The October 2002 (issue number 53) of the ICO Newsletter has been posted on the ICO Website www.ico-optics.org.

ICO, the International Commission for Optics, has established three awards: the “ ICO Prize”, the ICO Galileo Galilei Award and the ICTP/ICO Award. The latter was established jointly with ICTP, the International Commission for Theoretical Physics. The deadline for the ICTP/ICO Award is November 10, 2002, while for the two former awards it is March 15. Rules are reproduced from the ICO web site, www.ico-optics.org, where complete lists of previous recipients can also be found.