This grant will be used for several programs in October that center around tuberculosis. These programs are in conjunction with the development by the Graduate Program of a nationally traveling exhibition with two venues in New York State. Titled, "Can I Catch It? Tuberculosis and America" is set to open in September 2002. This program is part of State Humanities Month (October), an annual celebration sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities.

The programs will consist of a lecture, film viewing, grand rounds at Bassett Hospital and a community forum all utilizing the top researchers, scholars and doctors in the field of medical history and disease. Further information as to the dates, times and places of the programs will follow in late summer/early fall.

The Council is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the presence of the humanities in the state's cultural and intellectual life. The Council's grants program is designed to provide financial support for public humanities programming conceived and implemented by not-for-profit organizations across New York State.