Other Resources An important resource for all faculty and graduate students is the Mathematics Library. With a collection of 25,000 monographs and over 750 regular journal subscriptions it is one of the leading collections in the United States. Its open stacks and reading room are in the central Science Library at 3175 Shapiro and are available approximately 80 hours per week. Journals do not circulate so are always available; photocopies may be ordered at $.06/page. Searches of a wide variety of data bases may be requested from a terminal at the library desk. MATHFILE (the online version of Mathematical Reviews) is available for free use from any terminal connected to the central computing system.  Computing facilities are growing rapidly in importance for mathematicians. At the University of Michigan there is a strong commitment to keeping abreast of the latest developments. For the University at large there is a distributed system running on a net work of Unix machines with over 1500 terminals, most of them microcomputers (Macintosh and Windows), around the campus. The Department has a large and growing network of Sun workstations available for general use by graduate students. Access to supercomputers is available through network connections.  The mathematical vitality of the Department may be measured, in part, by the number of educational activities which take place outside the traditional classroom. Most research areas organize one or more seminars which meet once or twice each week. The Colloquium meets each week for a talk aimed at a general mathematical audience, usually by a visitor from another university. Often additional Special Lectures are scheduled to provide a forum for other short-term visitors. All of these are announced in a we ekly bulletin issued each Friday.  Two endowed lecture series attract renowned mathematicians for visits of up to one week each year. The bequest of Alexander Ziwet established the Ziwet Lectures. Recent lecturers are R.H. Bott (1984), P.D. Lax (1986), K. Uhlenbeck (1988), G.A. Margulis (1 990), and Ronald Graham (1992). The recent gift of Raymond and Una Wilder has established the G.Y. Rainich Lectures. Five series have been given: Lipman Bers (1983), Michael H. Freedman (1986), Richard M. Schoen (1988), Persi Diaconis (1990) and Ken Ribet (1993).  For many graduate students, especially at the beginning, the Department is an important part of their social life. Most students feel that the atmosphere of the Department is basically friendly and cooperative. The offices assigned to first-year Graduate Student Assistants may be less than ideal for quiet study, but they provide a good setting for both mathematical and social interaction. In later years most graduate students are assigned to three-person offices interspersed among the faculty offices. Our beautiful new building offers a superb Commons Room and atrium, which provides a focus for lively discussion and occasional contemplative games.  The Michigan Mathematical Journal is edited by members of the faculty and published in Ann Arbor. Mathematical Reviews, although not part of the University of Michigan, is located in Ann Arbor and greatly enriches the mathematical atmosphere.  The Department offers each year an award to one or more excellent teachers among the Graduate Student Instructors and an award for the best dissertation from the preceding year. There are also University awards for Graduate Student Instructors and dissertations as well as competitive fellowships for which the Department nominates outstanding candidates each year.