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radiation biology course, a blockof medical physics courses
taught by Nuclear Engineering Sciences, Department of
Radiology, and Departmentof Radiation Oncology faculty,
and one or more health physics courses. In addition, the
program includes clinical internships in the Departments of
Radiology and Radiation Oncology. Research opportuni-
ties and financial support exist in the form of faculty
research and projects related to patient care.


OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES

 The University of Florida is a member of Oak Ridge
Associated Universities (ORAU), a nonprofit education and
research management corporation of 48 colleges and uni-
versities. ORAU, which was established in 1946, conducts
programs of research, education, information, and human
resource development for a variety of government and
private organizations. It makes extensive use of the facilities
and resources of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and is
particularly interested in threeareas: energy, health, and the
environment.
 Among ORAU's activities are competitive programs to
enable undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty
members to work on research problems at the research
facilities of the United States Department of Energy. Partici-
pants are selected by ORAU and the staffs of the facilities
participating in the ORAU programs. These include the
Oak Ridge National Laboratory; the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant;
the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant; the Atmospheric
Turbulence and Diffusion Laboratory in Oak Ridge; the
Savannah River Laboratory and Savannah River Ecology
Laboratory in Aiken, South Carolina; the Comparative
Animal Research Laboratory in Oak Ridge; the Puerto Rico
Nuclear Research Center; and the Energy Research Centers
at Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and
Morgantown, West Virginia. The ORAU Institute for Energy
Analysis, the Special Training Division, and the Medical
and Health Sciences Division are also open to qualified
students and faculty members.
 Graduate.-The ORAU Laboratory Graduate Participa-
tion Program enables a candidate for an advanced degree,
upon completion of all requirements for work-in-residence
except research, to work toward completion of a research
problem and preparation of the thesis at one of the partici-
pating sites.
 Faculty.-University of Florida faculty members under
the ORAU Faculty Research Participation Program may go
to a Department of Energy facility for varying periods up to
three months for advanced study and research. It is also
possibleto combine a Universityof Florida faculty develop-
mentgrantwith a longer ORAU Faculty Research Participa-
tion appointment.
 Stipends are available. The student stipends are at fixed
 rates that change from time to time. Faculty stipends are
 based upon each person's current University salary.
 Information and announcements concerning the ORAU-
 DOE university-laboratory programs are available in the
 offices of the Graduate School. Bulletins also may be
 obtained by writing to the University Programs Office, Oak
 Ridge Associated Universities, Inc., P.O. Box 117, Oak
 Ridge, Tennessee 37830. Final arrangements for research
 programs must be jointly approved by the Dean of the
 Graduate School and Oak Ridge Associated Universities.
 Interested persons should ask for assistance from Dr. F. E.
 Dunnam (256 Grinter Hall, 392-4804), who serves as the
 ORAU counselor at the University of Florida.


PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

 A complete description of the curriculum in public
administration is included in the departmental listing for
Political Science.


QUANTUM THEORY PROJECT (QTP)

 Faculty from the Departments of Chemistry and Physics
participate in QTP, officially the Institute for Theory and
Computation in Molecular and Materials Sciences. The
Institute is concerned with graduate education and research
in the theory of the electronic structure, spectroscopy, and
dynamical processes of molecules and materials. This area
of research intersects large areas of modern chemistry,
physics, molecular biology, and materials sciences, and
uses large scale computing as an essential tool for precise
numerical solution of complex dynamical equations, for
novel graphical display, and for simulation studies.
 Graduate students in chemistry and physics are eligible
for this specialization and follow a special curriculum. For
information contact the Director, Williamson Hall.

TOXICOLOGY

 The Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology
serves as the focal point for activities concerning the effects
of chemicals on human and animal health. The Center's
affiliated faculty is composed of approximately 20 to 30
scientists and clinicians, interested in elucidatingthe mecha-
nisms of chemical-induced toxicity, and is drawn from the
Colleges of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, and Pharmacy,
and the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. The
broadly based, interdisciplinary expertise provided by this
faculty is also used to address complex issues related to the
protection of public health and the environment.
 Students who wish to receive graduate training in inter-
disciplinary toxicology leading to a Ph.D. enroll through
one of the participating graduate programs, such as Phar-
macology and Therapeutics, Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine, Animal Science, Medicinal Chemistry, Veteri-
nary Medical Sciences, or Food Science and Human Nutri-
tion. The number of graduate programs involved in inter-
disciplinary, toxicology, as well as the variety of perspec-
tives provided by their disciplines, allows a great deal of
flexibility in providing a plan of graduate study to meet an
individual student's interests and goals in toxicology. Stu-
dent course work and dissertation research are guided by
the Center's researchers and affiliated faculty who are also
members of the graduate faculty of the student's major
department. Dissertation research may be conducted
either in the student's department, or at the Toxicology
Laboratory facilities located at the Center. For additional
information, please write to the Director, Center for Envi-
ronmental and Human Toxicology, 1 Progress Blvd., Box
17, Alachua, Florida 32615.


RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS

FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT
STATION

 The Florida Agricultural Experiment Station conducts a
 statewide program in agriculture, natural resources, and the
 environment. Research deals with agricultural production,