiting nearby stars.

NASA is considering the telescope for a new program to explore planetary systems of other stars.

-Melanie Klein

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Pharmacy Museum has on-line tours

Checking out the University of Arizona's Pharmacy Museum is now as easy as a point and click.

Net surfers can now take a virtual tour of the musuem's actual building, read about its history and view some of its contents.

The 15-page Web site shows pictures of articles in the museum, as well as narratives explaining the historical significance of those articles.

The site also has a gift shop where net surfers can purchase reprinted pictures of historic pharmacy buildings.

Located at 1703 E. Mabel St., the museum contains a collection of about 60,000 bottles, vintage drug containers, as well as books and artifacts sold in Arizona pharmacies in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

-Nicole Neilsen

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Wildcat Web Link: Pharmacy Museum

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