EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION:
COOPER UNION

At New York City's "The School of the Physical City," run by The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, junior and senior high school students are coming to grips with tough urban problems. Some students are doing preliminary engineering studies for repair and maintenance of the Brooklyn Bridge. Others are preparing detailed proposals for the replacement of old and failing water pipes deep below the city streets. An award from NYNEX New York's annual "Excellence in Education" competition is helping Cooper Union to stretch young students' minds in new directions.

Developed by Cooper Union's Infrastructure Institute, this unique program draws support not only from Cooper Union faculty and students, but also from engineers, architects, government officials, and communications experts, who offer opportunities for apprenticeship and work study.

The award also supports Cooper Union's tuition-free education for women and minority undergraduates involved in engineering projects to better the urban environment. Each year, NYNEX's "Excellence in Education" program awards grants to 20 private colleges that offer outstanding educational opportunities to working adults, the disabled and the disadvantaged.

NYNEX SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ACHIEVERS AWARDS

Who knows when the next scientific or technological breakthrough will happen. Our hope is that at least one or two may come from some pretty enterprising high school students in New York or New England.

The NYNEX Foundation Science and Technology Achievers Awards are designed to encourage the creative use of science and technology in the service of our communities. The competition is open to all students in grades 9 through 12 who attend school in either New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont or New Hampshire. Entrants submit proposals outlining how they would use science and technology to address public problems.

These ideas can involve the creative use of an existing technology or a design concept for an entirely new one. The contest is intended to encourage young people to pursue careers in science and math, and promote academic excellence.

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO'S SCIENCE FRIDAY

It's Friday afternoon and teenagers across America don their Walkmen and tune in to one of their favorite radio programs. Believe it or not, it's no Top-40 music show. It's National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation: Science Friday." That's right, a science program.

Science Friday, hosted by veteran National Public Radio science correspondent Ira Flatow, is a call-in talk show about issues in physics, mathematics, medicine, archaeology and biology. There's no other program like it in the United States.

A 1994 NYNEX grant helped make Science Friday more accessible to schools and science museums in the Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. listening areas.

U.S. FIRST

Reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic...robotics? For students at Somerville High School near Boston and the Newburgh Free Academy in Newburgh, New York, basic schoolwork is just a launching pad to another world - the exciting and competitive world of science.

Giving students a chance to use what they've learned in math, physics, even metal shop; in new ways NYNEX engineers and scientists helped the students design and build radio-controlled robots that did battle in U.S. First's national technology competition.

Somerville's team received special recognition among 44 other schools across the country for the teamwork, spirit and creativity they showed in the weeks leading up to the event. By making math, science and engineering fun, U.S. First encourages students to pursue careers in these important fields.