Courses and Lectures

McCrone Research Institute has announced that courses in applied microscopy will be offered in three cities (Chicago, London, and San Francisco) this year. Each course provides lecture and laboratory time equivalent to four semester hours at college level, is three weeks long, and covers optics, photomicrography, micrometry, crystallography, and the application of the microscope in fields such as air pollution, forensic science, synthetic fibers, and other industrial areas. The course in San Francisco will be offered in cooperation with Arthur D. Little, Inc., from March 6 to 24, 1961. In London the dates are June 26–July 7, and in Chicago, July 10–28. Inquiries may be sent to D. Grabar, McCrone Research Institute, 449 East 31st Street, Chicago 16, Ill.