Project Challenge grants: April 18 is the deadline for applications by Cornell student organizations, faculty and staff members in the second round of Project Challenge's Violence and Drug Abuse Prevention Fund. Mini-grants of up to $1,000 are available through the University Health Service's Health Education Office to support the cooperative development, implementation and evaluation of educational, artistic, social, recreational and entertainment programming to reduce violence and drug abuse on campus. The source of funding is a two-year grant to the university from the U.S. Department of Education's Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program. Awards will be announced May 2 for programs that will be completed by March 1998. Programs funded last February during the first round of applications are now under way. More information and grant applications are available from the Health Education office at 255-4782 or from their Web site at: http://www.sas.cornell.edu/gannett/he/grant.html .
Faculty Theory Center meeting: The future direction of the Cornell Theory Center will be discussed at a faculty meeting today, April 10, at 3 p.m. in room 456 Frank H.T. Rhodes Hall. Input will be solicited about faculty needs for research computing and opinions about how the Theory Center can best serve the faculty and students. There is a need, said Norman R. Scott, vice president for research and advanced studies, and Malvin H. Kalos, director of the Theory Center, to address the future without the constraints of the past and a need to think of where the Theory Center should position itself for a leadership role in the computing and information technologies area.
Retired faculty and computers: The Association of Cornell University Emeritus Professors has announced a computer course and a lecture for retired faculty:
·Introductory Computer Course (Mac), with Verne Rockcastle, will be for those with limited word processing experience. The course will be Monday, April 21, 9-11 a.m. in 60 Warren Hall and is limited to 16 participants. To register call Sandie Sutfin, 315 Day Hall, 255-4963.
·The lecture "Computers: What Do I Need Now?" by Jim Fitch is scheduled for Thursday, April 24, from 2:30-4 p.m. in the auditorium of Boyce Thompson Institute. (No registration necessary, spouses welcome.) This lecture will help participants determine what they need in a computer, based on what they want to do. Information on upgrades and on new computers will be included.
Faculty committees seek students: The following faculty committees are seeking students who have an interest in becoming members for 1997-98: Faculty Committee on University Lectures, two students; University Faculty Library Board, two; University-ROTC Relationships Committee, four (non-ROTC students); Faculty Committee on Music, one student. Application forms are available in the offices of the Dean of Faculty, Dean of Students, Assemblies; desks in the Straight, Noyes Center and Robert Purcell Community Center; and at the Information and Referral Center in Day Hall. Both graduate and undergraduate students are urged to apply. Completed applications must be returned to the Office of the Dean of Faculty, 315 Day Hall, no later than Monday, April 14.
nCook Awards: Nominations are now being accepted for the fifth annual Constance and Alice Cook Awards, which will be presented at a luncheon on Friday, April 25. The awards are given to individuals (faculty, staff and students) to recognize their contributions to the Cornell community, especially those who have influenced and supported women and women's issues. The deadline for submissions is April 17. Submit nominations to Lynne Byall Benson, director of alumni relations, College of Human Ecology, N111 MVR Hall, 255-2093, e-mail: lab10@cornell.edu .