FELLOWSHIP: The Center for Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of Maryland invitee applications for its Rockefeller Resident Fellowships. This Center investigates the structure of arguments and the nature of values relevant to the formation, justification, and criticism of public policy. The deadline for application is January 31, 1984. For further information, write to Henry Shue,Director;CenterforPhilosophy and Public Policy; 0123 Woods Hall; University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.

CONFERENCES: On May 1-2, 1984, the IEEE will host its 1984 Symposium on the Social Implications of Technology, entitled "Electro-Culture 1984." Topics include: Government Imposed Secrecy & Technology Transfer; Robotics Automation, Society & Work; Computer & Communication Privacy & Security; and Weapons in Space. The Society is putting out a call for papers, with abstracts due November 21, 1983 and manuscripts due February 28, 1984. Contact: Professor Stephen H. Unger, Department of Computer Science. Columbia University, New York, NY 10027. Phone: (212) 280-8187.

The American Society of Law & Medicine announces its 1984 Spring Seminar Series. The seminar on Institutional Ethics Committees and Healthcare Decisionmaking will be held four times: February 18-17 in Los Angeles, February 23-24 in Houston, April 12-13 in Detroit, and June 14-15 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Other seminars are: Ethics on the Front Lines of Medical Care, February 29-March 2, Denver; Physicians and Hospitals in an Era of Chang e. March 1-3, Miami Beach; Legal Controversies in Nursing, March 9-10, Los Angeles; Genetics and the Law, April 2-4, Boston; Hospices: Legal Medical & Ethical Issues, May 10-11, Chicago; and Medicine for Attorneys, May 16-18, Boston. Contact: American Society of Law 8c Medicine, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215.

The Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at the Illinois Institute of Technology was established in 1976 for the purpose of promoting education and scholarship relating to ethical and policy issues of the professions.

EDITOR: Fay Sawyier
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Warren Schmaus
STAFF: Marion Denne, Jessica Tovrov
EDITORIAL BOARD: Thomas Calero, Frederick Elliston, Mark Frankel, Norman Gevitz, Martin Malin, Vivian Weil

Opinions expressed in Perspectives on the Professions are those of the authors, and not necessarily those of the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions or the Illinois Institute of Technology. Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill. 60616.