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Community Service Award: The Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Award, established by alumni Gerald and Margot Robinson and Robert and Helen Appel, is designed to honor Cornell students' past and present community service. Applications are being sought for three awards of $1,500 each for use in community service activities. Whether you have established a project or have an idea for one, this award is an excellent way to get funding. Applications are available in the Public Service Center, 200 Barnes Hall. Application deadline is Friday, March 10. For more information, call 255-1148.

Library site cited: The online Cornell University Library Math Book Collection, at http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/dienst-data/cdl-math-browse.html, recently was selected for recognition in the Internet Scout Report for Science and Engineering ( http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sci-eng/1999/se-991124.html). The report's citation reads: "Cornell University Library has scanned over 570 original math books from their collection and placed them online. The volumes can be accessed here in their entirety. The collection may prove especially useful to mathematicians without access to a first-rate math library. A great many of the books are in languages other than English, notably French and German. Among these historically significant books are a number of works by Bernoulli, Descartes, Hardy and Poincare. This is an interesting resource which offers a glimpse into the possible future of libraries, and books, for that matter." The report is provided by the Internet Scout Project, an NSF-funded, university-based project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Peace Corps information: An information session on the Peace Corps will be held Monday, March 13, at 7 p.m. in B-45 Warren Hall. Cornell Peace Corps recruiter Janet Getchell can be reached at 255-7693.