Corning and OSA Foundation Announce Corning Outstanding Student Paper Award Competition

Corning and OSA Foundation Announce Corning Outstanding Student Paper Award Competition

March 29, 2007

New Program to Launch at OFC/NFOEC 2008


    ANAHEIM, Calif., March 29 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) and the OSA Foundation on
March 27th announced the establishment of a new student
award competition. Created to recognize future leaders in
the field of optical communications and made possible
through an endowment from Corning, the Corning Outstanding
Student Paper Award Competition will debut at the Optical
Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National
Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) in 2008. 

    "The work students are doing today will serve as
the backbone for future technologies and solutions to some
of the pressing concerns in optical communications,"
says Eric S. Musser, vice president and general manger,
optical fiber, Corning Incorporated. "The
establishment of this award creates a way to highlight
innovative student research. Working with the OSA
Foundation, we will be able to help connect tomorrow's
promising minds with today's industry leaders at
OFC/NFOEC." 

    The Corning award will recognize student papers based
on their level of innovation, research excellence and
presentation skills. Students will be able to opt into the
competition as part of the regular submission process for
OFC/NFOEC 2008. Papers submitted to the competition will be
reviewed and scored by the OFC/NFOEC Technical Program
Committee according to standard review criteria. The 10 to
12 papers receiving the highest scores will be considered
finalists for the onsite component. 

    Finalists will be asked to submit supplemental
information approximately one month before the conference.
These additional requirements will include the lead
author's curriculum vitae, two letters of reference, as
well as formal proof of student status. These materials,
coupled with a review of the finalists' presentation at the
meeting, will be used to select the grand-prize winner and
the two honorable mention recipients. 

    Final evaluations and the selection of the winners will
be made by the OFC/NFOEC General and Program Chairs. The
grand-prize recipient will receive $1,500; papers of
honorable mention will receive $1,000 each. The awards will
be presented during the Post-Deadline Paper Session at
OFC/NFOEC 2008. 

    More information on the award will be detailed in the
OFC/NFOEC 2008 "Call for Papers" announcement
that will be available in June 2007. For additional details
on this program, please visit www.ofcnfoec.org. 

    About Corning Incorporated

    Corning Incorporated ( http://www.corning.com ) is the
world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on
more than 150 years of materials science and process
engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone
components that enable high-technology systems for consumer
electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications
and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates
for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic
substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems;
optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for
telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug
discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass
solutions for a number of industries including
semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.


    About the OSA Foundation

    The OSA Foundation was established in 2002 to support
philanthropic activities that help further the Optical
Society of America's mission by concentrating its efforts
on programs that advance youth science education, support
optics and photonics in developing nations, provide
education and resources to underserved populations and
support OSA's Awards and Honors program. The grants funded
by the OSA Foundation are made possible by the generous
donations of its supporters as well as the
dollar-for-dollar match by OSA. The Foundation is exempt
from U.S. federal income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code and is a public charity. To learn
more about the OSA Foundation or to find out how to donate,
please visit http://www.osa-foundation.org or email
[e-mail] . 


    For more information, please contact:

    Corning Contact:
     Monica Ott
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

    OSA/OFC/NFOEC Contact:
     Colleen Morrison
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]