Although it was mostly gray and rainy around the Madison area on Thursday, nothing was going to dampen the enthusiasm of those who attended the grand opening ceremony for the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research.
“It’s pretty obvious I’m not a weatherman, but as far as I’m concerned, today is actually a wonderfully bright, beautiful, sunny day,” said Robert Golden, dean of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. “And I say that because we are basking in the sunlight of a remarkable, glowing new gift which will help us melt away the cold, dark shadows of cancer and other horrible diseases.”