Although high energy neutrino astronomy is a multidisciplinary science, gamma
ray bursts have become the theoretical focus since recent astronomical
observations revealed their potential as cosmic particle accelerators. This
spotlight is shared with investigations of the potential of high energy
telescopes to observe oscillating atmospheric neutrinos. The Superkamiokande
results have boosted atmospheric neutrinos from a calibration tool and a
background for doing astronomy, to an opportunity to confirm the evidence for
neutrino mass. Nevertheless, the highlights are mostly on the experimental
front with the completion of the first-generation Baikal and AMANDA detectors.
Neutrino signals from the Lake Baikal detector bode well for the flurry of
activities in the Mediterranean. The completed AMANDA telescope announced first
light, neutrinos actually, at this meeting.Comment: 14 pages, Latex2.09, uses sprocl.sty and epsf.sty, 5 postscript
figures. Talk presented at the 17th International Workshop on Weak
Interactions and Neutrinos, Cape Town, South Africa, January 199
