Dr.  Randolph Bromery, the former chancellor of the University of Massachusetts, has set up a fund on that campus for minority students in the geosciences.
"The fund represents a larger philosophy of increasing the numbers of African Americans in the scientific professions across the board," Bromery says.
Bromery, who used to teach in the department, has been singled out by the National Academy of Sciences as one of the nation's outstanding Black scientists. Not only was he state chancellor of higher education and president of Springfield College, he also was interim president of Westfield State College.
NYNEX is contributing the money for the fund. Bromery will control how the money is used. The fund is expected to rise to at least $250,000 over five years.
Bromery's fund also aims to bring minority guest lecturers to campus and support fieldwork by geosciences undergraduates.

The University of Colorado at Boulder will house a new $1 million statewide initiative called Safe Communities-Safe Schools. The initiative, which was developed by the university's Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, is designed to assist schools and communities in safe-school planning.
The center will provide Colorado's 1,500 schools and their districts with information, practical planning tools and technical assistance. It will serve as an information clearinghouse, collecting information from around the country on which school safety and violence prevention programs are effective and which are not. Participants will also have access to an ongoing learning and information-sharing network.
Another key component will be the selection of 20 schools to receive in-depth training and technical assistance to further develop a comprehensive plan for creating a safe and orderly school, individually tailored to each school's particular needs. The participating schools will be selected by the center through an application process.
Applications must be submitted by Jan. 31, 2000, with training to begin at the selected schools in the spring.
For more information, or for an application to participate in the training program, contact the Violence Center at (303) 492-1032; or visit the Web site at <www.colorado.edu/cspv/safeschools>.