LehighWeek Volume 01, Issue 09

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INSIDE FACES
ENJOYING PARENTS
WEEKEND
Lorraine Trezza '89 enjoys
Saturday's football game with her
mother, who is pinned with a
corsage in honor of Upperclass
Parents Weekend. More than
2,000 parents and guests were on
campus for the many activities that
were featured as part of the
weekend for parents.
Photography by YOUNG HONG
FAST FACT
Capsule Facts About Lahigh At A Glance -
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Although the Ben Franklin Partnership Program has been in operation for a relatively short period
of time, the Center's accomplishments (march 1983 - August 1987) have been significant.
■i 2,072 New jobs Created  -    1,959 Existing Jobs Retained
OB 112 New Firms Have Been Created With NET/ATC Assistance
BHI   456 New Products, Processes Or Services Developed
■■ $83.6 Million In Matching Funds Generated
HI 18 New Patent Applications Filed As A Result Of Sponsored Projects
■EH 465 Sponsored Workshops On New Technologies
■■ 121 New Education And Training Programs Developed
■H $21 Million In Venture Capital Attracted To NET/ATC related Projects
BBi 24 Companies Have Been Housed In The Incubator Center Since Its
Establishment. Ten Companies Have Graduated And 320 New Jobs Have Been Created.
The NET/ATC received 500 requests during last year's challenge grant process. These 500
were reduced to 197 formal proposals in which 1,000 companies, 84 schools and 107 other
government and community organizations were seeking a total funding request of $14.3
million. Of this group, $12.7 million in proposals passed all economic impact screening,
technical evaluation, and exhibited at least $3 to $1 ratio of private sector matching funds. The
NET/ATC received $7.4 million and was consequently only able to fund 124 proposals for the
1987-88 year.
Lehigh Hosts Chemistry Day
More than 200 high school students from
Northampton Countyattended an afternoon filled
with chemistry at Lehigh University last Friday.
In celebration of "National Chemistry Day,"
Lehigh's chemistry and chemical engineering
departments, in conjunction with the Lehigh
Valley chapter of the American Chemical
Society (ACS), offered presentations that
demonstrated the value of chemistry in our daily
lives.
The free program, which was open to the
public, will began in Auditorium No. 1, Neville
Hall with a welcome from Dr. G. Doyle Daves,
chairman of Lehigh's chemistry department, and
Dr. Frieda L. Texter, professor at Albright
College and chairperson of the Lehigh Valley
ACS chapter.
"Chemistry: The Endless Frontier," a half-
hour film, was shown at 1:20 p.m. in the
same location.
Following the film, lectures and demonstrations were held at various locations on
biotechnology, nuclear magnetic imaging,
experiments in space, polymers, molecular
modeling and superconductivity.
In Lehigh County, students attended
chemistry-related programs at Air Products
and Chemicals Inc.
Chernobyl Focus Of Media Talk
Two Lehigh University journalism professors
will discuss media coverage of the Chernobyl
nuclear accident on Wednesday, Nov. 18.
Prof. Sharon M. Friedman and Carole M.
Gorney will discuss "Risk and Radiation: Media
Coverage of Chernobyl" in a free public lecture.
Sponsored by Lehigh's Communication Committee, the lecture will be held from 4:10 p.m. to
5:30 p.m. in Room 306, University Center.
The talk is an analysis of the media coverage
by several prestigious U.S. newspapers and tele
vision networks of radiation emanating from
Chernobyl during the accident. Using radiation coverage of the Three Mile Island accident
as a base line, the professors evaluate whether
media coverage has improved. Several clips of
actual U.S. television reports on Chernobyl
will be shown.
Prof. Friedman, chairman of Lehigh's journalism department, is an expert in science and
technical writing. She has been a consultant to
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