or with programs geared to those students.
In the 14 years since the Faculty Loan Program was initiated, more than 600 employees have been granted leaves to serve institutions requesting assistance.

IBM Europe has established a new scientific computing facility at the company's scientific

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IBM Australia contributed computer equipment and software to the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, for teaching and research in advanced control systems. Here, a lecturer instructs students using one of the university's process control installations.

center in Rome. The center provides the European academic and scientific communities the free use of advanced computing tools for experimental work in computation-intensive science and engineering research.

A major grant from IBM Canada and supporting funding from the government of Alberta are enabling the University of Alberta to establish a new educational computer network serving students and teachers in Edmonton, Calgary and Lethbridge. Under the agreement, IBM is providing software and equipment, including more than 160 IBM Personal Computers.

IBM Australia has contributed equipment, software and training to the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of

Queensland in Brisbane in support of university programs and research in the field of advanced control systems.

IBM Europe awarded its first IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize to Professor Fritz Schaefer of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Goettingen, Germany for his pioneering work in laser research. The prize is designed to recognize an individual outside the company for significant and innovative contributions to science and technology in Europe.

IBM and the community

IBM's commitment to responsible corporate citizenship resulted in the strengthening of programs benefiting people around the globe. In all, the company's contributions of cash, equipment and other resources to social, cultural and educational programs worldwide amounted to more than $188 million in 1985.

IBM continued its efforts in support of job training centers, adding to new centers in the U.S. Since IBM began its affiliation with community job training centers in 1968, more than 14,000 people have gained information processing and office skills through 57 IBM-supported centers. Similar programs throughout Europe have proven equally successful.

An IBM-initiated program helped create jobs for about 400 disadvantaged youths in several U.S. metropolitan areas last summer. The Summer Youth Employment Program provided grants to 20 community-based organizations in 18 cities with sizable youth unemployment to help develop jobs for high school students. In addition to the employment experience, the program offered an educational component designed to encourage participants to complete their high-school education.

When Mexico City was rocked by two devastating earthquakes in September, IBM personnel assisted in providing disaster relief. IBM Mexico concentrated its efforts on locating and assisting employees affected by the quakes and providing support to customers whose information processing operations had

been disrupted. With assistance from IBM staff in the U.S., IBM Mexico also helped coordinate two airlifts of medical supplies and rescue equipment.

IBM announced it will help underwrite a new television mathematics series being developed by the Children's Television Workshop, creators of the highly acclaimed "Sesame Street." The series, aimed at 8 to 12 year-olds, is designed to promote interest in mathematics. It is scheduled to debut in January 1987.

The company also was corporate underwriter for a major science series that premiered on the Public Broadcasting Service in January. The program, "Planet Earth," is a seven-part series on geophysics. IBM distributed related materials to schools across the U.S. to enable students to benefit from the series' educational content.

Visitors view a major Renoir retrospective at the Boston Museum of Fine Art. Sponsored by IBM, the exhibit was also shown in Paris and London.