Notes

Provost to hold office hours for students this week

Provost Harvey V. Fineberg will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office on Thursday, Oct. 1, from 4 to 5 p.m. Office hours are held on a first-come, first-served basis.

Freud, C.S. Lewis examined in Memorial Church lecture series

The Memorial Church will hold a series of three lectures on Oct. 5, 6, and 7, on the topic "The Conflicting Worlds of Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis." The lectures are at 8 p.m. at the Memorial Church. The lecturer is Armand Nicholi of the Medical School. The moderator will be Timothy Johnson, medical editor for ABC News. The three respondents to the lectures will be Francis Collins of the Human Genome Project, Joseph Martin, Dean of the Medical School, and C. Everett Koop, former U.S. Surgeon General. The lectures are open to the public.

Directory of faculty, professional, and administrative staff available

The 1998-99 Directory of Faculty, Professional and Administrative Staff will be mailed directly to Teaching Faculty and all Administrative and Professional Staff, as well as all emeriti of the University starting in late November. If you do not fall under any of the above categories and need a copy, please send your written request to Information Management Services, Holyoke Center 639, Attn.: Directory Order; or fax (495-0767). The following information is required: Name, University ID number, Office Address, and Telephone Extension. Requests cannot be accepted without this information. Changes of Address, Name, or Title should be directed to the Payroll Office, 359 Holyoke Center. Name, University ID number, and both the old and new addresses must be provided.

William F. Milton Fund to offer grants

The bequest of William F. Milton makes research funds available to faculty members of the University. The Milton Fund supports studies of a medical, geographical, historical, or scientific nature, which must be either in the interests of promoting the physical and material welfare of the human race or of investigating and determining the value and importance of a discovery or invention. The amount of the award is $24,000 and is given between Jan. 1, 1999, and Dec. 31, 1999.

Applicants must be members of the University with voting privileges in their respective faculties and must not have received Milton Fund support during the last five years. Preference is given to new and original projects, especially independent work of recently appointed young faculty members.

A formal application form is required and is available from Sponsored Programs Administration and the deadline is Oct. 15, 1998. For more information, contact Cheryl Magoveny, Sponsored Programs Administration, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Ave., Goldenson 148, Boston, MA 02115; phone: 432-2661; fax: 432-2651; e-mail: cheryl_magoveny@hms.harvard.edu.