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UMass Boston Developing Innovative Partnership with Dana-Farber

By Anne-Marie Kent The Dana-Farber Cancer Insti- Upon his return to San Francisco, leadership group envisioned a tute (DFCI) is a landmark on the he mentioned the meeting to continuing partnership involving Boston medical landscape, treat- Fonteyn, sparking the idea of a research partnerships, opportuni- ing cancer patients and exploring new partnership in Boston. ties for undergraduates, and job new treatments since its founding “The U-56 grant connects a opportunities. in 1947. DFCI is a principal teach- minority-serving institution with One outcome of these meeting affiliate of the Harvard Medi- a cancer center to address issues ings has been the introduction of cal School and is among the lead- of health disparities in the U.S. many UMass Boston faculty mem- ing cancer research and care cen- We did it in San Francisco. I bers to Dana-Farber researchers. ters in the United States. It part- wanted to do the same thing They include Professor Manickam ners with seven other Boston in- here,” explained Fonteyn. Sugumaran, who is studying the stitutions in a consortium address- “Initially I went with Michael role of melanin biosynthesis inter- ing the needs of cancer patients Some of the members of the Dana-Farber/UMass Boston Project Lead- Shiaris and met with Dana-Farber mediates in melanoma carcin- and advancing the field of cancer ership Group (from left): Karen Emmons, Andrea Talis, Karen Burns Cancer Institute leadership to dis- ogensisis, and Professor Linda research. White of Dana-Farber; Greer Glazer, dean of the College of Nursing cuss the development of a U-56 Huang, who is examining cell- and Health Sciences; Paul Fonteyn, provost and vice chancellor for UMass Boston may be well on academic affairs; Faye Austin of Dana-Farber; Joan Becker, associate proposal. Out of that initial meet- type-specific-RNA splicing, both its way to being an active partici- vice chancellor for academic support services; and Susan Bauer-Wu ing sprang the concept of devel- in partnership with Dana-Farber pant in that esteemed group, of Dana-Farber. (Photo by Harry Brett) oping a variety of different things researchers. thanks to Provost Paul Fonteyn’s proposal that was awarded by the Back in 2001, the principal in- we could explore,” said Fonteyn. A third UMass Boston re- enterprising work. National Institutes of Health be- vestigator of the San Francisco “We have met approximately ev- searcher, Kyle McInnis, is investi- During his tenure at San Fran- tween the University of Califor- grant happened to be at a Na- ery six weeks for the past two gating weight control, physical ac- cisco State, Fonteyn spearheaded nia at San Francisco Cancer Cen- tional Institutes of Health confer- years, systematically.” Fonteyn tivity, and cancer-risk reduction the development of a U-56 grant ter and San Francisco State. ence with DFCI representatives. and the Dana-Farber project among racially diverse women in

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Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution Moves to UMass Boston

By Robert Kurtz There may be no place like a new home in recent years, said direction of MODR. Matz said home, but for the Massachusetts Susan Jeghelian, executive direc- the chance to bring MODR to Office of Dispute Resolution, tor. “Our location wasn’t optimal UMass Boston warranted consid- there’s no place like a new home, and our level of funding and re- eration. “It seemed like a sensible especially when it is on the UMass sources was not optimal either,” proposition to explore,” Matz Boston campus. Jeghelian said. “We needed a new said. “It looked like a chance for The Massachusetts Office of home.” us to enhance opportunities for Dispute Resolution (MODR) is a Having noticed a trend our students.” state agency that helps public of- throughout the country which Now that MODR has arrived, ficials and citizens resolve con- saw other offices of dispute reso- having a resource of such great flicts in collaborative ways and lution relocating to university set- potential is an idea Matz finds ap- build agreement on public policy tings, MODR contacted David pealing. “We’re delighted because issues. It moved from the Execu- Matz, founder and director of the it does seem like, in principle, a tive Office of Administration and Graduate Program in Dispute good marriage,” he said. Finance, located in Boston in the Resolution at UMass Boston. It is a good marriage because State House, onto campus and Matz has worked in some ca- UMass Boston and MODR commenced operations in the be- pacity with MODR since its in- should both benefit from the part- Executive Director Susan Jeghelian and the Massachusetts Office ginning of September. nership. Students will have the op- of Dispute Resolution are now located in McCormack Hall, having ception, including serving as a moved in September to UMass Boston. (Photo by Harry Brett) MODR had been looking for consultant regarding the initial portunity to serve internships, re- (Cont. on page 4)

University Communications Non-Profit UMass Boston Organization 100 Morrissey Boulevard PAID Boston, MA 02125-3393 Boston, MA Permit No. 52094 Election Watch C-Span will be at UMass Boston interview- ing students on the morning of Tuesday, November 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., in front of the Campus Center. See www.umb.edu for details. Arthur Eisenkraft: Distinguished Professor of Science Education

By Ed Hayward Arthur Eisenkraft joined the Boston’s commitment to urban ar- tionally possessed by the junior- ranks of the UMass Boston fac- eas and education,” Eisenkraft said year physics class, he said. ulty this fall among a crop of in a recent interview. “I came here Boston, Eisenkraft said, is at newly minted Ph.D.s. However, because I was missing students.” the heart of these national move- his doctorate in science education For the last two years, ments to raise the quality of sci- was minted at New York Univer- Eisenkraft has been directing a ence education for all students. sity in 1984, after he had spent a pair of National Science Founda- “Two years ago, Boston decade in the classroom as a high tion–funded projects to bring the started implementing Active Phys- school physics teacher. “Active Chemistry” and “Active ics and I came here to help lead Though this is his first univer- Physics” curricula to urban school workshops to train Boston teach- sity post, Eisenkraft brings to his districts, including the Boston ers. Through that, I have been able position as Distinguished Profes- Public Schools. to work with the teachers in Bos- sor of Science Education a career “It was the first time in my ca- ton, which has been very fulfill- defined by the hallmarks of aca- reer where I wasn’t able to juggle ing. The advantage of coming to deme: published articles and re- teaching with other responsibili- UMass Boston is to continue that ports, work on nearly a dozen ties and commitments, and I des- relationship.” books, a patent, federal grants, perately missed the students,” said Over the years, Eisenkraft’s in- organization of international con- Eisenkraft, who in 1991 was hon- Arthur Eisenkraft, Distinguished Professor of Science Education, be- terests have led him to a variety of gan teaching at UMass Boston in September. (Photo by Harry Brett) ferences and competitions, and a ored as Science Teacher of the projects. He directed and coached fellowship in the American Asso- Year by the Disney-sponsored His primary project now is de- mat where physics is taken fresh- in the International Physics Olym- ciation for the Advancement of American Teacher Awards. veloping the Active Physics cur- man year, followed by chemistry, piad, a competition that brings Science. Currently teaching a graduate riculum, which is used by more then biology. Ultimately, the goal together the top physics students His work has focused on course, “Methods in Teaching than 200,000 students across the of the project is to see 100 per- from across the globe. That was a bridging the gap between research Secondary Science,” in the Gradu- country. Originated by the Ameri- cent of all high school freshmen job he undertook at the behest of and practice in the art of science ate College of Education, can Association of Physics Teach- enrolled in physics courses. UMass President Jack M. Wilson education, in addition to finding Eisenkraft will also develop a ers and the American Institute for “Biology now requires an un- when Wilson was executive direc- new ways to make the sciences ac- Center for Science and Mathemat- Physics, the project aims to bring derstanding of chemistry and tor of the American Association of cessible to all students in all ics on campus. He is also a co– physics education to more Ameri- chemistry has always required an Physics Teachers. schools across the country. principal investigator on the can students. understanding of physics,” said “I have eclectic interests,” said The lifelong science educator $12.5 million National Science Part of this push involves Eisenkraft. But to put physics Eisenkraft. “They are like hob- came to UMass Boston because his Foundation grant received last Physics First, a movement to re- education first requires a curricu- bies. I go from one to another. But work in the past few years had month by UMass Boston faculty order science education—from lum that can reach students who I like synergies. I get involved in taken him out of the classroom. to support the Boston Science biology first, followed by chem- may not come equipped with the projects I think will support my “I’m here because of UMass Partnership. istry and then physics, to a for- math or reading strengths tradi- other projects.” Dorchester Civic Leaders Come for Urban Scholars Receive Grant from Meet-and-Greet with Chancellor Nellie Mae Education Foundation By Leigh DuPuy In its continued support of the evaluation, and program develop- Urban Scholars Program, the Nellie ment,” says Becker. “They are re- Mae Education Foundation re- ally a foundation that is engaged in cently gave more than $200,000 to an instructive and positive way.” the program, the third installment Urban Scholars, a year-round of a million-dollar grant. competitive program of intensive “Their continued support to the after-school and summer curricular ongoing success of the program has offerings, is well known for its work been crucial,” says Joan Becker, as- providing academic enrichment and sociate vice provost for academic precollegiate courses to inner-city support services and creator of the students. program. “With the current state Recently celebrating their twen- budget, it has been much more dif- tieth anniversary over the summer, ficult to raise money.” Urban Scholars has served over The Nellie Mae Foundation, 1,400 students ranging in age from which funds the program through 12 to 20, with 98 percent of gradu- its minority high-achievement clus- ates having gone on to college and ter, has worked in partnership with 85 percent having graduated. The the Urban Scholars Program since program currently serves 60 high 1991 and has donated more than a school students and 30 middle million dollars in the program’s school students in participating in- More than 30 presidents and leaders from Dorchester civic associations and elected officials, Senator Jack Hart and Representative Marty Walsh, attended a meet-and-greet dinner with Chancellor Motley, support to date. stitutions such as the Burke, the held on September 29 in the Campus Center’s Founders Room. Chancellor Motley presented an over- “The foundation has been the Dorchester Education Complex, view on his thoughts regarding community outreach and the urban mission and asked the audience program’s largest funder outside of and the High Schools at South Bos- for feedback on how the university could be more helpful in their communities. Seen above: Chancel- lor Motley talks with Louis Elisa of City Councilor Charles Yancey’s office. (Photo by Harry Brett) the university, and provides techni- ton, Cleveland, Gavin, Lewenberg, cal assistance with fundraising, McCormack, Rogers, and Wilson.

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2 ■ The University Reporter ■ November 2004 Student Website Projecting Electoral College Afro-American History Museum Results Attracts 30,000 Hits Daily By Leigh DuPuy to Honor Motley What does the latest poll pre- responses and feedback as a good The Museum of Afro- dict? Who is going to win? In sign that his site was objective and American History will honor the months leading up to the 2004 impartial. Chancellor Keith Motley for presidential election, these were Unsure of what he will do after his accomplishments and the questions on the minds of po- the election with the site, Guray leadership at a November 3 litical analysts, media talking knows he wants to continue to reception hosted by the heads, and voters alike. One build on it in some way. He has museum’s Board of Directors UMass Boston student did more been energized by the project: “I’ve and the Legacy Society. than just question. He instead cre- learned so much about polls, who Motley joins a prestigious list ated a comprehensive website, the major polling companies are, of co-honorees: Terrence A. www.tripias.com/state, that in- how it is done, how the numbers Gomes, president of cluded all the latest polls and pro- are calculated,” he notes. “I’ve Roxbury Community Col- jected state-by-state Electoral Col- learned about which polls you can lege; Jackie Jenkins Scott, lege results if the election had been throw out—which are biased and president of Wheelock Col- held on any particular day. Arthur Guray, a political science major, Latin minor, and philosophy which are not.” lege; Dana Mohler-Faria, “When people look at the na- of law student, created www.tripias.com/state, which projected Guray is a busy man. Not only president of Bridgewater Electoral College results state-by-state. (Photo by Harry Brett) tional predictors,” says Guray, a political science major, Latin mi- State College; Ronald “they don’t get an accurate picture While his was not the only more than 30,000 hits a day, draw- nor, and enrolled in the Philosophy Crutcher, president of of what the results could be.” Electoral College projector site out ing an average of 5,000 first-time of Law program of study, this hon- Wheaton College; Linda Guray began the project in June, there, Guray’s was unique because visitors and 5,000 returning visi- ors student is currently working on Edmonds Turner, president challenged by a friend who said it did not provide an analysis of tors. They frequently wrote Guray a thesis examining President George of Urban College of Boston; that a state-by-state analysis was the polls but let the users decide to compliment him on the site, and Bush’s rhetoric. In addition to his and Mahesh C. Sharma, not possible because of the few which they felt were the most reli- he considered it a sign of success studies and web project, Guray is president of Cambridge Col- polls available in all 50 states. He able. “I like to let people use the that he had recently received his working twenty hours a week for lege. The museum, located proved his friend wrong, spending raw data,” says Guray. “Users can first pieces of hate mail, one ac- the State House News Service. Af- in Beacon Hill, is the oldest 40 to 50 hours building the site and customize the map with their own cusing him of leaning toward the ter graduating in May 2005, Guray and most visible museum of about an hour a day maintaining set of criteria.” Democrats, another toward the hopes to go on to law school and African American history in it with the latest polls, which went Users clearly liked this ap- Republicans. An admitted Kerry become a lawyer, with future plans New England. back to those held in January. proach. Guray’s site attracted supporter, Guray considered their to run for office. Health and Human Services Secretary Carol Hardy-Fanta Named Meets with Health Care Colleagues Leading Woman by Girl Scouts

By Anne-Marie Kent The Girl Scouts do a lot more than sell cookies. The organization is also invested in a broad range of activities to increase the self-esteem and independence of young girls. One such endeavor is the Girl Scouts Leading Women program, established under the Girl Scouts Girls to Women initia- tive, which is focused on providing role models, career development, decision-making, and goal setting for girls as they mature The Massachusetts Office of Health and Human Services held a meet- through the ranks of scouting. ing at UMass Boston’s Campus Center on October 4, which included On October 20, Carol Hardy- Ronald Preston, secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Hu- man Services; Charlie Baker, president and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Fanta, the director of UMass Health Care; and Steve Kadish, undersecretary of the Executive Of- Boston’s Center for Women in Poli- Carol Hardy-Fanta, director of the Center for Women in Politics and fice of Health and Human Services. (Photo by Harry Brett) tics and Public Policy, was recog- Public Policy, was named one of the 2005 recipients of the Girl Scouts Leading Women Award. She received the honor during a ceremo- nized as one of the 2005 recipients nial dinner held on October 20. (Photo by Harry Brett) Alumnus Exhibits “Inspired by of the Girl Scouts Leading Women Award. collaboration with organizations has published widely on the inter- Craft” Show at Healey Library “Receiving a 2005 Leading like the Patriots’ Trail Girl Scouts,” section of gender, race, and Women Award from the Patriots’ added Hardy-Fanta. ethnicity in politics and public Trail Girl Scouts is an incredible In addition to directing the policy. honor,” said Hardy-Fanta. “I be- Center for Women in Politics and Since 1992, the Patriots’ Trail lieve that the award recognizes not Public Policy, Hardy-Fanta is also Girl Scout Council has recognized solely my own accomplishments a senior fellow at the John W. over 140 women and girls with the but highlights the work and mis- McCormack Institute for Public Leading Women Award. Each year, sion of the Center for Women in Affairs. She received her PhD in Leading Women and their corpo- Politics and Public Policy at UMass Public Policy from Brandeis rations offer advice, leadership, Boston.” Over the past few years, University’s Heller School, an and resources to Patriots’ Trail. the center has worked with the Girl MSW from Smith College, and a Leading Women have served on Scouts on initiatives designed to BA from Occidental College. the Girl Scouts Board of Directors promote leadership and political Hardy-Fanta is author of two and as committee members. They participation among girls and books: Latina Politics, Latino Poli- have volunteered as speakers or young women. tics: Gender, Culture, and Politi- guests at Girl Scout career fairs. A reception was held on October 14 to celebrate the work of alumnus Tom Stocker ’85. Chancellor Motley and others from the UMass “This award is not only person- cal Participation in Boston and They have been a critical link in Boston community came to see the exhibit, “Inspired by Craft: Paint- ally and professionally satisfying Latino Politics in Massachusetts: opening doors, and recruiting vol- ings of Textiles, Real and Imagined, 1992 - 2004,” which was dis- for me but will cause our center to Struggles, Strategies and Prospects. unteers, and have assisted in gen- played in the Grossman Gallery at the Healey Library. (Photo by Harry Brett) reaffirm its commitment to such She is a nationally recognized erating needed revenues for the initiatives and to an even stronger scholar on Latina/o politics and council.

November 2004 ■ The University Reporter ■ 3 Institutes Sponsor Thought-Provoking Seminars in October

Community Cultural Development Matters: Vietnamese American Experience in Dorchester By Shirley Tang On October 6, the Institute native model which links commu- cans), and Latino populations. for Asian American Studies nity development goals of eco- Tang and Bui note that “organiz- sponsored the program “Com- nomic stability, political represen- ing and advocacy in this Vietnam- munity Cultural Development tation, and social justice with ese diasporic community associ- Matters: Vietnamese American intergenerational organizing and ated with complex refugee/exile Experience in Dorchester, Mas- the collaborative cultivation of cul- politics have converged in com- sachusetts.” Shirley Tang, assis- tural practices, grounded both in pelling but contradictory ways tant professor in the Asian the multicultural and multilingual within this diverse neighborhood American Studies and American realities of the local neighborhood across culture, language and race, Studies programs, and James and the transnational, diasporic particularly through recent inter- Bui, former director of Commu- sensibilities of the population.” generational and bilingual cul- nity Organizing and Programs This case study thus provides a use- tural development projects, inter- at Viet-AID and instructor in the ful lens for understanding broader racial/ethnic organizing of black Asian American Studies pro- historical and intercultural pro- and Vietnamese residents, and the gram, presented results from cesses of development in various historic establishment of Viet- their study that examines the urban cultural contexts. AID, the first Vietnamese Ameri- role of and relationship between The Fields Corner neighbor- can Community Development community development efforts, hood is a myriad of crossroads be- Center in the nation.” cultural practices, and historical tween generations, ethnicities, These examples represent im- memory in the Vietnamese classes, races, and religions, with portant markers from which to American diasporic community Presenters at the “Community Cultural Development Matters: Viet- roughly 30 percent Vietnamese and explore new visions for commu- in Fields Corner of Dorchester, namese American Experience in Dorchester, Massachusetts” event: generous percentages of white eth- nity development that are focused Massachusetts. Shirley Tang, assistant professor in the Asian American Studies and nic populations, people of African on empowerment, healing, and American Studies programs, and James Bui, former director of Com- According to Tang and Bui, munity Organizing and Programs at the Viet-AID and instructor in descent (e.g., Haitians, Afro- solidarity in the Vietnamese the study argues for “an alter- the Asian American Studies program. (Photo by Harry Brett) Caribbeans, and African Ameri- American diaspora.

Gerontology Sponsors Dukakis Gastón Institute Examines Latino Political Participation Discussion on Health Care

On October 4, in a lecture on Truman, Richard Nixon, and Bill health care policy at the Geron- Clinton to Roosevelt—Teddy, in tology Department of the his unsuccessful bid for another McCormack Graduate School of term in 1912— Dukakis left the Policy Studies, Northeastern pro- impression that the Nixon plan fessor Michael Dukakis dispensed should perhaps be revisited and such sage advice on policymaking updated. as: make it simple; don’t reinvent On the related issue of fund- the wheel; build coalitions; and ing long-term care, Dukakis be- provide executive leadership. lieved that the idea of trading off Decrying the rising toll of some social security benefits for the uninsured, who, he re- basic long-term-care coverage, minded the audience, are over- proposed by Professor Yung-Ping whelmingly workers and their Chen, is “creative and politically families or those who have lost smart policy-making” at provid- their jobs, Dukakis argued that ing a vitally needed coverage a well-designed universal without inviting potential genera- (From left to right): Andrés Torres, director of the Gastón Institute, moderates a panel of five: Marcos healthcare plan could reduce tional conflict or imposing new Devers, Lawrence City Councilor; Angelo Falcon, senior policy executive and director of the Puerto health insurance costs to em- taxes. Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund; Tomas Alberto Avila, president of the Rhode Island Latino ployers. Contributed by W. Dean, E. Political Action Committee; Grace Diaz, winner of the Democratic primary for state representative in Johns, K. Johnson, N. Kwan, J. Rhode Island; and Melba De Pena, president of the Rhode Island Latino Civic Fund. (Photo by Harry Tracing presidential efforts at Poey, N. Wiatrowski, K. Wilson, Brett) universal healthcare of Harry and R. Geary By Leigh DuPuy On October 19, Latino activ- the Democratic primary for state the Rhode Island Latino Politi- Dispute Resolution (cont.) ists and leaders came together for representative in Rhode Island’s cal Action Committee, is a forum to explore issues relating District 11, spoke of the difference through continuity and coordi- ceive training, and study cases as rums for the convening of dis- to political participation in the Latinos have made in elections nation of group efforts. they develop. “MODR is a won- pute resolution processes. Latino community. Panelists since the previous presidential Angelo Falcon, senior derful laboratory for the stu- Jeghelian also hopes MODR spoke for about ten minutes on election. Noting that Latino policy executive and director of dents,” said Loraine Della Porta, will collaborate on projects with their experiences in the field. women are more involved in poli- the Puerto Rican Legal Defense deputy director for MODR. some of UMass Boston’s aca- Melba De Pena, president of tics than ever, she spoke of her and Education Fund, spoke “They can take the theory they demic programs, which could the Rhode Island Latino Civic own motivation to run for office: about the challenges that have learn in class and bring it to pave the way for funding oppor- Fund, spoke of the success she and “I believe I can be a strong voice come with an increased aware- MODR. We bring students in on tunities. others have had in Rhode Island for my community.” ness of the importance of the all these projects that we do and Although MODR is still set- in encouraging the Latino com- Lawrence city councilor Latino vote. “We have had give them real-life experience.” tling into its new home on the munity to become involved in lo- Marcos Devers agreed with the more attention than we ever Faculty will benefit as well. first floor of McCormack Hall, cal politics. Some of these tactics panel that the Latino voter was had before in the media,” he “Professors are going to have a Jeghelian said she is elated to be have included inviting candidates more powerful than ever before, notes. “What do we do with rich source of material for their on the campus. “To be in a to present their political platforms pointing to the increased voter the spotlight?” research,” in addition to having learning environment and a cre- at coffee hours or musical events, registration and influence of The event was sponsored access to teaching resources, ative environment is very ener- registering people to vote at festi- Latinos in Lawrence. One of the by The Gastón Institute, the Jeghelian said. gizing for us,” Jeghelian said. vals, and the highly successful use best ways to increase Latino po- William Joiner Center for the Besides having a new home, “Now we can provide service of music in political campaigns. litical participation, according to Study of War and Social Con- MODR will be able to use through an institution which has Grace Diaz, who recently won Tomas Alberto Avila, president of sequences, and ¿Oiste? UMass Boston facilities as fo- a service mission.”

4 ■ The University Reporter ■ November 2004 Penney Publishes First Full-Length Biography of Women’s Rights Pioneer Martha Wright By Leigh DuPuy Her neighbors were scandalized reaction to neighbors who were of- happy that it took 45 years after her by her behavior and called her a fended by her close friendship with death to get the vote and 100 years “very dangerous woman.” Though Douglass: “Wright told her detrac- to pass and implement Title-IX.” her actions made her notorious, tors, ‘I’ve always thought you should Penney, former UMass Boston many of us may not know much judge a man by his intelligence, not chancellor and now professor of about Martha Wright, a pioneer in by the color of his skin.’” leadership at the College of Man- the women’s rights and abolition Career highlights and definitive agement and director of the Center movements. This is bound to change moments for Wright include attend- for Collaborative Leadership, finds with the publication of A Very Dan- ing the 1833 founding of the Ameri- her research on Wright highly ap- gerous Woman: Martha Wright and can Anti-Slavery Society, over plicable to the program. “The best Women’s Rights, the first full-length which she later presided during way to bring about change is biography of Wright, written by numerous anti-slavery meetings. through inclusive leadership and UMass Boston’s Sherry H. Penney She and her older sister, Lucretia collaboration,” she says. “She did and her husband, James D. Mott, joined Elizabeth Cady this through a strong network of Livingston, a professor at MIT. Stanton, Mary Ann McClintock, women and by sticking to it and While the authors’ initial inter- and Jane Hunt in organizing the not giving up easily, because change est in Wright was sparked by her re- historic Seneca Falls Women’s isn’t easy. These are the things we lationship with Livingston—she is Rights Convention, held in 1848. discuss and address in the Emerg- his great-great-grandmother—their As secretary, vice president, and ing Leaders program.” scholarship was inspired by Wright’s president for women’s rights conven- Of the book, Penney says, “It Sherry H. Penney, professor of leadership and director of the Center energetic drive, prolific writing, and tions, she traveled all over the coun- was a real labor of love. It was great for Collaborative Leadership, and husband James Livingston have progressive philosophies. Penney recently coauthored A Very Dangerous Woman: Martha Wright and try fighting for voting rights and to work with my husband, and we and Livingston spent two years re- Women’s Rights. (Photo by Harry Brett) parity in wages, and to challenge tra- worked well together. The only dis- searching available materials, includ- they are so informative about of seven and the wife of a promi- ditional gender roles for women. agreement we ever had was about ing a collection of 1,500 of Wright’s women’s lives, from her descrip- nent lawyer, Wright was actively in- Near the end of her life, she also grammar,” she adds, laughing. letters, diaries, and personal actions of family relations, women’s volved in championing anti-slavery served as president of the National The University of Massachusetts counts located at Smith College and housework, and child rearing. and women’s rights causes. Her Woman Suffrage Association. Press published the book in August, at other library collections. What is most incredible is, in the friendships reveal much about her What would Wright think today and Penney and Livingston have “She was a prodigious writer, middle of these descriptions, she activism. She was a friend and sup- of the progress made in women’s been promoting the work through- very witty,” says Penney. “Her let- will launch into a three-page dis- porter of Harriet Tubman, William rights? Penney speculates, “She out New York and Massachusetts. ters have been frequently used by sertation on women’s rights.” Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick would have been happy to see the They held a book signing on Octo- nineteenth-century scholars because In addition to being the mother Douglass. Penney describes Wright’s great strides we’ve made, but un- ber 27 at UMass Boston. Supporting Students Is a Passion Dana-Farber/UMass Boston (cont.) an urban setting. His study responds ate. These positions are highly val- to what the National Cancer Insti- ued by new nursing graduates, who tute has described as an urgent need appreciate the extraordinary learn- to develop, test, and implement can- ing opportunities afforded by these cer-prevention interventions that world class health care organiza- promote physical activity, and be- tions. havioral weight-control strategies, CNHS and Dana-Farber have particularly among ethnically di- also collaborated to make a clini- verse and low-income populations. cal experience available to senior “These projects have all been nursing students in the semester supported by Dana-Farber,” said prior to graduation. In fall 2004, Fonteyn. “In addition to funded for the first time, a group of stu- projects, we are exploring other re- dents are participating in a com- Left: Carol DeSouza, ADA Compliance Services manager, has set up the Carol DeSouza Student Support Fund to support students with disabilities. Right: Joanna Scagliotti, a UMass Boston science major, was search projects.” For example, pro- munity health nursing practicum at the first recipient of the Women in Science Fund. (Photo by Harry Brett) fessor Dan Simovici is in collabora- the Dana-Farber, where they have By Steven Ward tion with researchers at Dana- access to an experienced clinician The UMass Boston community graduate in 2005. The support she field with their peers. For example, Farber on a project investigating the who will serve as their instructor. is composed of many special indi- receives from the Women in Science many Mass Boston disabled stu- use of data mining. CNHS faculty and the DFCI staff viduals, but two members have re- Fund will help offset the costs of at- dents require adaptive technology Another area of the partner- are collaborating to develop expe- cently stood out to support our stu- tending UMass Boston. CLA dean or equipment which may not be ship involves providing opportu- riences that will enhance students’ dents. Christine Armett-Kibel and Rosanne Donahue, who has been co- covered by financial aid. nities for McNair program partici- awareness of and ability to meet the Carol DeSouza have established en- ordinating the selection process, says, The fund enabled a nursing stu- pants, UMass Boston undergradu- nursing needs of cancer patients dowments to provide support for “Ms. Scagliotti is a wonderful student to obtain a very specialized ates, to work in Dana-Farber labo- and their families. women pursuing science careers dent who exemplifies the talent of stethoscope for her hearing impair- ratories. UMass Boston’s Joan Now, with all of these initiatives and for students with disabilities, the many women in our science pro- ment, which permitted her to con- Becker is involved in developing under way, the subject of Fonteyn’s respectively. grams.” tinue her studies. This student went these opportunities. initial discussion with Dana-Farber In recognition of her more than Although the Women in Science on to graduate and is now a suc- UMass Boston’s College of leadership is coming to fruition: the 30 years of service to UMass Bos- Fund began as a group effort, cessful employee in the health care Nursing and Health Sciences submission of the U-56 proposal. ton, colleagues and friends of Chris- DeSouza has been planning the community. “We shouldn’t let fi- (CNHS) graduates are also in a po- “We anticipate submitting the tine Armett-Kibel recently gathered Carol DeSouza Student Support nancial barriers impede our stu- sition to benefit from the partner- proposal to National Institutes of at a reception to celebrate with her Fund herself for many years. She dents’ success. If the technology ship. Not only are members of Health in the spring,” said as she retired. The discussion began to have funds set aside as a exists, let’s do what we can to pro- their faculty being introduced to re- Fonteyn. “The funding of the U- quickly turned to the students payroll deduction and recently vide it,” says DeSouza. searchers from Dana-Farber, they 56 proposal will lead to the even- Armett-Kibel so deeply cares for. reached the level necessary to estab- These two funds will continue may be eligible for new job oppor- tual development of numerous Thus was born the Women in Sci- lish an endowed account. to grow and provide financial assis- tunities working as nurses in con- funded research projects between ence Fund, a scholarship for women DeSouza’s dedication to the distance as long as there is a need. Al- sortium hospitals once they gradu- Dana Farber and UMass Boston.” pursuing careers in the sciences, and ability community has enabled though the funds were developed by donations in honor of Armett-Kibel countless students to navigate different means, they each will pro- Got News? began to pour in. through UMass Boston toward vide ongoing support for students. Send us news to [email protected] and submit This fall, the first award will be graduation. The fund exists to pro- For more information, contact calendar listings to www.umb.edu/news/calendar. presented to Joanna Scagliotti, who vide students with the tools they the Office of Institutional Advance- Editorial materials are due November 15. is studying biology and plans to need to compete on a level playing ment, 617-287-5320.

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PRESENTATIONS, Joy Gould and Amy Gelb of the On October 15, Teresa Roberts, PUBLICATIONS Judith Goleman, associate profes- CONFERENCES, AND Institute for Community Inclusion lecturer in the College of Nursing sor of English and director of the LECTURES presented at the “Mental Health and Health Sciences, presented The College of Nursing and Health Composition Program, published Supported Employment Specialist “Health and Culture of Brazilian Sciences’ Kristine Alster and Laurel “‘An Immensely Simplified Task’: The College of Nursing and Health Training: Practical Strategies for Transnationals in the United Radwin have published the article Form in Modern Composition- Sciences’ Kristine Alster, Susan Success” symposium hosted by the States” at the Florida International “The Deserved Care Framework Rhetoric” in the September issue of Haussler, Michelle Anderson, and New York Work Exchange. University’s “Improving Health for Evaluating Health Care College Composition and Commu- Dorothy Bowers, with EdD student Care Quality through Research” Quality” in Home Healthcare nication. JoAnn Mulready-Shick, presented Carol Hardy-Fanta, director of the nursing conference. Management and Practice. the project “The Future of Center for Women in Politics and Jacqueline Fawcett, professor in the Colleagues Collaborative” at the Public Policy, spoke on the The Africana Studies Department Pamela Annas, professor of English College of Nursing and Health National League for Nursing intersection of gender, race/ cosponsored the 16th annual and director of the Master’s Sciences, published two co-written Education Summit, held on ethnicity, and politics at the panel conference of the Haitian Studies Program in English, reviewed articles in October: “The Theory October 1. “Gender Politics in the Twenty- Association with the University of Sanora Babb’s Whose Names Are of Human Becoming in Action” in First Century,” sponsored by the Puerto Rico, Rio Pierdas, in Unknown: A Novel in Women’s Nursing Science Quarterly and In October, Elsa Auerbach, American Council on Education’s October. Marc Prou, assistant Reviews of Books. “The Common Journey Breast professor of English, moderated the National Network of Women professor of Africana studies, was Cancer Support Group: A Program panel “Spaces of Refutation: Leaders. one of the principal organizers of Pratyush Bharati, assistant Evaluation” in Journal of Clinical Women Reclaiming Their Subjec- the conference, themed “Re- professor of management science Nursing. She also will see the tivity” at the Women and Literacy Stephanie Hartwell, associate Discovering Haitian History: and information systems, published second edition of her book Symposium, held at Harvard professor of sociology, was the Archiving Memory to Construct the co-written article “Influence of Contemporary Nursing Knowl- Graduate School of Education, and keynote speaker at the 19th Annual Our Future.” Choiceboards on E-Commerce edge: Analysis and Evaluation of conducted a workshop on partici- Munich Hall Conference in Customers: An Empirical Study of Nursing Models and Theories patory approaches to adult ESOL Forensic Psychiatry and the Professor Lorna Rivera of the Factors Impacting User Satisfac- published this fall. for the Master’s in TESOL Program University of Munich Medical College of Public and Community tion” in Proceedings of 2004 at the School for International School. She presented “Reintegra- Service presented at the “Women Americas Conference on Informa- Carroy U. Ferguson, professor in Training. tion of Mentally Disordered and Literacy: Moving to Power and tion Systems. the College of Public and Commu- Offenders—What We Can Learn Participation” symposium, held at nity Service, will celebrate the In November, John Butterworth, from American Experiences? Harvard University on October 2. Lawrence Blum, professor of publication of his new book, research coordinator at the Service System and Consumer philosophy, published “A High Transitions in Consciousness from Institute for Community Inclusion Perspective.” In October, Lois Rudnick of the School Class on Race and Racism,” an African American Perspective: (ICI), is speaking at the 2004 American Studies Program about his high school teaching Original Essays in Psycho- national TASH conference in Peter Kiang, professor of education organized and presented a panel at experience in Radical Teacher. Historical Context, by the Univer- Nevada. ICI sponsored the and director of the Asian American the Western American Literature sity Press of America at a Novem- employment section of the Studies Program, presented the Association meeting on her Chris Bobel, assistant professor of ber 17 book party. conference. paper “Food and Race-Related exhibition “Vanishing Borders: women’s studies, published the PTSD among Asian American and Contemporary Cross-Cultural Art peer-reviewed article “When Good John Fulton, assistant professor of Carol Chandler of the English Pacific Islander Vietnam Veterans” from the Southwest.” Enough Isn’t: Mother Blame in The English, will have his first novel, Department presented “Grassroots at the annual meeting of the Continuum Concept” in the More Than Enough, published in Leadership Development” at the American Psychological Associa- Lloyd Schwartz, the Frederick S. Journal of the Association for paperback by Viking Press in annual conference of the National tion, held in Honolulu. He also Troy Professor of English, partici- Research on Mothering. November. Alliance of Vietnamese Service delivered four presentations at an pated in a panel of writers Associations, held in Houston, international teacher training discussing the influence of televi- Michael Boyle, lecturer in the John Duff, assistant professor of Texas, in September. institute sponsored by the East sion at the Concord Authors Exercise Science and Physical Environmental, Earth and Ocean West Center and National Endow- Festival, held on October 27. Education Department, published Sciences, published a note on the Elora Chowdhury, assistant ment for the Humanities. his book Functional Training for United States contemplation of professor of women’s studies, Stephen Silliman, assistant Sports with Human Kinetics. accession to the Law of the Sea presented the paper “Feminist On October 3, Kevin B. Murphy, professor of anthropology, Convention in Ocean Development Negotiations: Contesting Narra- research analyst in the Office of delivered an invited presentation at Caroline Brown, assistant professor and International Law. tives of the Campaign Against Acid Institutional Research and Policy the Massachusetts Archaeological of English, published “Of Blues Violence in Bangladesh” at the Studies, presented the paper Society meeting, held on October and the Erotic: Corregida as a Brooke Harrow of the College of 14th Annual Women’s Studies “Identifying Additional Layers of 16. New World Song” in Obsidian III. Nursing and Health Sciences Conference, held in October. Diversity at Public Urban Universi- published the article “The Varia- ties by Using Data from the 2000 Rob Stevenson, associate professor James Dien Bui, Shirley Suet-ling tion in Cost of Informal Caregiving Dick Cluster, associate director of National Postsecondary Student of biology, attended the workshop Tang, and Peter Nien-chu Kiang of and Formal Service Use for People the Honors Program, presented the Aid Study (NPSAS: 2000)” at the “KNB Data Management Tools the Asian American Studies with Alzheimer’s Disease” with paper “To Live Outside the Law Coalition of Urban and Metropoli- Workshop” at the National Center Program coauthored the article colleagues in American Journal of You Must Be Honest: Daily tan Universities 10th Annual for Ecological Analysis and “The Local/Global Politics of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Illegality and Its Effects” at the International Conference. Synthesis, held at UC Santa Boston’s Viet-Vote,” published in Dementias. “Cuba Today: Continuity and Barbara in September. the fall issue of AAPI Nexus: Change Since the Período Especial” In September, Professor Jennifer Policy, Practice, and Community. David Johnson, undergraduate conference, held in New York City Radden of the Philosophy Depart- Jack Wiggin of the Urban Harbors English major, published a long in October. ment presented the paper “Cultural Institute presented “Port and Robert Chen of the Environmental, poem, “Winter Blues,” in the Norms and Borderline Identities” Marine Transportation Issues” at Earth, and Ocean Sciences (EEOS) Autumn 2004 volume of The Bitter On September 10, John Duff, at the 7th International Conference the Rhode Island Sea Grant Department has authored or Oleander. assistant professor of environmen- on Philosophy, Psychiatry and Strategic Focus Group: Southern coauthored seven of the twenty tal, earth, and ocean sciences, Psychology, held in Germany. New England Regional Coastal and papers in a special issue of Marine Cultural Studies: From Theory to moderated a panel discussion on Ocean Management, held on Chemistry devoted to chro- Action, a new book by Pepi the US Ocean Commission Report Laurel Radwin, assistant professor September 9 in Newport. mophoric dissolved organic matter Leistyna, associate professor in the at the 5th Annual Marine Law in the College of Nursing and in marine waters. Additional Applied Linguistics Graduate Symposium, held at Roger Health Sciences, presented the Felicia Wilczenski, associate EEOS contributors to one or more Studies Program, was recently Williams University. paper “Four Scales to Measure professor in the Department of of these papers include research published by Blackwell Press. Desired Health Outcomes from Counseling and School Psychology, associates Bernie Gardner and In October in Washington, D.C., Cancer Nursing Care: Develop- served as the discussant for the Xuchen Wang and doctoral student Thomas O’Grady, professor of Greer Glazer, dean of the College ment and Pilot Testing” at the symposium “A Critical Assessment Julie Callahan. English, recently published two of Nursing and Health Sciences and National Congress on the State of of Social Emotional Learning and articles: “The Ó Bruadair Inherit- chair for the American Nursing the Science in Nursing Research, Character Education Research” at Linda Dittmar, professor of ance: Some Left a Name Behind Association Political Action held in October. the annual meeting of the National English, published “Fending Off Them” in New Hibernia Review Committee, presented “Nursing Network for Educational Renewal. the Barbarians: Agit-Media and and “Decoys; or, A Bid for Milton Activism and the Upcoming the Middle East” in Cinema Acorn’s ‘The Stormbirds’” in Arc: Election” at Providence Hospital Journal. and spoke at the National Congress on the State of the Science in Nursing Research conference.

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Canada’s National Poetry Maga- Lloyd Schwartz, the Frederick S. In September, the New England Glenn Gabbard, associate director Lois Rudnick of the American zine. He also published a book Troy Professor of English, partici- Pension Assistance Project of the for the New England Resource Studies Program has made a chapter, “‘That first, best country’: pated in poetry readings on Gerontology Institute received a Center for Higher Education, has teaching video based on her The Literary Landscape of September 28 at the Cambridge two-year grant from the Adminis- been selected as a data facilitator recently edited book, Red Earth: Montague’s Tyrone,” in Well Public Library, with Robert Pinsky tration on Aging of the U.S. for the Achieving the Dream Poems of New Mexico, to be used Dreams and two poems, “Smoke” in a reading of Dante’s Inferno at Department of Health and Human project. He is one of 15 data by the Museum of New Mexico and “Corbies,” in The Fiddlehead. the Massachusetts College of Art, Services to continue its work as the facilitators working nationwide Department of Education to help and in celebration of the late poet only source of free pension with community colleges partici- public school students write poetry Mary Oleskiewicz, assistant Thom Gunn at Blacksmith House. counseling for seniors in the six pating in the project. about art and create art from professor of music, has just New England states. The project’s poetry. published a scholarly first edition: GRANTS, RESEARCH, AND work will also benefit from a Greer Glazer, dean of the College Johann Joachim Quantz: Six PROJECTS $10,000 grant from the Boston Bar of Nursing and Health Sciences, Juanita Urban-Rich, assistant Quartets for Flute, Violin, Viola, Foundation. was reelected as chair for the professor in the Environmental, and Basso Continuo. The volume Professor Joan Arches of the American Nurses Association Earth, and Ocean Sciences presents new 18th-century chamber College of Public and Community The Center for Women in Politics Political Action Committee for Department, installed web cameras works she rediscovered in 2002. Service and her “Strategy and and Public Policy received a $2,500 2004 – 2005. in two schools in the Canadian Proposal Development” class in grant from the DHHS Region I Arctic and one at the Helen Keller Professor Susan Opotow of the community planning received a Office of Women’s Health to plan a Jacqueline Fawcett, professor in the Elementary School to exchange Graduate Program in Dispute Massachusetts and Rhode Island series of roundtable discussions to College of Nursing and Health data on seasonal changes in light, Resolution at the College of Public Campus Compact “Raise Your examine gender and racial/ethnic Sciences, has been appointed ground coverage, and vegetation. and Community Service published Voice” grant to sponsor a campus- disparities in the allied health associate member of the Dana- She received a $25,000 grant from the chapter “Conflict and Morals” wide student event, “Engaged professions. Farber/Harvard Cancer Center and National Science Foundation in Nurturing Morality for the Student Voices,” to be held in one of five editors of the Journal of Geoscience Education for the Issues in Children’s and Families’ November. The Institute for Community Advanced Nursing. project. Lives Series, published by Kluwer/ Inclusion (ICI) has received two Plenum Press. The Urban Harbors Institute, with education-related grants. College Susan Moir has been appointed the IN THE NEWS John Ebersole of the Biology Career Connection studies the director of the Labor Resource The chapter “Black, Mulatto, and Department, was awarded a impact of post-secondary education Center. She came to UMass Boston Carol Hardy-Fanta, director of the Light Skin: Reinterpreting Race, $98,000 grant from the National on students with intellectual on September 13 after almost 12 Center for Women in Politics and Ethnicity, and Class in Caribbean Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- disabilities. In Project FOCUS years at UMass Lowell, where she Public Policy, was quoted in the Diasporic Communities,” by Marc tration (NOAA) to compile and Academy, ICI provides training on cofounded and was the first article “Transformed Hub to Prou, assistant professor of reassess research on benthic-pelagic research-tested techniques to help director of the Construction Groundbreaking Sheriff: ‘You go, Africana studies, is included in a linkages, and to recommend policy teens with disabilities move into Occupational Health Program. girl!’” that ran in the Boston new book, State of the Race— and management strategies for adulthood. Herald on September 19. Creating Our 21st Century: Where incorporation into marine pro- At the September meeting of the Do We Go from Here?, published tected areas. APPOINTMENTS AND Association for Institutional In October, a strength and by Diaspora Press. HONORS Research (AIR) Professional conditioning business run by Jacqueline Fawcett, professor in the Development Services Committee, Michael Boyle of the Exercise Professor Lorna Rivera of the College of Nursing and Health Professor Kamaljit S. Bawa of the Kevin B. Murphy, research analyst Science and Physical Education College of Public and Community Sciences, has received grants from Biology Department was recog- in the Office of Institutional Department was featured on the Service published the essay the Oncology Nursing Society for nized as an Honorary Fellow by the Research and Policy Studies, was Today show in a segment on “Women’s Education and Welfare her study on the quality of life in Association of Tropical Biology appointed co-director of the AIR training young athletes. Reform” in The Change Agent: adults with Hodgkin’s Disease and and Conservation in recognition of Foundations Institute, which will Adult Education for Social Justice. from the Massachusetts Depart- his contributions to basic research be held in August 2005 at Greer Glazer, dean of the College ment of Public Health for her in tropical biology and conserva- Bridgewater State College. of Nursing and Health Sciences, Stephen Silliman, assistant project “The Women’s Health tion, service to his profession, and was quoted in Nursing Spectrum, professor of anthropology, Network Case Management his work in the establishment of the Anna Ohanyan joined the Dispute Nurseweek on September 20 on the published the article “Missions Evaluation.” Ashoka Trust in India. Resolution Program in the College political clout of nurses. Aborted: California Indian Life on of Public and Community Service 19th-Century Ranchos, 1834- Peter Kiang, director of the Asian Michael Boyle, lecturer in the as a postdoctoral student. Joe Marrone of the Institute for 1848” in the September issue of American Studies Program and Exercise Science and Physical Ohanyan received her Ph.D. in Community Inclusion was Boletín: The Journal of the professor of education, raised Education Department, received political science from Syracuse interviewed by Reintegration California Mission Studies $20,000 in private donations to one of two distinguished alumnus University. Today magazine on employment Association. support the Asian American Studies awards for 2004 at his alma mater concerns for people with mental Program Fund. Springfield College, in October. Laurel Radwin, assistant professor health issues and how working can The Complete English Poems of in the College of Nursing and promote recovery. George Herbert, edited, intro- Laurel Radwin, assistant professor in Mary Brady, director of the Health Sciences, has been ap- duced, and annotated by John the College of Nursing and Health Professional Development for the pointed as associate clinical Padraig O’Malley, senior fellow at Tobin, professor of English, has Sciences, won a $572,735 grant from Center for Social Development and scientist at the Phyllis F. Cantor the McCormack Graduate School been issued as a Penguin Classics the Agency for Health Care Research Education, and Robert McCulley, Center at the Dana-Farber Cancer of Policy Studies, published the op- paperback. He also has two and Quality for the project “Testing professor of special education in Institute. ed “Political Bedfellows in published short articles, “Another the Quality of Health Outcomes the Graduate College of Education, Northern Ireland” in the Boston Psalm for Falstaff” and “Lear’s Model in Cancer Care.” each won an award from the Marion Winfrey, associate dean of Globe on September 23. Howling, Again,” in the September University Continuing Education the College of Nursing, was issue of Notes and Queries. Amy Rex Smith, associate profes- Association. Brady received the appointed president of the board of The Post Standard featured Sherry sor in the College of Nursing and Innovative and Creative Program directors for the North Shore H. Penney, professor of leadership, EXHIBITS, READINGS, Health Sciences and master’s Award for her development of the Community Health Center. and her husband, James D. PERFORMANCES, program director, received a Applied Behavioral Analysis for Livingston, who discussed their RECORDINGS $41,533 Advanced Education in Special Programs, and McCulley MISCELLANEOUS new book A Very Dangerous Nursing Traineeship grant from the received the Continuing Education Woman: Martha Wright and Mary Oleskiewicz, assistant Health Services Resources Adminis- Faculty Award for his work in The nonfiction book “We’ll Call Women’s Rights on October 4. professor of music, presented a tration, which will provide stipends courses offered through Corporate, You If We Need You: Experiences recital for flute and clavichord for master’s and doctoral nursing Continuing, and Distance Educa- of Women Working Construction,” On October 1, the Boston Globe, titled “From Berlin to Hamburg: students. tion. by Susan Eisenberg, professor in Boston Herald, and Mass High Mostly Music of Carl Philipp the College of Public and Commu- Tech reported on the $12.5 million Emanuel Bach,” as part of the On September 14, the William Carroy U. Ferguson, professor in nity Service, will be made into the grant UMass Boston received from Boston Clavichord Society concert Joiner Center for the Study of War the College of Public and Commu- feature film Fear of Heights, the National Science Foundation to series, held on October 24. and Social Consequences received a nity Service, was selected as the directed by Gary Fleder with a lead the Boston Science Partner- $6,000 organization support grant first chair of the editorial board for release date of 2006. ship, a five-year science education from the Massachusetts Cultural the newly established publishing reform program. Council. firm AHP Press. AHP Press has been established by the Association for Humanistic Psychology.

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The Calendar of Events is pub- Thursday 4 Wednesday 10 Thursday 18 Monday 29 lished monthly by the Office of University Communications and ITC Course: Exploring WebCT ITC Course: Beyond PowerPoint Chancellor’s Years of Service Tai-Chi Meditation in Motion Community Relations. All events Vista Basics Reception 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., McCormack Hall, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m., Healey Library, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m., Healey Library, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m., McCormack Hall, Beacon Fitness Center, 1st fl. Taught are open to the public and free, lower level. Registration number: lower level. Learn advanced features Ryan Lounge, 3rd fl. Contact: 7- by a professional instructor. Free to unless otherwise noted. From off 00431. Contact: 7-2990 or www.itc. of PowerPoint. Presenter: Harriet 5176 or [email protected]. all students. Sponsored by University umb.edu. Wilt. Registration number: 00427. Health Services. Contact: Wijdan campus, dial (617) 287 and the Contact: 7-2990 or www.itc.umb. Rahman, 7-5000. last four digits below each calen- Water Watch General Meetings edu. Friday 19 dar event. 2:30 – 3:30 p.m., Wheatley Hall, 4- Tuesday 30 Submit December calendar 156. Weekly meetings to discuss Biology Series Seminar: Tropical events and projects such as clean-ups Thursday 11 listings by Monday, November Forest Succession: New Para- on the Charles and Neponset Rivers, digms for New Forests? 15. Submit calendar listings education in K-12 classrooms, water Veterans Day. 2:30 – 3:30 p.m., Science Center, 1- Yoga online at www.umb.edu/news/ watch website development, etc. Con- 006. Featuring Robin Chazdon of the 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., McCormack Hall, tact: 7-3866 or teresa@waterwatch Beacon Fitness Center, 1st fl. Profes- calendar/. University closed. University of Connecticut. Contact: online.org. 7-6600 or [email protected]. sional yoga instruction. Free to students. $5.00 for faculty and staff. Contact: 7-5680 or linda.jorgensen Friday 12 UMass Boston Beacons: Men’s Friday 5 @umb.edu. Monday 1 Ice Hockey vs. Amherst College Biology Series Seminar: Can 7:00 p.m., Clark Athletic Center. Chancellor’s Student Luncheon Tai-Chi Meditation in Motion Biology Series Seminar: The Aryl Temperate Forest Ecosystems Contact: 7-7801 or www.athletics. 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Location TBA. Res- 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., McCormack Hall, Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR), an Sequester Atmospheric CO2 umb.edu. ervations required. Contact: Pat Beacon Fitness Center, 1st fl. Taught Environmental Pollutant- Forever? MacNeil, 7-5800. by a professional instructor. Free to Activated Transcription Factor, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m., Science Center, 1- UMass Boston Beacons: all students. Sponsored by University Influences Cell Death and Growth 006. Featuring Adrien Finzi of Bos- Women’s Basketball vs. Green Health Services. Contact: Wijdan 2:30 – 3:30 p.m., Science Center, 1- ton University. Contact: 7-6600 or Mountain College UMass Boston Beacons: Men’s Rahman, 7-5000. 006. Featuring David Sherr of Bos- [email protected]. 7:30 p.m., Clark Athletic Center. Ice Hockey vs. Framingham State ton University. Contact: 7-6600 or Contact: 7-7801 or www.athletics. College [email protected]. 7:00 p.m., Clark Athletic Center. ITC Course: Beyond PowerPoint umb.edu. Contact: 7-7801 or www.athletics. Basics Monday 15 umb.edu. 2:30 – 4:00 p.m., Healey Library, Sunday 7 UMass Boston Chamber Orches- lower level. Learn advanced features tra: Dances with Clarinets Tai-Chi Meditation in Motion of PowerPoint. Presenter: Harriet 7:30 p.m., Community Music Center Miscellaneous Wilt. Registration number: 00429. Boston Teachers College Scholar- 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., McCormack Hall, of Boston, 34 Warren Avenue, Bos- st Contact: 7-2990 or www.itc.umb. ship Fund Luncheon Beacon Fitness Center, 1 fl. Taught ton. Featuring Jon Ceander Mitchell, by a professional instructor. Free to edu. 11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Brae Burn conductor, and Chester Brezniak, Beacon Fitness Center all students. Sponsored by University Country Club, 326 Fuller Street, New- clarient. Requested donation: $5.00 Offerings include muscle conditioning Health Services. Contact: Wijdan ton, MA. Reunion of the Boston ($3.00 for students and seniors). (Mondays, 11:30 a.m.), total upper Rahman, 7-5000. Tuesday 2 Normal School. Contact: Jane Contact: 7-5640. body class (Mondays, 11:30 a.m.), Milano, 617-323-2907 or alumni@ plyometrics, (Mondays, 12:30 p.m.), umb.edu. Multicultural Movie and Discus- total body sculpt (Wednesdays, 11:30 Engineering Open House sion Club: Vietnamese Ameri- Sunday 21 a.m.), “30-30 plyo-kick” class 8:30 – 9:45 a.m., McCormack Hall, cans: The New Generation (Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.), cardio Ryan Lounge, 3rd fl. Introduction to Monday 8 2:30 – 4:00 p.m., Campus Center, kickboxing (Wednesdays, 12:30 Engineering students will present their UMass Boston Beacons: Men’s Room 2107, 2nd fl. Through candid p.m.), abs and flex (Fridays, 11:30 projects: “Predictability of a Wheel of Ice Hockey vs. Hamilton College interviews with first- and second-gen- a.m.), ab blast (Fridays, 12:30 p.m.), Fortune.” Contact: 7-6435 or Tai-Chi Meditation in Motion 3:00 p.m., Clark Athletic Center. eration Vietnamese Americans, this “On the Ball” (Fridays, 12:30 p.m.). [email protected]. 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., McCormack Hall, Contact: 7-7801 or www.athletics. program documents the process of Open to all members. Hours: Mon- Beacon Fitness Center, 1st fl. Taught umb.edu. assimilation into American culture. day through Thursday: 6:00 a.m. – by a professional instructor. Free to Yoga Contact: Edna Pressler, 7-5690. 9:00 p.m., Friday: 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 all students. Sponsored by University 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., McCormack Hall, p.m., Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 st Health Services. Contact: Wijdan Monday 22 Beacon Fitness Center, 1 fl. Profes- a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Contact: 7-6786 or Rahman, 7-5000. 18th Center for Women in sional yoga instruction. Free to stu- Politics and Public Policy www.athletics.umb.edu/beacon/ dents. $5.00 for faculty and staff. Women's Research Forum: Tai-Chi Meditation in Motion index.htm for schedule. Contact: 7-5680 or linda.jorgensen Gerontology Speaker Series: The Women and Activism 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., McCormack Hall, @umb.edu. Future of Managed Care for 2:30 - 4:00 p.m., Quinn Administra- Beacon Fitness Center, 1st fl. Taught Clark Athletic Center Seniors tion Building, Chancellor’s Confer- by a professional instructor. Free to Open Monday through Friday: 10:30 ITC Course: Utilizing Your Faculty 1:00 – 2:15 p.m., Healey Library, Fac- ence Room, 3rd fl. Featuring Elora all students. Sponsored by University a.m. – 8:30 p.m., Saturday and Sun- Web Space ulty-Staff Conference Room, 11th fl. Chowdury: “Bridging Feminism and Health Services. Contact: Wijdan day: 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. See 2:30 – 4:00 p.m., Healey Library, Featuring James Roosevelt of Tufts Third World Activism”; Lisa Rivera: Rahman, 7-5000. www.athletics.umb.edu for details. lower level. Learn how to access the University School of Medicine and “Political Agency in Feminist Ethics”; Contact: 7-7801. web space provided to faculty by the Margaret Metzger of Tufts Health Amy Den Ouden and Anne Fox: “Ac- university. Presenter: Harriet Wilt. Plan. Contact: 7-7300. tivism among Native American Tuesday 23 Campus Ministry Registration number: 00417. Con- Women”; and Chris Bobel: “How Offerings include interfaith Bible tact: 7-2990 or www.itc.umb.edu. Women Define Themselves as Activ- study, gospel choir club rehearsals, ists (or Not).” Contact: 7-5541 or Yoga Tuesday 9 Catholic mass, Christian ecumenical [email protected]. 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., McCormack Hall, Wednesday 3 Beacon Fitness Center, 1st fl. Profes- worship, justice coalition workshops, ITC Course: Converting Your sional yoga instruction. Free to stu- etc. Contact: 7-5839 or www.umb. Prometheus Course to WebCT Tuesday 16 dents. $5.00 for faculty and staff. edu/students/campus_ministry/. ITC Course: Managing Your Camp Contact: 7-5680 or linda.jorgensen Outlook Mailbox 1:30 – 3:30 p.m., Healey Library, @umb.edu. 2004 – 2005 Ice Rink Season 2:30 – 4:00 p.m., Healey Library, lower level. Suggested prerequisite: Yoga September 7 through March 18. lower level. Learn to manage and Exploring WebCT Vista. Registration 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., McCormack Hall, Schedule available at www.athletics. organize your Outlook mailbox. Pre- number: 00438. Contact: 7-2990 Beacon Fitness Center, 1st fl. Profes- Thursday 25 umb.edu. senter: Caroline Cappuccio. Regis- or www.itc.umb.edu. sional yoga instruction. Free to stu- tration number: 00430. Contact: 7- dents. $5.00 for faculty and staff. Healey Library Hours: Fall 2004 2990 or www.itc.umb.edu. Contact: 7-5680 or linda.jorgensen Thanksgiving Holiday. Yoga Monday – Thursday: 8:00 am. – @umb.edu. 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., McCormack Hall, University closed. 11:00 p.m., Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 Beacon Fitness Center, 1st fl. Profes- p.m., Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., William Joiner Center for the sional yoga instruction. Free to stu- Wednesday 17 Friday 26 Sunday: 11:00 – 7:00 p.m. Closed Study of War and Social Conse- dents. $5.00 for faculty and staff. Thursday, November 25. November quences: Fog of War Contact: 7-5680 or linda.jorgensen 26 – 27: open 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m., McCormack Hall, 1st @umb.edu. College of Management Wednes- UMass Boston Beacons: Men’s Floor, Room 409. Contact: 7-5850 day MBA Forum: Foreign Direct Basketball vs. Mount Ida College WUMB 91.9 FM Commonwealth or [email protected]. Investment and Corrupt Practices 7:30 p.m., Clark Athletic Center. Journal 5:00 – 6:00 p.m., Healey Library, Contact: 7-7801 or www.athletics. Sundays, 7:00 p.m. Interviews with Provost’s Conference Room, 8th fl. umb.edu. scholars, writers, and public officials Featuring Mohsin Habib and Leon examining current issues of interest to Zurawicki of the College of Manage- the people of Massachusetts. Contact: ment. Listings of future events can 7-6900. be found at www.management.umb. edu.

8 ■ The University Reporter ■ November 2004