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vative research on captur- ocean. Their technique RESD Looks systematic research and COLLEGES - ARTS & SCIENCES ing and storing carbon overcomes difficult techni- at Percentage database concerning dioxide. cal challenges, making the of Women, women and men software To Copy or Not to Copy, That Is the Question Carbon dioxide (CO2) CO2 emulsion safer for workers in IT. is the principal greenhouse ocean sequestration than Minorities in IT Not too long ago, gas, trapping the heat of releasing CO2 alone. Information Technology Alzheimer’s Research historians Doris Kearns the earth and leading to the “There were two main (IT), the defining industry Center Accepted Goodwin and Stephen atmospheric warming that problems,” explained of a new generation of Ambrose were embroiled so concerns scientists and Angelopoulos. “To prevent into CFCI technology professionals, in a controversy regarding policymakers. And while the CO from simply bub- 2 has exploded over the past The Alzheimer’s research allegations that they used periods of unusually warm bling up to the surface, the decade. A recent report that has been taking place other people’s work with- weather may fall within emulsion had to be from Regional Economic on campus for nearly a out attribution in some of normal variability, a steady pumped to a depth greater and Social Development decade now has an official their writing. rise of atmospheric temper- than 1,000 meters. Also, Department (RESD) home—the Center for Asst. Prof. Chris Carlsmith ature can have far-reaching dissolved CO is very Over time, charges of 2 indicates that, as of 1998, Cellular Neurobiology consequences: warmer acidic and would be Members of one of the school teams participating in the regional Botball plagiarism also have been plagiarism and all this there were more than and Neurodegeneration seasons, coastal inunda- harmful to sea life in competition get in some last-minute practice before the actual event. leveled at others — not all opens a window that didn’t 110,000 IT workers in Research directed by Prof. tions because of a rise in the vicinity.” of whom were writers. previously exist. the Commonwealth. Thomas Shea of Biological sea level, warmer sea tem- ROBOTS KICK ‘BOT’ IN TOURNAMENT Asst. Prof. The new research over- Yet, the relative scarcity of Sciences. “The advent “This is a new perature resulting in more Chris Carlsmith comes both difficulties. AT UMASS LOWELL women and minorities in of the Internet reality and we have frequent hurricanes, and Shea established the of the History Using highly dispersed the field has some people is transforming to deal with it.” melting glaciers that lead to UMass Lowell’s Costello Gym was the scene of a center at McLean Hospital Department says limestone particles, the wondering why. in the late 1980s and education in Some months perturbed ocean salinity. researchers were able to high-tech, high-energy competition on a recent Sat- problems of pla- The National Science relocated to UMass Lowell fundamental ago, Carlsmith began Angelopoulos and form stable emulsions of urday, as 11 high school and middle school teams giarism are not Foundation (NSF) is fund- in 1994. The Center was ways.” putting together a Golomb have demonstrat- CO in water, with a great- from Massachusetts and Rhode Island competed in restricted to the 2 ing a UMass Lowell study, accepted into the Commit- workshop on plagia- ed that CO can be ly increased density so the the regional level of the national Botball program. world outside — Chris Carlsmith 2 “Project TechForce: tee on Federated Centers rism that he hopes dispersed in water with substance can be stored at the campus. “Students designed, built and programmed Women and Men in Infor- and Institutes (CFCI) at to offer to faculty limestone particles under shallower ocean depths. “The issue of attribution their robots to operate completely autonomously,” mation Technology Work- the end of 2001. members. Modeled on one pressure, forming a stable This increases safety and probably exists at every said computer science Asst. Prof. Holly Yanco, the places,” to examine the IT that has been offered at emulsion that can be reduces cost. Shea was prompted to university,” Carlsmith says. competition coordinator. Yanco, who joined the workforce in Massachu- UMass Boston, it would sequestered in the deep seek formal recognition for “The Internet has changed educate faculty regarding UMass Lowell faculty in the fall, coordinated this setts, paying specific atten- the Center after last year’s the whole concept of what the perils of plagiarism in event last year at MIT. tion to the issues and UMass System Neuro- it means to do research. an online world, and sug- The double elimination tournament is played on barriers that face women. science Symposium at It’s very easy today for a gest ways to detect and The Center for Industrial which UMass Lowell’s student to simply cut and a 4 foot by 8 foot board. Two teams face off in an prevent it. attempt to collect black or white balls into their own Competitiveness and the research was prominent. paste material. But attribu- He believes the Center will end zones. Extra points are gained by tipping over Center for Women and tion standards should increase the opportunities Department of Energy tubes of balls, placing balls in special side target Work are co-sponsoring remain the same.” for inter- and intra-campus Funds Research on areas or into a tube, basketball style. Capturing the the $625,000 study. The And, he adds, while research team will be part- collaboration. larger Nerf ball also gains many points. good Web organizations Greenhouse Gases nering with the Massachu- Shea has four assistant will identify their sources, Student teams have about six weeks to create The Department of setts Software and Internet directors: Prof. Garth Hall there is a lot of unattrib- their robots, using kits from the Keep It Simple, Energy (DOE) has awarded Council (MSIC), which is and Asst. Prof. James uted material out there. Stupid (KISS) Institute for Practical Robotics. Each a grant of $206,290 to making available its entire Lyons-Weiler, biology; “The advent of the Inter- UMass Lowell scientists, kit, worth $1,500, contains a treasure trove of Lego membership list of more and Profs. Robert Nicolosi net is transforming educa- led by principal investiga- parts, two processing boards, motors, and lots of than 3,500 firms and Eugene Rogers, health tion in fundamental ways,” sensors: light sensors, a light probe, a sonar sensor statewide, 800 of which and clinical sciences. tors Anastasios Angelopou- Advisory Board Welcomes New Members he says. “The proliferation los of the Chemistry and bump sensors. will be selected for the While their Alzheimer’s of online term paper sites The College of Arts and Sciences recently welcomed four new mem- Internet-based survey. Department and Dan Yanco sees a value in the project of bringing research is most visible, bers to its Board of Advisors. They include, from left, David Lussier, and the ease of download- Golomb of the Environ- This will be followed by Shea and his colleagues are history ‘91; Undersecretary of Public Safety Carol Higgins O’Brien, science and math into middle school and high school ing them and the lack of mental, Earth and detailed interviews with also investigating motor clear standards for citing criminal justice ‘82 and ‘90; and Attorney Frank Talty, political classrooms, and giving youngsters something very 200 IT professionals. The Atmospheric Sciences concrete to work on. The kits stay in schools and can neuron disease or Lou Web sources contribute to science ‘77. Judie Post, sociology ‘78, social psychology ‘93, the exploratory project will Gehrig’s Disease. The Department, for their inno- fourth member, is not shown. continue to be used in physics classes. uncertainty regarding establish the nation’s first research looks at individ-

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ual cells in mice, lampreys Alzheimer’s if we lived long What he found was that In April of 2001, he on terrorist activities; what has become a Lowell accommodate the need or the Petri dish to see how enough,” said Shea. “Every some agencies engaged in testified at the State House detection of explosives for institution. Many members of professionals to have neurons develop and die dollar put into research shady practices with their in support of a law that anti-terrorist operations in have been with the band high-quality, convenient and what helps neurons now will save hundreds in employees, such as charg- would limit agency trans- airport security; and identi- since its inception. education,” says Dean treatment later” since it is ing large fees for van rides portation fees. The “Fair fication of illicit explosives. The band is sponsored Jacqueline Moloney of costly to care for to work or for check-cash- Transportation Practices by UMass Lowell for the CSCE. “The Foundations Alzheimer’s patients. ing. One 39-year-old Cam- Bill” was enacted this year. Concert Band Lowell Summer Music of Business graduate bodian woman reported Celebrates 10th Series. certificate will tap into Twomey’s Study of that she was charged $8 ATF Research Seeks another student market.” Anniversary Temporary Workers for a ride despite finding Device to Detect Prof. Chien-Chung CSCE Launches “The economy has reju- no work one day. Workers (Jack) Chen venated interest in MBA Prompts Legislation like her tend to pay the fee, Explosive Materials Under the direction Fourth Online of Music Prof. David programs,” according to Twomey says, because they develop an explosive detec- Graduate Program Regional Economic and Terrorism, a subject Martins, the Lowell Dean Kathryn Verreault, tion device. Specifically, the Social Development uppermost in the minds of Summer Concert Band College of Management. Prof. Thomas Shea is director contract, awarded by the The Division of Continu- (RESD) graduate Brian most people these days, is celebrated its 10th anniver- “This certificate program of the Center for Cellular Neurobi- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobac- ing Studies and Corporate Twomey’s thesis project on at the center of a project sary at Boarding House is ideally suited for work- ology and Neurodegeneration co and Firearms, is for Education’s latest online Research, which studies the temporary workers in the now being conducted by Park this season. ing professionals who are “Research, Development graduate certificate pro- development of Alzheimer’s Merrimack Valley wound researchers in the Chem- trying to balance work and and Demonstration of The band gave three gram is Foundations of and motor neuron disease and up influencing the policy of istry Department. family commitments.” Exothermal Explosive evening performances that Business, a program that potential treatments. the Commonwealth of Profs. Chien-Chung The Foundations of Detection System Based on included styles as varied will help professionals Massachusetts. Chen and William Bannis- Business certificate is the survive, specifically vita- Micro Thermal Analysis.” as classic Broadway show without an undergraduate Twomey became inter- ter are principal investiga- tunes and music from degree in business to tran- fourth online graduate mins and antioxidants. In layman’s terms, ested in the situation faced tor and co-principal The Gladiator. sition into a master’s in program at UMass Hall recently received a Chen says the objective is by temporary workers investigator respectively on business administration Lowell, including a $1 million grant from the RESD graduate Brian Twomey to develop the device “It still feels new,” says when he volunteered at played a key role in the passage a $2 million contract to program. master’s degree in educa- National Institute on “using tiny sensors and Martins. “We feel that the Lowell’s House of Hope. of the “Fair Transportation tional administration and Aging for his work with basic principles.” band demonstrates the best “The University’s online “I had heard some of the Practices Bill,” which will provide certificates in clinical sea lampreys. Lyons-Weiler in amateur playing.” offerings have been grow- horror stories,” he says. for greater regulation of the tem- The final product could pathology, and photonics researches how genetic Close to 70 amateur ing exponentially to porary employment services stand alone or be integrat- and optoelectronics. factors increase risk for He hoped his graduate musicians, including work could have a positive industry in Massachusetts. ed into existing devices, oxidative stress aspects. such as the metal detectors students, alums and many impact on these workers’ fear they won’t be called Nicolosi and Rogers have that now guard the people from non-musical lives, but Prof. Chris Tilly for future jobs, or, for Dickens Conference Was the been studying antioxidants, entrances to airport gates, professions, perform with of RESD, who worked some here illegally, that Best of Times such as folate and vitamin federal buildings and other with him on his they’ll be turned in E, and the relationship of public places. Asst. Prof. Diana Archibald of the English Department coordinated oxidative stress to thesis, advised to U.S. Immigration “It seems like A stand-alone unit could the Dickens and America Conference, held to commemorate the Alzheimer’s Disease. Shea him that com- and Naturalization the people who be hand-held. Using a vac- 160th anniversary of the visit of Charles Dickens to the city of investigates the mainte- pelling anec- Service. can least afford uum wand, it would collect Lowell in early 1842. With her is Gerald Charles Dickens, great nance and degeneration of dotes would not “It seems like great grandson of the British author. A world-renowned actor, to pay these Cressey Offers minute particles from lug- neurons. be enough to the people who can Gerald Dickens put on two public performances for nearly 1,000 fees are the International Perspective gage, clothing or skin and effect meaning- least afford to pay people during the conference. Shea says he firmly ones whom the pass them through a sensor ful change. these fees are the believes there is no cure for agencies are Roger Cressey, a 1987 political that could detect the pres- So, Twomey ones whom the agen- science graduate, describes the Alzheimer’s, and that charging,” ence of explosive material. research should focus on embarked on a cies are charging,” challenges and opportunities It would be, says Chen, treatment and prevention. multi-pronged — Brian Twomey says Twomey. of U.S. foreign policy to an “very sensitive.” The latest models show study of the lives Working closely “Introduction to International Professor and Conductor David This area of inquiry is that Alzheimer’s Disease of the Merrimack Valley’s with the Merrimack Valley Relations” class. As the chief of Martins, right, of the Music doubles for every decade temporary work force. Project (MVP), a labor and staff of the Critical Infrastructure not new for Bannister and Department prepares with Assis- Protection Board, Cressey over- lived past age 65, causing He interviewed several community organizing the department. Past and tant Conductor Blair Bettencourt sees coordination and implemen- researchers to believe that workers, surveyed 25 project, Twomey wrote a present activities have before a performance by the Low- tation of U.S. counter-terrorism Alzheimer’s is the brain’s temporary agencies, and report that garnered a lot included research on fire ell Summer Concert Band. The policy. He also has worked for the natural degeneration. even took a temp position of media attention from prevention and mitigation; band celebrated its 10th season of working as a day laborer. Department of Defense. His characterization of explo- performing in the Lowell Summer “We might all have Lowell to Boston. appearance was sponsored by the sives, with an emphasis Music Series this year. Political Science Department.

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Fire Fighting Robots Compete in asked to facilitate the serve as mayor since 1826. Blazing Competition meetings last January. She follows City Councilor The group is so diverse Eileen Donoghue, who served two terms as mayor. Four UMass Lowell Computer Science Department in background, represent- ing Lowell’s Southeast Speaking about the teams ranked in the top 15 out of 62 entries in Asian, African and Latino University, Mercier says, their division in the Ninth Annual Trinity College immigrant populations “UMass Lowell is one of Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest held alongside Chief Davis and the city’s jewels. It’s won- in Hartford, Conn., this spring. officers of mixed race and derful to see what is hap- The challenge for the entrants was to build ethnicity, West found it pening on campus. Not a computerized (not radio-controlled) robotic took a while for the group only are the professors device that would move through a maze of four to unify even with monthly opening up people’s minds rooms on the single floor of a house, detect fire meetings. It was a national to the great wonders of the (a lit candle) and then put it out. tragedy that seemed to world through education, bring the group together. but the University is mak- “Jethro,” a UMass Lowell robot with a damp ing physical improvements sponge mounted on a mechanical arm, won the “Sept. 11 helped coalesce Participants in UMass Lowell’s Emergency Response Awareness course the group. People were included, from left, Tom Estabrook, trainer; Kyriakoulis Tsouprakos of the like the beautification of award for being most innovative—one of only more willing to work Lowell Police Department (LPD); Jimmy Smith, trainer; and, also from LPD, the grounds along Univer- three similar awards in the overall field of 160 UMass Lowell students display their home-built robots at the Trinity College together—they no longer Deputy Superintendent Kenneth Levallee; Diane Capone; and Mao Oeur. sity Avenue, the athletic entries. Fire-Fighting Robot Contest in Hartford, Conn. Four UMass Lowell teams ranked in were [separate] groups,” fields near the river, and The winning teams earned cash prizes and robot the top 15 out of 62 entries in their division. Front row, from left, are Matt Samperi, says West. as members of the Lowell with the people who live the Campus Center that is kits. Computer Science Asst. Prof. Holly Yanco, Aravinda Liyanage, Phil Thoren and Mike Baker; middle, from left, are Chris Yiu, Police Department (LPD) and work here. Time and under construction. And who specializes in robotics, was the team’s Loc Dang, Amal Sen, Frank Fernandes and Ed Giardina; and back row, from left, Training Helps participated in an Emer- again, the people have don’t forget the arena and advisor. are Nathan Crouse and Rushabh Mehta. gency Response Awareness been there when they were ballpark built in partner- Police Identify Course delivered by The needed,” she says. ship with the city. Hazards at New England Consortium “They give over and over, CAMPUS - OUTREACH Emergency Sites (TNEC) at UMass Lowell. whether through organiza- TNEC annually trains tions or neighborhood West Plays Integral Role in Lowell Police Several years ago, a hundreds of municipal groups or in the form of Race Relations Council tanker truck rolled over on workers, emergency the many public-private a traffic rotary in Lowell. responders from industry, partnerships we have in At a Lowell Police their hands on their In addition to the usual and others. They also pro- the community.” Department Race Rela- weapons and the other considerations of medical vide hazardous materials tions Council meeting, council members froze. needs and safety, police training and refresher “Lowell’s success as after a presentation about The civilian had proved officers were concerned courses to the 200 mem- a city has everything the hazards of traffic stops, the purpose of this coun- about an unidentified bers of the Lowell Fire a Cameroonian man to do with the people cil—cultural mispercep- liquid leaking from the Department. explained that, while in tions can be dangerous. who live and work truck’s tank. Was it dan- The course was devel- Mayor Rita M. Mercier America it was standard Established over a year gerous to breathe the here.“ to wait in the car for the oped by Estabrook, LPD RAWA: Afghan Women Fighting ago by Lowell Chief of fumes? What were the — Lowell Mayor officer to approach, in Chief Edward F. Davis III, “I want to extend an Oppression Police Edward F. Davis III, risks of stepping into the and Charles Ouellette, Rita M. Mercier open invitation to the Cameroon it would be the Race Relations Council liquid to get to the truck As part of a special multi-media presentation offensive if one didn’t get LPD’s director of training. University community and (RRC) is made up of 30 to driver? What distance from Since taking office in at McGauvran Hall, Anne Mulvey, center, of the out of the car and he or to let them know that the 40 police officers and com- the liquid would be safe January, Mercier has Center for Diversity and Pluralism, hosted she would be shot immedi- Mayor Calls University Mayor’s Office is open to munity representatives. for emergency workers? worked nonstop to let peo- guest speakers Alicia Lucksted, left, and Anne ately for insubordination. helping them in any way RRC was created to Often the first respon- ‘One of City’s Jewels’ ple across the city know Brodsky, both Ph.D.s from the University of that we can.” Additionally, he said men strengthen Lowell Police’s ders to an emergency, that she and everyone on Maryland, who spoke of their involvement Lowell’s new mayor, do not keep wallets in their relationships with the city’s police routinely face poten- the City team are ready to with RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Rita M. Mercier, cannot pants pockets. As he many immigrant commu- tially hazardous situations respond to their needs and say enough good things Women of Afghanistan), a humanitarian group reached down to pull up nities. Cheryl West, com- with little information on work with them to make about the people of that runs schools, orphanages and work his pants leg to show his munity consultant in the the kinds of contaminants Lowell a better place. The Lowell. projects for Afghan refugees. wallet in his sock, a shot Center for Family, Work involved. In February, that four-term city councilor is of tension rang through and Community, was situation began to change, “Lowell’s success as a only the third woman to the room as officers put city has everything to do

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Recycling Center Continues Grants to and often a sense of isola- Mississippi and Ohio. Graduate School COLLEGES - Communities, Nonprofits tion, it was important to Jacqueline Moloney, of Education Excels ENGINEERING Laboy that the teachers dean of Continuing Studies In Pass Rate for For the fourth consecu- to recover discarded mate- work together. and Corporate Education Teacher Test tive year, the Chelsea rials and products from The first course, “Princi- (CSCE), says the program UMass Engineering Center for Recycling and the local waste system for ples of Supervision” with was developed in coopera- Those who have com- Prof Appears Economic Development reuse as feedstock in other Prof. Emeritus Robert tion with the Graduate pleted the Graduate School (CCFRED)—which oper- local enterprises.” The on PBS Special Gower, is already under- School of Education. of Education master’s ates under the umbrella of benefits from this, the way. Courses taken for the UMass Lowell’s first degree program earned a UMass Mechanical the UMass Lowell Center statement continues, Leadership Program can online graduate degree 97 percent pass rate, 10 Engineering Prof. James for Sustainable Produc- include reduced trash be directly applied to the program, the result of percent higher than the Sherwood, who has tion—is offering grants of generation and disposal master’s in Educational more than a year of plan- statewide average, on the already received wide up to $25,000 to cities, costs, a lower reliance on Girls Get WISE About Science Administration and can be ning, enables students to 2000-2001 Massachusetts acclaim as well as more towns and nonprofit virgin raw materials, and and Engineering Careers earned with an additional be certified as principals. Test for Educator Licen- than $1 million in grant groups that are pursuing a lessened demand for three courses. “The success of the sure. All 34 test-takers money for his work on the recycling initiatives. trash disposal facilities “Don’t be afraid of the microscope” was one of the online program, I believe, throughout the state of testing of the balls and “Recycling-based com- messages in the medical laboratory science workshop, Online M.Ed. is due to the convenience Massachusetts. “The continuing bats used by Major munity economic develop- one of 26 conducted this spring during the annual of flexible time, satisfac- positive results our League Baseball, was Funding for the Chelsea Success Due to ment,” according to a UMass Lowell Women in Science and Engineering tion with the initial experi- students are achieving among a handful of men Center comes from the Careful Planning, recent statement from the (WISE) program. The medical lab session was led by ence and response to a is a testament to the and women profiled on a University of Massachu- Outstanding Faculty CCFRED, “calls for com- Donna Richards and Kathleen Calway, medical tech- need to prepare more can- types of students we recent PBS special devoted setts and the Clean munities and local busi- nologists with the Lahey Clinic Medical Center. More didates for administrative enroll and the solid to the effects of technology Environment Fund. Less than a year after nesses to find opportunities than 400 seventh- and eighth-grade girls took part in openings,” says Dean curriculum developed on modern sports. the online master’s degree by our faculty.” the program, now in its seventh year. The keynote program in educational Donald Pierson of the Sherwood, among other speaker this year was Jackie Richter-Menge, a polar administration was Graduate School. — Donald Pierson services he is performing researcher with the Army Corps of Engineers’ Cold launched, it was declared a CSCE provides the for baseball, has developed Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in administration, counseling passed the Communica- a system that measures Hanover, N.H. Prof. Ruth Tanner of the Chemistry “The success of the and advising for the pro- tions and Literacy Skills bat-speed as well as the Department is director of WISE. online program, I gram—which presents its tests. The majority of the velocity of batted balls. test takers also took the believe, is due to the own challenges. While it is One segment included exciting to have students Elementary Education convenience of flexible in the “On the Ball” from other states partici- content area test, with a COLLEGES - GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION time, satisfaction with pating in the program, the 95 percent pass rate. the initial experience Continuing Studies staff “The continuing positive Teachers Earn for other districts. and response to a and Graduate School results our students are Principalship For the next two years, need to prepare more faculty have had to learn achieving is a testament to Certification Online including the summer candidates for adminis- about different certifica- the types of students we months, the 26 fellows trative openings.” tion requirements for enroll and the solid cur- Enviro-Campers Enjoy Three-Day Lawrence Superintendent in the Lawrence Leadership those states. riculum developed by our — Donald Pierson Program Wilfredo T. Laboy came to Program will be taking Pierson says he sees the faculty,” says Donald Pier- the Graduate School of online courses and complet- success. More than 80 stu- master’s in educational son, dean of the Graduate High school and sixth grade students from Lowell Education with a typical ing the principalship dents were enrolled in the administration as a prima- School of Education. Prof. James Sherwood spent three days on the UMass Lowell campus this problem—a shortage in certification requirements four courses available, not ry online niche for now, Pierson noted that the program, focusing on the spring taking part in Enviro-Camp, a program of qualified principal and with a practicum. By including an additional 26 though some electives number of UMass Lowell differences between the active learning conducted by the Center for assistant principal candi- combining online courses from the Lawrence School will continue to be added. students who take the test sounds of wooden and with monthly on-site work- Family, Work and Community. The youngsters dates. Laboy had already system in the Lawrence Additionally, he envisions has declined due to alter- aluminum bats, was made decided he wanted to devel- shops, teachers can further Leadership Program. science and math courses native routes to certifica- with the participation of attended workshops about asthma, lead poisoning their education with the op internal candidates, but And while the majority being made available for tion for prospective the UMass Lowell and water quality testing, built model homes and convenience of taking class- the solution developed with of students are still in- aspiring and experienced teachers, including the baseball team. created environmental skits. Standing in front of a es from home while still Dean Donald Pierson and state, there is a steady teachers. Massachusetts Institute for group of the participants are Camp Director Khan receiving the benefits of a Hector Torres, UMass increase in enrollment New Teachers (MINT) classroom experience. Since Chao, center, along with assistants Robin Tanguay, Lowell liaison with the from other parts of the Program, in which the there is high turnover in the left, and Sokley Oeur. Lawrence Public Schools, country such as California, GSE participates. may now serve as a model Lawrence Public Schools

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majority of them elect to hot topic of research every- or to pay anyone to of the lab in Ball 118, COLLEGES-HEALTH do it because they find it so where.” manage the distribution of attached to the requisite interesting. One of those places is electricity. Fuel cells will number of cables and On the Healing Powers of Emu Oil “If faculty can provide Ball 310, where fuel cells— be a clean, noiseless source wires connecting it to a students with something two nondescript black met- of energy.” video camera, a computer Prof. Robert Nicolosi their eponymous oil. exciting, they’ll do it even al boxes sitting on shelves and a monitor. The camera doesn’t handle the actual Partnered with if it requires more work. beside a tank of hydrogen records the pump’s move- Cyber Lab Makes emus. There’s simply no researchers at the Forsyth It’s a hands-on, practical gas—power a rack of two ments and transmits them It Possible to room for them in the Institute in Boston, experience and it’s fun,” he dozen 24-volt batteries. to the computer so that the laboratory. Nicolosi and researcher adds. “That’s what educa- Conduct ‘Hands-off’ experiment can be viewed The hydrogen is piped “Have you seen an Tom Wilson have so far tion is all about.” Experiments and controlled by remote. into the cells where it com- emu? Those are big birds,” found some bines with oxygen from the The way it works is that Working “a little here he says. definite bene- atmosphere and passes a student using a computer Fuel Cells May Be and a little there” over Instead, the director of fits to the use through a catalyst that at any remote location can Shaun Montminy, a senior in mechanical engineering, “flies” the latest the Answer When the the last year or so, Systems the Center for Health Sci- of emu oil— produces water and elec- connect with the computer and most elaborate of three flight simulators used by students taking Fossils Are Gone Analyst Glen Bousquet ences, Health Promotion at least in tricity. The water drains off in the laboratory and “Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics,” an elective course taught by has developed a system and Public Health orders mice with skin into a sink, and the elec- conduct the experiment Prof. Gene Niemi. When fuel from the by which mechanical the vials of emu oil—”it inflammation, tricity flows through a DC him/herself, or watch while earth’s very last fossil is engineering students can looks like any other oil”— and hamsters Ball 222 Houses Flights of Fancy controller from whence it it is conducted by someone pumped from the ground conduct laboratory experi- and goes to work on that. with high Prof. Robert charges the batteries. else. Any number can view A visitor passing Room These computerized units and consumed—what ments via the Web. No feathers, no beaks, no cholesterol. Nicolosi “Sooner or later,” says the process, but only one 222 in Ball Hall might be come with different soft- then? How do we generate The arrangement eventu- pecking and squawking— Salameh, “fossil fuel will person at a time can surprised by what sounds ware packages that enable heat and light? ally will enable students to just the viscous dribble Board of Higher Ed be depleted. Fuel cells are actually carry out the like the drone of an air- the operator to That’s not a new ques- view or conduct about from the fatty tissue that one source being consid- experiment. Approves New plane engine. Actually, configure the simulators tion, of course. Two possi- half a dozen experiments. encases emu organs, bot- ered for the future genera- Prof. John McKelliget, Degree Programs that’s what it is. Sort of. as anything from small ble answers are wind and But, the first one con- tled up and stored in the tion of electricity. We hope chair of the Mechanical Room 222 is the home planes to airliners. solar power (photo- cerned itself only with the lab fridge. That’s where he Board of Higher that when the cells become Engineering Department, T of three Personal Comput- voltaics)—and experiments thermodynamic efficiency the miracle resides. Education (BHE) has The newest addition to affordable enough—maybe says Bousquet’s project is er Aviation Training on both of those options of a pump. Emu oil has been touted approved two new this “hangar” of equip- in 10 years or so—they a “very worthwhile effort Devices—or flight simula- have been underway at the for years as a rub-on cure graduate degrees for the ment is a ground trainer will be used to generate The pump in question that we support. Laborato- tors—that Prof. Gene University for some time. for aches and pains, aging Lowell campus. donated to the University electricity in homes, using sits on a bench at the back ry space and equipment Niemi of Mechanical A third option, fuel cells, and dry skin. On late-night recently by the Bridgewater natural gas. are at a premium and this The College of Health Engineering has been using State College Aviation Sci- is now gaining popularity; television, B-list celebrities Professions will now offer “Each house will be will make it possible for for about three years in a ence Program. Used at or, as Prof. Ziyad Salameh, and retired athletes vouch a doctorate in physical autonomous, generating its more students to access senior elective course called Bridgewater to train pilots chair of the Electrical and for its healing powers and therapy, and Lowell will own power. There will be the facilities.” Aerodynamics and Flight in conjunction with local Computer Engineering hold aloft vials of goo with jointly offer a master of no need for overhead lines The project, which he Mechanics. flying school courses, this Department, says, “It’s the names like “Emu Fire” and calls a Cyber Lab, will science and Ph.D. program The simplest one—with simulator has a complete “Blue Stuff.” Nonetheless, enable students to conduct in biomedical engineering a yoke, a few buttons, and instrument panel (not a emu oil has failed to earn a an experiment before and biotechnology with an instrument panel dis- monitor display) with all spot on the natural healing or after it is discussed in the Boston, Dartmouth played on the monitor— instruments and controls. shelf alongside gingko, class, giving them a greater and Worcester campuses. is, as Niemi says, “like the St. John’s wort and the rest Niemi, who has a pilot’s insight into the findings. This fall, the Department kind that kids can use at of the sanctified natural license himself, says his In some cases, Bousquet of Physical Therapy began home.” remedies. aerodynamics class aver- says, the instructor might enrolling students in a The emu oil industry The second one has a ages about 15 students a access the experiment in Doctor of Physical Thera- panel with a yoke, rudder year. Each student is decided that that validity Systems Analyst Glen Bousquet the classroom, project it py (DPT) program. pedals, flaps, trim tab required to complete three would only come with demonstrates his new system onto a screen, and conduct The fully accredited, post- control, radio buttons, an some bona fide scientific projects, one of which by which students can view or it in real time to demon- baccalaureate program testing; this in mind, the instrument array on the deals with the flight simu- conduct lab experiments via the strate the procedure. requires a three-year full- American Emu Oil Associ- monitor and other fea- lator. Panhathai Buasri, a doctoral candidate in electrical engineering, opens a Web. The monitor displays an time commitment, includ- tures. When you start it “The simulator requires hydrogen tank valve that allows the gas to flow into fuel cells, where it image of the pump on which an ation gave Nicolosi a buzz. ing part of each summer up, it sounds like a single- a lot of extra work, a lot of will combine with oxygen to generate electricity. Prof. Ziyad Salameh says experiment for thermodynamic Then they gave him a and a total of 35 weeks engine plane. practice,” he says, “but the fuel cells are a “clean, noiseless source of energy.” efficiency is conducted. grant for $30,000, and of clinical experience. mailed him a gallon of

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“This is consistent and biotechnology will opportunities with faculty the equivalent of taking out of traffic when with the direction of the enroll its first class in and to develop graduate CAMPUS - OUTLOOK out a loan) to cover the stopped. “All of the new American Physical Therapy January 2003. internships for doctoral cost of maintenance and landscaping across campus Association, which is Assoc. Prof. Bryan candidates. Separate Funding upgrades for state-owned has low-maintenance phasing out baccalaureate Buchholz of the Work Keeps Capital facilities. State law pro- plantings and irrigation programs in PT,” says Environment Department COLLEGES - Projects on Track hibits spending capital systems,” she adds. Dean Janice M. Stecchi was named system-wide MANAGEMENT money for operating On North campus, of the College of Health director of the program Capital funding is keep- expenses. planned construction Professions. and will serve as the overall ing construction projects Safety, accessibility and includes upgraded fire “Practitioners are more coordinator for its imple- Assessing the Cost of around campus moving increased efficiency are alarms in Olsen, new often involved in an mentation. Doing E-Business Profs. Riaz Khan and Luvai forward, despite tight goals of the projects now chillers in Pinanski, and autonomous practice, The doctorate is designed Motiwalla of the Manufacturing operational budgets underway across the repairs to the terrace nly a quarter of a cen- and MIS Group review the data where they can diagnose to bring together the allied O throughout the UMass Lowell campus. “With the of Alumni Hall. Lydon English Prof. Bill Hersey, trom- tury ago, only a few offices of their latest collaboration, an and treat patients within disciplines of biomedical system. student business offices Library will have bone at the ready in his campus possessed such exotic examination of the financial health their own discipline. They engineering and biotech- “In 1995, the state moving into Dugan Hall, handicap bathrooms and office, has been playing with the pieces of office equipment of e-business companies. are in a position to refer nology and will be open to bonded money for capital our number one priority upgraded elevators. “After Hours” jazz band since first as a personal computer or patients and get referrals, a wide range of baccalaure- University. The E-B work- projects on the UMass on South is to make that learning the instrument nearly a fax machine. Now they 20 years ago. rather than simply ate degree recipients with shops were very popular campuses,” explains Diana building accessible,” says are part of the cost of responding to doctors’ engineering, physical with government offices, Prideaux-Brune, special Prideaux-Brune. Plans also CAMPUS - doing business. You really can.” diagnoses.” science, life and clinical local banks and new com- assistant for Economic call for increased lighting PEOPLE And so he got himself a Lowell’s master’s degree sciences, and related In the last several years, panies trying to keep up Development. “This capi- along Broadway, three new trombone, then a teacher. in physical therapy is being backgrounds. the new exotica has with the new wave of mar- tal money is completely emergency call boxes, a Bill Hersey and the become whether or not And he learned to play. phased out. Most current The program will empha- keting tools and practices. separate from the state more visible pedestrian After Hours Band: a company is engaging in Two or three years later, students have opted to size a multidisciplinary, Khan says they decided budget.” The state regular- crosswalk, and a bus stop e-commerce; Do they have Still Making That when he’d gone about as transition into the doctoral team approach in course to compare the financial ly issues bonds (roughly that enables buses to pull a Web site? Are they Old-time Music far as he could go on his program, but the college presentations, laboratory performance of companies online? If not, why not? own, he looked around for will honor its commitment rotations, and joint that were engaging in E-B Bill Hersey was 50 years In light of the increased a group. And found one: to those who choose to research projects prior to initiatives to those that old when he took his first presence of e-businesses the After Hours Band, pursue only their master’s. dissertation specialization. were not. They also looked trombone lesson—on a (E-Bs) in the past few based out of the Lowell The multi-campus, inter- Partnerships with biomed- at how the E-B firms did used, years-old horn— years, Profs. Riaz Khan area, headed by a drummer disciplinary master of sci- ical industries will be both before and after 1996 from a UMass music and Luvai Motiwalla, both named Earl Powell. ence and doctoral program encouraged to enhance when e-commerce really major. He was in his 15th of Manufacturing and MIS “They’d been together in biomedical engineering collaborative research took off. year as a UMass Lowell Group, are conducting a only about three years at According to Khan, English teacher, had never study, “An Intra and Inter- the time,” he remembers. “Overall, E-B has impacted played an instrument in Industry Analysis of E- “But most of them had business performance, but his life, and “couldn’t Business Initiatives.” been playing all their lives. the positive results have Federal Legislative Aides Visit Campus have told you the differ- I was the new boy. They According to Khan, little been exaggerated. In addi- ence between a sharp Senior Scientist Andy Gatesman, left, and Prof. Jerry were generous to take is known about the impact tion, benefits are not simi- and a flat.” of E-B initiatives on the Waldman, right, co-director of the Submillimeter Wave me in.” lar across an industry or But he’d always loved financial health of compa- Technology Laboratory, explain the workings of the lab to Bill Hersey will be 70 on within each company.” jazz—the “sound of brass” nies. This would be the Stephen Kerrigan of Sen. Edward Kennedy’s office and Mark his next birthday. He is still Despite the ambiguous especially. And someone, first attempt they are aware Gallagher, district director for Rep. Edward Markey. The two teaching English—which results so far, Khan believes a long time ago, had of to test the widely held visitors were taking part in “Forging Partnerships for a Sustain- he’s done now for 42 they will recommend that remarked to him that the belief that doing business able Economy,” an event that also attracted staff from the years, 35 of them at companies should pursue trombone had a soul all online will greatly enhance offices of Sen. John Kerry and Rep. Marty Meehan. UMass Lowell. And he’s a strategy that includes an its own. He had never a company’s profitability. The day included a welcoming talk by Chancellor William T. still on the trombone with E-B initiative. Hogan, tours by Diana Prideaux-Brune, special assistant for forgotten that: The study grew out of the After Hours Band. Key faculty in the two graduate programs approved this year by the Board “It is beneficial to enter Economic Development; and Dr. Peter O’Connell, director “Because it’s right. As of Higher Education are, seated, from left, Dean Janice M. Stecchi of the Col- UML-run workshops, first Soon, says Bill Hersey, E-B,” Khan says, “if, for of the Tsongas Industrial History Center. Speakers at the soon as he said it, I knew it lege of Health Professions, and Prof. Susan O’Sullivan, newly-elected chair for the Lowell Small Busi- there’ll be more time no other reason, than to luncheon program at Wannalancit Mills included Dr. Louis was right. The instrument of physical therapy; and, standing, from left, Prof. Joseph Dorsey, outgoing ness Assistance Center, than ever for practice: remain competitive.” Petrovic, director of External Funding, Technology Transfer has a soul. If you listen— chair of physical therapy; Dean Jerome L. Hojnacki of the Graduate School; and then several held on “My retirement’s and Partnering; Provost Robert Wagner; Howard Berke, if you know how to and Assoc. Prof. Bryan Buchholz of Work Environment, first director of the campus through a Public coming up. And playing visiting professor of business; Prof. Stephen McCarthy of listen—you can hear it. graduate program in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology. Service Grant from the Plastics Engineering; and Prof. Susan Braunhut of Biology.

12 U NIVERSITY OF M ASSACHUSETTS L OWELL U NIVERSITY OF M ASSACHUSETTS L OWELL 13 C AMPUS N EWS A Constant Through Three Decades of Change, the trombone—getting AMPUS ESEARCH better at it, learning a few C - R more things—that’s one Duggan Retires part of it I’m really looking DARPA Director Visits Campus forward to.” UMass Lowell Chemistry Prof. James Whitten, front, Larry Siegel, director of Residence Life, was one of the many staff demonstrates the workings of a University surface members, faculty and students at the Alumni Hall farewell party for UMass Lowell analysis machine to, from left, UMass Lowell Ellen Duggan. Duggan retired this spring as Dean of Students, after 32 Writer Nominated Chancellor William Hogan; years at UMass Lowell. for National Dr. Anthony Tether, Magazine Award director of the Defense Advanced Research n the year that Ellen Duggan arrived at UMass Over the years, Duggan’s job expanded to all Geoffrey Douglas Tapped to stand along- Projects Agency (DARPA); Lowell, a faction of the school’s 21 female stu- residence halls—she became assistant dean for side writers from the New and U.S. Rep. Marty dents had camped out on the campus lawn to residential life in 1977—and then to all students. Yorker, Time, Atlantic of the Their Lives, and Meehan. Tether visited protest the University’s housing policy. There The more students the University drew, the more Monthly and Fortune, Class: The Wreckage of the campus for tours and I creative she had to be to accommodate them. In the were no dorms allotted for that first class of women, publications office senior An American Family. briefings at the request of and in 1970, the best way to answer such an injustice early 1980s, she was calling local churches and syna- writer Geoffrey Douglas He has been writing for Meehan, ranking member was with a big, loud, protest. gogues to find room for a wave of new was a finalist for America’s the Shuttle and the alumni of the Research and Devel- students arriving in the fall. Campus life most prestigious magazine magazine since 1998. opment Subcommittee of “It was a rather activist time,” Duggan changed again when North and South writing award. His magazine cover stories “This is a the House Armed Services Committee. says, sitting back in her Cumnock Hall merged, and humanities departments Douglas’ story, “A Ques- have included “A Blueprint DARPA is concerned with the research and office during her last spring as dean of can-do campus. cropped up to balance out engineering tion of Life and Death,” in for Diversity,” recounting development of highly advanced devices and the first 10 years of the students. It was when I and technical sciences. the September 2001 issue systems for military use. of Yankee magazine was Demonstration School; “Back then we had food fights, protests, “We’ve gone from a heavily white “Joe In Toyland,” a profile got here, and one of five finalists for the demonstrations, all of that.” male campus to a place that’s incredibly American Society of Maga- of alumnus Joe Gandolfo it is today.” diverse,” she says, noting that all the zine Editors’ (ASME) who was then president Probably a jolt for a woman who had National Magazine Award world-wide of manufactur- gone to the convent straight out of high — Ellen Duggan students when she started were between in the category of report- ing operations for Mattel; school, and had been teaching sixth grade— 18 and 22 years old. “Following the Weather,” ing. The story traces three not a big year for civil disobedience—when she was Amidst all these changes, though, “there have been weeks in the life of a baby a story about four alumni hired to come to Lowell. But there wasn’t much time who became meteorolo- some constants,” Duggan says. “This is a can-do born with devastating to worry about that. Student life at Lowell was handicaps, and the ethical gists on television; and campus. It was when I got here, and it is today.” defined by the nationwide sense of upheaval, and the questions facing his par- “The More Things Duggan left UMass Lowell in late May with a big Change,” a look back University was adapting to a strident generation of ents and the doctors and send-off party in Cumnock Hall. She might take up nurses in charge of his at 50 years of the Baby Boomers come of age. The daughter of a golf, she says, and spend some time at her place in care. To research the story, University’s growth. Prof. Waldman Named Researcher of the Year Boston longshoreman, Duggan had never expected to Douglas spent months in end up in the midst of all this early-adult angst. But Southern Maine. Prof. Jerry Waldman, second from right, director of offices and conference she soon found she liked it. “I don’t know,” she says. “I’ve never had such a the Submillimeter-Wave Technology Laboratory, was rooms at Boston Children’s long stretch of free time.” Hospital, where the ulti- named Researcher of the Year during the University’s By 1973, her focus had shifted to Fox Hall, where mate question loomed as Excellence in Research Day program this spring. the University established its first floor of rooms for Duggan leaves the University after 32 years of per- to how far the doctors With him are Biological Sciences Prof. Thomas Shea, women—nestled among 11 floors of young men. haps the most dramatic changes in its history. It was should go to keep the left, a nominee for the honor; Louise Griffin, associate The reaction was predictable. all new to her in the fall of 1970, when she showed child alive. director of the Research Foundation, which sponsored “It was like bees to honey,” Duggan said. “But we up to find the women shouting out of a tent on the Douglas writes regularly the faculty event; and Dean Robert Tamarin, Division fended them off.” North Campus lawn. But she hit the ground running. for Yankee, and has in the of Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences. Absent past written for Esquire, from the photo was another nominee, Prof. Kanti The female population flourished under Duggan’s “I found my niche here big time,” she says. “And I The Village Voice and Prasad of Electrical and Computer Engineering. advocacy, and the numbers grew. Within the first few never looked back.” Boston. He has also pub- Waldman’s lab, the only modeling and research years, women moved beyond Fox Hall and began lished three books: Dead facility of its kind in the country, creates simulation claiming their own dormitories. Opposite, The Game studies of sophisticated radar systems. “It was like Pac Man,” Duggan says.

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By Jack McDonough The building design, drawn by A lot of thought went into the build- is firmer to resist damage from the Architectural Resources Cambridge, ing’s design. heavy fitness equipment. he new $15 million took three years to complete. Beneath the wood floor of the multi- And the large windows that allow Campus Recreation Consigli Construction built the purpose room, for example, is a layer, sunlight to brighten the gymnasium Center — a 65,000- facility in about a year and a half. or slab, of concrete. This slab “floats” have been treated with a ceramic coat- square-foot facility that Architect Jay Weber says, “Of all on a foam pad layer, beneath which is ing in a pattern of dots that reduce heat will serve the recreational the designs on which I’ve worked, another concrete slab. The flooring was and glare. Tand sports needs of the entire this building is my favorite. It evokes designed in this manner to deaden Project Manager Hector Valdes of University community — had its some of the manufacturing and mill noise that otherwise would be heard in the University’s Office of Economic official opening at the beginning building feel that is so important to the meeting rooms below. Development says the design and con- of the 2002-03 academic year Lowell history, yet it’s also very The running track is made of two struction process went very smoothly in September. bright and open and welcoming.” layers of a poured rubberized com- but that there were two surprises. The sparkling, two-story edifice Weber says he’s particularly pleased pound. The top portion is firmer for The first came when of brick, glass and steel is situated with the building’s handsome, ease of running, while the bottom layer construction adjacent to Fox Hall on the North exposed steel trusses arching high is softer to absorb the shock to the run- workers Campus. The main gym area has three basketball above the gym and fitness areas. courts and is also striped for volleyball ner’s legs. “This is a long-awaited project that “They animate the space,” he says. and badminton. The floor of the fitness area is made will play an important role for every “They’re clever and important. They in similar fashion but the formulation Athletics Director Dana Skinner, standing on the generation of Lowell student from provide a sense of brawny structure this year forward,” says Athletics running track overlooking the gymnasium floor, says the Center “will play an important role for and the building would feel very Director Dana Skinner. This outside patio area graces one section of the new Recreation Center, every generation of Lowell student from this different without them.” which was three years in the design process and more than 18 months The Center includes three basket- year forward.” The structure, he explains, is in construction. ball courts, two racquetball courts, actually two separate buildings — a squash court, a multi-purpose room “It’s probably not much larger, in the gymnasium and the fitness area for activities such as dance and terms of raw footage than we have — with a lobby between them. martial arts, a 6,500-square-foot now in Costello Gym, but it’s much “And the lobby is a pleasant place dual-level fitness area com- more efficient and func- to be. It has the texture and feel of plete with mirrored walls his is a tional in terms of use “T being outdoors but it’s comfortable and eight-speaker sound long-awaited of its space.” and air conditioned,” he adds. system, a one-eighth-mile project that will For recreational seamless rubber compound play an important athletes and gym-users, running track, and two fully role for every there no longer will be equipped locker rooms. generation of any need to compete Recreational Sports Direc- Lowell student for floor space and tor Brad Navis says, “We’re from this year court time with the talking about a facility that forward.“ University’s varsity ath- will touch the lives of every letes, for whom Costello physically-active student on — Dana Skinner Gym will now be a dedi- campus. It’s a real quality- Athletics Director cated training facility. of-life upgrade for everyone As an outgrowth of the new space involved.” devoted to recreational sports, a The fitness area alone, Navis full-time staff will direct the intra- says, includes 50 cardio machines, mural and club sports programs. 12 treadmills, 16 stationary bikes, The number of student jobs will and a full line of exercise equipment more than double when all The running track on the second level of the Center and free weights, and a separate programs are in place. consists of two seamless layers of rubber poured over stretching area. a concrete base.

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The building was designed with long span steel trusses and huge Runners on the treadmills can look out over the windows that create an atmosphere of light and airiness. Merrimack River or LeLacheur Park

digging footings for the building found old automobile parts and other odds and ends “We’re talking about a facility buried under the old Fox Hall parking lot that will touch the lives of every surface in areas on which physically-active student on houses once stood. campus. It’s a real quality-of-life upgrade for everyone involved.” The other surprise was the fact that the Advance- — Brad Navis ment office’s commemora- Recreational Sports Director tive Brick-by-Brick campaign was so successful that it made a small design change necessary. So many bricks were purchased that they exceeded the lobby Both the men and women’s wall space originally dressing rooms have ample reserved for that purpose locker space. In addition to and a larger section had showers, each also has a to be used. sauna. In discussing the significance of the new facili- ty, Dana Skinner says, “It’s extremely important to provide students with a well-rounded college experience so that they will have an emotional An overhead view of the two-floor fitness center, flooded with natural light and loaded “The challenge for us,” he continues, “is how to use that building — with weights and machines for every muscle. along with Tsongas Arena and LeLacheur Park — to improve the attachment to the University when they quality of life on campus. We’ve never had a broad strategy to address leave. This is important in terms of that challenge in the past but now we have an opportunity to bring generating future support for the school together students with a variety of interests. and in terms of future enrollment. “This new Center,” he adds, “provides the heartbeat. It enables Graduates who feel an attachment to the us to integrate the campus recreational program with other campus University are much more likely to send activities and complement the terrific academic experience that their children here.” already exists.” Skinner says he hopes the new Center increases the level of campus activity significantly and that it “better connects the A row of barbells lines the wall of the free weights recreational activity with other non-acade- section, on the first floor of the fitness center. mic campus experiences such as concerts, Heating and air conditioning The exercise cycles, elliptical running machines and stair- movies and other activities. machinery is housed in three stepping machines are arranged around a second floor The weights await. separate areas of the building balcony, looking down on the first floor. Ten of the machines and is computer-controlled. on the upper floor are equipped with personal televisions.

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Fall Festival 2002 Schedule of Events Fall Festival 2002 Schedule of Events RSVP Registration Form

Friday, October 4th Noon to 1:30 p.m. Registration Information To attend any event during Fall Festival ’02, Fall Festival ’02 RSVP Form Noon Homecoming Luncheon - Join fellow alumni for a pre-game Cookout. Reserved seating for please register in advance. Complete the YES, I will be attending Fall Festival ’02! Golden Alumni Luncheon Reunion classes. (Those ending in 2 and 7) registration form and return it with payment to Join us as we honor the Class of 1952 Lowell Textile and Tent adjacent to the football field, Cushing the Office of Alumni Relations no later than Fall State Teachers graduates along with emeriti alumni from all Name: ______Athletic Complex, North Campus $10 September 27. Your registration will be confirmed preceding classes. and we will send you a campus map. Packets will Class Year: ______Institution: ______festival Wannalancit Mills, 600 Suffolk St., Lowell be provided at Registration Tables during the 12:00 p.m. First Floor Conference Room $15 weekend. Pick up your packet on Friday at Guest Name: ______Volleyball v. Le Moyne College (Costello Gym) Wannalancit Mills, 2nd Floor from Noon to 5, at Class Year: ______Institution: ______2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. the Golden Alumni Luncheon and at the Reunion 1:00 p.m. Campus Tours for Golden Alumni dinners for the classes of 1952, 1962 and 1977. Address: ______Men‘s Soccer v. Franklin Pierce College (Cushing On Saturday, packets will be available from Buses will leave from Wannalancit Mills. After campus tour, buses Field Complex) 11:45-1 at the Homecoming/Reunion Luncheon City:______State: ______Zip: ______will take you to Alumni Receptions and then back to your cars. tent adjacent to the football field. Homecoming 2002 Phone:______game tickets will be distributed outside the Tent. 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 2 p.m. Homecoming Football Game October 4-5 Alumni Receptions Dress Code I/we will be attending the following events: Join the Deans, faculty and classmates to hear about what’s new! UMass Lowell River Hawks vs. Bentley College Business attire: Francis Cabot Lowell Awards All alumni welcome. Cheer on our River Hawks at our great new foot- and Reunion Dinner. Friday, October 4th Price # Attendees Cost e hope you will join us in early October as the ball field. Reduced price tickets for alumni will be Casual attire: All other events. Golden Alumni Luncheon $15 x______W Textile and Tech Grads - Francis College of Engineering - Kitson Hall distributed at the Homecoming Luncheon tent. $3 309, North Campus Francis College of Engineering leaves are turning, a New England chill is in the air Cushing Athletic Complex, North Campus Campus Bookstore State Teachers Grads - Graduate School of Education – Coburn Hall Alumni Open House comp x______The Barnes & Noble University Bookstore Graduate School of Education and the campus is alive with student activity. Our Buses will return you to your cars after the receptions. 1:00-5:00 p.m. will be open the following hours during Fall Alumni Open House comp x______fourth annual Fall Festival Weekend, combining Professor Dean Bergeron’s Retirement Festivities Festival Weekend: 7 p.m. Join alumni, faculty and friends to toast and roast North Campus Friday, October 4 25th Reunion Dinner (1977) $35 x______Reunions, Homecoming and Family Day, will have Reunion Class Receptions and Dinners – Renew old friendships Professor Bergeron as he moves on to his next (8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) Falmouth Hall 40th Reunion Dinner (1962) $35 x______something for everyone in the UMass Lowell family; with your classmates and tour the wonderful historical exhibits. endeavor. South Campus Friday, October 4 50th Reunion Dinner (1952) $35 x______50th Reunion, Class of 1952 Brewery Exchange, 199 Cabot St. (8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.); Saturday, October 5th (10:00 a.m. –4:00 p.m.) McGauvran Hall Saturday, October 5th from Reunion dinners to open houses, from live 40th Reunion, Class of 1962 $15/Cash Bar 25th Reunion, Class of 1977 Accommodations Canal Tour $5 x______performances to a football game. Family Day Comp x______American Textile History Museum, 491 Dutton St., Lowell 5:30-7:00 p.m. *Courtyard by Marriott, Lowell Homecoming/Reunion $35/Cash Bar Reception for Francis Cabot Lowell Award $69 plus tax per room/per night The Festival includes: recipients and guests Luncheon $10 x______(978) 458-7575 • Reunions for 1952 (50th), 1962 (40th) and 1977 (25th), Saturday, October 5th Wyndham Andover Hotel, 123 Old River Road, Football UML vs. Bentley College $3 x______currently in the planning stages. If your class year ends in Andover *Radisson Heritage Hotel, 10 Independence Drive, Prof. Bergeron’s Festivities $15 x______9 a.m.-11a.m. Hors d’oeuvres/Cash Bar Chelmsford Francis Cabot Lowell Dinner $35 x______2 or 7, and you would like to help plan a reunion for your Open House in honor of the first graduating nursing class (1972) on $89 plus tax per room per night class, please contact the Alumni Relations Office. the occasion of their 30th Reunion. All alumni welcome. 7:00 p.m. (978) 256-0800 Total Payment Enclosed: $______Weed Hall, South Campus Ice Hockey v. Concordia University *Wyndham Hotel Andover (Tsongas Arena) Please make checks payable to UMass Lowell. • Golden Alumni Luncheon (Friday, Oct.4) includes all 123 Old River Road, Andover 9 a.m. to noon Payment may also be made by credit card: classes 1952 and earlier 7:00 p.m. $99 plus tax per room per night UMass Lowell Foundation Board of Advisors Meeting (978) 975-3600 MC/Visa# ______Campus Center, adjacent to Fox Hall Francis Cabot Lowell Awards Dinner • Department/College receptions Join us for our 5th Annual Francis Cabot *The Office of Alumni Relations has reserved a block of Exp. Date ______Lowell Awards. rooms for Fall Festival at these hotels, but rooms are 9:30 a.m. • Class Reunion Dinners Wyndham Andover Hotel, 123 Old River Road, limited so please make your reservation no later than Signature ______Pawtucket to the River Canal Tour Andover $35/pp September 10th. Please identify yourself as a This is a 90-minute journey on foot, trolley and boat along the University of Massachusetts Lowell alumnus/a Please return this form no later than September 27th to: • Family Day (Saturday Oct. 5 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.) for the above rates. craft fair and foodfest, old time photos, caricature artist, Pawtucket Canal to the Francis Gate, through Guard Locks and The 2002 Francis Cabot Lowell award recipients are: UMass Lowell, Office of Alumni Relations, Wannalancit onto the Merrimack River. See how Lowell’s methods of providing Michael Morin ‘76, Sciences Alumni Award; Lorenzo Mills Complex, 600 Suffolk Street, Lowell MA 01854-3629 pony rides, live performances and more! transportation, controlling water and holding back floods are all Cabrera ‘94 , Sciences Young Alumni Award; Sheila or fax to (978) 934-3111. If you have any questions about any used at this site. Anderson Kirschbaum, ’76, Education Alumni Award; aspect of the Fall Festival Weekend, please call the Alumni • Campus Center Tours Meet 15 minutes prior to tour at Lowell National Historical Park, Joseph Spadano ’92,’96 Ed.D., Education Young Office at (978) 934-3140 or (877) UML-ALUM or e-mail Visitor Center, 246 Market St. Space is very limited for these tours Alumni Award; Robert Sloan ‘50, Engineering Alumni so please pre-register toll free at 877-UML-ALUM. $5 us at [email protected]. Check out our • Mill and Canal Tours Award; Garrett Thurston ’90, D.Eng. ‘95, Engineering Web site: www/uml.edu/Alumni. Young Alumni Award; Anita Moeller ‘88, Fine Arts, • Alumni Luncheon in a tent 10 a.m. Humanities and Social Sciences Alumni Award; Field Hockey v. Bloomsburg University (Cushing Field Complex) Anne Veilleux ‘85, Health Professions adjacent to the football field Alumni Award; Catherine Y. Read, Ph.D. ‘01, Health Professions Young Alumni • Homecoming Football Game - River Hawks vs. Bentley 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Family Day Award; Gary Mucica ‘71, Management Fall College, Oct. 5 at 2 p.m. Come to South Campus Quad for Chancellor Hogan’s welcome Alumni Award; Thomas A. Golden Jr. festival address. (11:30 a.m.) Bring your family and enjoy a variety of ‘94, ‘02, Management Young Alumni • Retirement Celebration for Prof. Dean Bergeron activities including a Craft Fair and Food Fest, Old Tyme Photos, Award; Dr. Kenneth Geiser, Faculty Caricature Artists, Pony Rides and a musical concert. Award; Dr. Lan T. Pho, Staff Award; • Francis Cabot Lowell Awards Dinner Alumni, Please note! Be sure to look for the Alumni Table in the George Eliades, Honorary Alumni ✂ Award. 2002 Gazebo to register to win great prizes and to be reunited with other alumni. 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By Geoffrey Douglas Investing in the Future, monitoring of ventilation in large would you feel about not being buildings; eSkill, an online testing the CEO?’ firm that matches the technical skills “That last one is a key question. Staying Faithful to the Past of prospective employees to the The best person to run a company employment needs of high-tech isn’t necessarily the one who came firms; BizownerHQ, a provider of up with the idea—there’s a whole On the fourth floor of Wannalancit, five young companies, under the broad wing and watchful guidance real-time, online database assess- different set of skills between an ments that simplify the process of entrepreneur and a CEO. We need to of the University, carry with them the hopes of the region—and the legacies of an earlier time. valuing a company’s worth; and know if they’re realistic about that.” Excelcion, founded by UMass A company approved for funding Lowell computer science graduate (and far fewer than 10 percent of Gary Miliefsky, a front-line CVD’s applicants will ultimately get developer of the next generation funds) will typically receive a modest of network security for banks, “ verything you see in here started with a capital infusion—always less than E governments and on-line piece of paper.” Marty Anenberg sweeps his left arm $100,000—from the University, in brokerage firms. broadly, right to left, to take in the full expanse of the exchange for equity in the scene that begins just outside his door: 7,500 square All five of these firm. In addition, Anen- firms—as well as “You invest feet of pine-floored office space, most of the fourth berg and the Research 12 more that have in a company, floor of the Wannalnacit Mill, broken along its walls Foundation will play a role Excelcion employees, from left, Gary Miliefsky, passed through CVD’s in helping secure future Rick Knowles, Tom Tanin and Derek Lofstrom, then it invests by large, pre-molded cubicles—inside each one a incubation process venture capital, as need- fledgling company. are guiding their company through its infancy in the field of network security. over the past five in the students.” ed—though the amounts The companies, five of them at the moment, are in years—are small involved here are nearly technology start-ups — Marty Anenberg the earliest stages of life: small, high-tech start-ups Along one wall is Konarka Tech- always many times greater nologies, a start-up that took life with a need for seed money, a that began with little more than energy, a true believ- than the University’s own invested from the idea of a professor—Dr. UMass Lowell connection (through funds. (Since CVD first set up shop er or two and a very good idea. From the idea came, Sukant Tripathy—in the UMass the use of faculty, students or both) four years ago, more than $60 in each case, the “piece of paper” that was its busi- Lowell polymer engineering lab: to and a well-conceived business plan. million in venture funding has been ness plan; and from this—if it was among the chosen create energy from solar light. “They come to us with an idea— brought in to seed the 17 companies ones—the money, workspace and mentorship of Konarka, whose success could bring it’s usually a good one—and a so far invited to the mill.) This, of the Commercial Venture Development (CVD) arm power to remote rural locales (such request for funding. We read their course, will dilute the University’s of the Research Foundation of the University of as many in Dr. Tripathy's native plan. Then the questions begin.” equity position—a dilution, says India) that would likely never see a Massachusetts Lowell. Marty Anenberg is 33, a former Marty Anenberg, that is very much utility line, was founded just months sales and marketing specialist for by design: Kathryn Catalono of Konarka Technologies with a poster after Dr. Tripathy’s tragic unexpect- Coca-Cola with a BA in history. His “We know we’re going to wind up displaying the young company's logo and promotional ed death and remains grounded in UMass Lowell business card lists with a smaller piece of the pie. But scenes. the vision he had. “He understood him as CVD’s “Entrepreneur-in-Res- that’s part of the point. We’d much the impact of a single light bulb in idence,” a job he came to nearly two rather have two percent of a $50- the homes of those who have never years ago, from his own company, million company than 10 percent had electric power,” Konarka Cynaptec—which, three years before of a $2-million one. That’s the whole President Paul Wormser said at that, was the first to benefit from the idea of seed money—we want these the company’s christening last year. University’s new venture-capital arm. firms to grow.” “Quite simply, he hoped to change So, having been on both sides of the the world.” The logic here would seem table, he has a veteran’s sense of the unassailable. Apparently though, At a recent gathering on the fourth floor of the Wannalancit Mill—the Among Konarka’s neighbors on critical questions to ask: according to Excelcion founder workspace of the start-up companies mentored and seeded by UMass Wannalancit’s fourth floor are four Lowell's Commercial Venture Development arm—entrepreneur-in-residence “‘How do you see your compa- Gary Miliefsky, (recipient of the Marty Anenberg, far right, met with some of the companies' principals. other young companies, each one ny?” ‘Who are your customers?’ 2000 Francis Cabot Lowell Young Seated, at left, is Tom Tanin of Excelcion, Inc., while next to him is Michael also the product of a vision for ‘Have you spoken with them?’ ‘Do Alumni Award), it’s only one of George of eSkill. Standing, from left, are Azim Hashimi, a UMass Lowell MBA progress or change: AIRxpert you have any advance orders?’ ‘How several venture-capital styles. Other student; Roger Winsby of BizownerHQ; and Kathryn Catalono of Konarka Systems, whose specialty is the Technologies.

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start-up investors he’s known, he There are two, maybe three, venture capital arm: to foster part- Cynaptec—and a dream. He and a and then look back, remember back, told a reporter last year, take as that could make it really big.”) nerships with regional firms and to partner spent four months together, to how it began. It gives me a lot advance technology. alone, on the fourth floor of the of empathy, I think… much as half-interest in a company, So while some of the start- Wannalancit Mill, in the boom days in addition to fees and stock options, ups need more money than Still, at the root of it all, says the “But in the end, it’s really about of the Internet start-ups, trying to as a price of their investment. The others, and some require more Chancellor, is the importance of an the future—about the return, down make a small, on-line procurement result amounts to a disincentive to support or more time, there is education that continues after the the road, to the University. And company with $5 million in venture the company’s principals: “When all one hard-and-fast condition classwork is done: that’ll come soon enough. It will. capital—and another $80 thousand is said and done, you don’t own the that doesn’t allow for wiggle- “This is a path for the students to The pay-off right now is in the from UMass Lowell—stay abreast of company, and you don’t have a room: any company receiving gain real-world opportunity; to have students and faculty, and in the the competition, and of investors’ prayer of getting [more] funding.” CVD funding must employ the on this campus a flow of real prob- economy here… hopes. In the end, it didn’t quite hap- The UMass Lowell approach, services of UMass Lowell stu- lems, real start-up experiences, to be “It’s a pretty great investment pen—though if it had, he wouldn’t Miliefsky says—a smaller equity dents or faculty—ideally both. exposed to that process [in the flesh]. all around.” know what he knows today about position, with more hands-on assis- And that, for the student, is just Konarka was the brainchild tending to dreams: tance and intellectual support—is of Prof. Tripathy; the test invaluable.” “It’s great to see this now,” he “better and cleaner….a model of questions developed by eSkill says, as he sweeps his arm and looks what an incubator should be.” were validated by students, Marty Anenberg, four years ago, around. “Five great young compa- then overseen by Computer was a 29-year-old former junior nies, all the promise they have, all Of the five or six companies likely Science Prof. Jim Canning; at executive, fresh out of Coca-Cola, that energy. To just stand here now to be in residence in Wannalancit at BizownerHQ, at least two with a new young company— and remember—to look at all this, finance students gathered industry UMass Lowell Research Foundation Director Lou any one time, a few will remain as Petrovic, left, together with Louise Griffin, center, briefly as three or four months— data, while two more from computer associate director of external funding, technology, their need for growth, by then, science prepared the Web site for transfer and partnering, and Entrepreneur-in- will exceed what the launch; at Excelsion, at last count, Residence Marty Anenberg. mill can provide. None two graduates and six undergrads were at the UMass Lowell program.” will stay longer than a ut in the end, UMass Lowell Choral Offerings year and a half. Again, “B work with Gary Another strength is its value to the $R#HRISTOPHER-C'AHAN #OORDINATOROF#HORAL!CTIVITIES WWWUMLCHORALCOM
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Commencement speaker Dr. Arthur Levine, president The valedictorian for the class of 2002, Harmander S. of Teachers College, Columbia University, continued the Gill, a biology major, was also awarded the Trustees’ theme as he told graduates that Key. Gill is the eleventh recipient of the award, “making a difference is your “Making which was authorized in the mid-1970s to recognize birthright.” Levine’s surveys of students who earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average Under a banner at the Tsongas a difference Arena, the faculty assembles for graduating students showed this in their eight semesters here. Gill received a standing the presentation of degrees to to be a generally optimistic group, is your ovation from his classmates. the class of 2002. he said, in spite of world events birthright.” Honorary degrees were presented to Dr. Levine, in the last year. — Dr. Arthur Levine Joseph C. Day ’66, president and CEO of Freudenberg- Saying he knew they understood NOK; Laurie Garrett, an award-winning science that they would have to solve problems created by journalist and author; and previous generations, Levine wished them three things: Gordon B. Lankton, president hope, “so you can get through every day and keep your of Nypro, Inc. dreams alive”; responsibility, which would help them The Distinguished Alumni both “do well and do good” ; and a sense of efficacy, Award, which acknowledges so “you know what you do matters.” professional and public service contributions by University alumni, was given to a couple: Jacqueline and Charles Puliafico. Mrs. Puliafico’s 20-year teaching career in Webster was recog- Chancellor William T. Hogan nized recently when the town pays tribute to the graduating class of 2002. named the auditorium of the high school in her honor. Mr. Puliafico, a 1944 graduate enior Class President Colleen Brady set in textile chemistry from Lowell Textile Institute, is founder and former president of Dudley-based Webco the tone for the University’s eleventh Chemical Corp., a manufacturer of specialty chemicals. commencement ceremony on June 2 Under the graduation tent, speaker and honorary degree recipient Arthur Levine is joined by, from left, Jacqueline Moloney, dean of as she quoted President John F. Kennedy’s Continuing Studies and Corporate Education; Daphne Layton, associate vice president for academic affairs; and Kate Harrington, senior S associate for academic affairs. 1961 inaugural address. Suggesting the parallel At the commencement ceremony, attended by a circumstances for Kennedy’s “new generation” standing-room-only crowd at the Tsongas Arena, and the generation of the Class of 2002, Brady more than 1,500 bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees were awarded. They included the first three encouraged her classmates to make a difference degrees earned in an all-on-line program: a bachelor’s in Senior Class President information technology, and the first Ph.D. in chemistry in the world through the choices ahead of them. Colleen Brady in a program jointly supported by the Lowell and Chancellor William T. Hogan congratulates honorary degree recipient Dartmouth campuses. Joseph Day ’66, center, as Ken Lemanski, special assistant to the provost, presents Levine’s academic hood.

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Members of The class of 2002 listen to a speaker in their final moments as undergraduates. Class of 2002 president Colleen Brady addresses her Gordon Lankton, president and Journalist and author Laurie fellow graduates. chairman of the board of Nypro, Garrett received an honorary received an honorary degree. Nypro degree. Garrett has written two is a plastics injection molding and books on global health issues, contract manufacturing company and has won the Pulitzer prize in Clinton. for her science reporting. Arthur Levine, president and professor of education at the Columbia University Teachers College, addresses the commencement audience. Levine received an honorary degree.

Lowell native Joseph Day ’66 collects his honorary degree from Chancellor William T. Hogan. Day is chairman New graduates take a bow in the joyous bustle inside the Tsongas Center. and CEO of the automotive supply Joseph Day, an honorary degree recipient, with his firm Freudenberg-NOK, and a wife, Diane, and grandchildren Cooper and Meredith, member of the College of and their UMass Lowell teddy bears. Engineering Board of Advisors.

Steve Tello, left, associate director of Distance Learning, received a doctorate in education, presented by the dean of the Graduate School of Education, Don Pierson.

State Rep. Thomas A. Golden ’94 greets the class of 2002. Golden also received his MBA at the 2002 commencement.

Plastics engineering faculty gather by the riverside with John Quinn ’69, second from left, Gordon Lankton, center, dark tie, and Joseph Day, center, yellow tie. Prof. Stephen McCarthy stands at left, Prof. Stephen Orroth at right, and department Chair Nick Schott, second from right.

Chancellor William T. Hogan presents the Chancellor’s Medals to Lisa Chandonnet, for the highest grade point average in the College of Arts and Sciences Division of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Aron Bellorado, for highest grade point James DiPaola, sheriff of Middlesex County, who Harmander S. Gill receives the Trustees’ Key from board Harmander S. Gill is honored by average in the College of Engineering. traditionally calls the commencement ceremony to member Dr. Michael Foley. The key is given to UMass Lowell the trustees as valedictorian of order, joins Lowell Mayor Rita Mercier after the students who graduate with an overall grade point average the class of 2002. Charles ’44 and Jacqueline Puliafico ’42 are honored as the University’s distinguished alumni, with commencement ceremony. of 4.0. awards presented by Susan Pasquale, chair of the Alumni Relations Council and Matthew Donahue, chair of the UMass Lowell Foundation Board.

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1. Pictured at the home of alumni Jackie 4. Alumni enjoyed a pre-show reception 6. UMass Day was celebrated across the 8. New York area alumni reminiscing about 10. Hank Powell ’55, Ralph Mondano and 13. Pictured at the Graduate School of and Charlie Puliafico in Palm Beach, FLA. hosted by the Alumni Relations Council in Commonwealth on April 27th. Shown their days in Lowell included from left, Joe Barbagallo ’66 attended the 6th Annual Education Annual Awards Day on May 4th for an alumni gathering are, from left, April with special guest appearance by here at the Chelmsford Library are Pamela Gene Buczynski ’71, Colleen Buczynski, Engineering Alumni Awards Dinner at the is the Education Committee for the Millenia. Martin Schedlbauer '88, '91; Diane Earl, Gerald Dickens prior to attending his world Jahngen-Provencal and Doug Prime ’88,’91 David Pernick ’41, Frances Pernick, Karen Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford on Seated, from left, are Dean Donald Pierson, director of alumni relations; Jackie and premier performance of “The Republic of promoting UML’s summer Designcamp for Farrell and Thomas Farrell III ’73. May 2nd. Mary Kiernan ’29, Mary Labay ’39, and Charlie Puliafico, and Mary Jo Leahey '37. My Imagination”. Left to right: Martha school-aged children. Dr. Mary McGauvran ’39. Standing, 9. Krishna Vedula, Dean of the Francis 11. Congratulating the 2002 Biology Mayo ’92, Florence Gallagher ’58, from left, are Florence Lacouture ’59, College of Engineering (center) congratulates Alumni Awards recipients are, from left, 2. Lowell Textile graduates in Palm Florence Lacouture ’59 (ARC), Michele 7. New York area alumni enjoyed dinner Mildred Scanlon ’36, Vasiliki Selvaggio ’53 the 2002 Engineering Alumni Award Bob Coleman, Professor Emeritus, Dean of Beach are from left to right: Sy Gottlieb ’49, Lafleur ’90 (ARC), Leslie Morin ’82, ’92 with producers Stewart Lane and Bonnie and Vito Selvaggio ’52. Recipients. They are, from left, Bill Hellmuth Sciences Bob Tamarin, award recipients Tom Garvey ’54,’55 and Marvin Aronowitz and Donna Coffey ’68 (ARC). Comley ’81 prior to attending their Tony ’77; Rick Pierro ’83; Joe Flannery ’53; Don Lynda Fawcett ’86,’87 and Paul Fawcett 14. Winners of the President’s Division at ’51,’52. winning performance- Throughly Modern Leach, faculty; Dean Vedula; Bill Flood, ’77,’ 82, ’86 and Bob Lynch, faculty and this year’s River Hawk Golf Tourney are, 5. Alumni Relations Council member Millie. Seated from left, Elizabeth Morin, Professor Emeritus; Zelman Kamien, department Chair. from left, Martin Schedlbauer ’88,’91, 3. Young alumni got together for the first Garrett Thurston ’90,’95 and wife Rudy Morin ’59, Phyllis Adler and Professor Emeritus and former Chairman Matthew Eynon, UML interim executive YAC Networking Night at Cobblestones Lisa ’96,’97 greet Nancy and David Ed Adler ’53,’55. Standing, from left, Presented with the Conlon-Drauch Family Mechanical Engineering; and Rick Hess, 12. director of advancement, Bill Penney ’75 Restaurant in Lowell on March 28th. Hopwood ’63 at the Dickens reception Mimi Kassel ’52, Mike Sisselman, Scholarship at this year’s Graduate School of President M/A-Com Inc. and Ken Gys ’87. in Durgin Hall. and Bonnie Comley ’81. Education Awards ceremony, Mary R. Cough- lin is joined by, from left, Dean Donald Pierson, Dr. Mary McGauvran ’39 and John Conlon, presenter.

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Paul E. Carr, Sr. ’24 Frank V. Zola ’84 1937 19 65 Agnes (McElhinney) Cassidy ’26 Andrew C. Coppola ’86 Betty Stowell Keller enjoyed Priscilla McLean and her Dorothy (Ward) Mann ’26 Alear (Innis) Mahoney ’86 the UMass reception for the husband, Barton, known Mary (Caires) Dowley ’27 Pamela (Hayes) Sorrentino ’91 president of the University collectively as the McLean Dr. Miriam (Shrager) Pollock ’28 of Hawaii, Evan Dobelle. Mix Duo, will undertake a series Faculty, Staff and Friends President Dobelle is a1963 of residencies and tours at Anna (Wynn) Archibald ’29 graduate of the Amherst Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Harriet (Perron) Ryder ’29 Arthur M. Friedman, Faculty campus. (where they have been Beverly R. Geyer, Parent Artists-in-Residence), Rocky 17 Lyra E. Grammer ’32 Mountain National Park and the Ruth (Kingsbury) Locke ’34 Charles E. Harrison, Jr., Friend Electroshok First Electroacoustic Richard W. Ivers, Staff Josephine A. Enright ’35 Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. 15. Honored at this year’s Commencement ceremony with the Edith (Grise) Favarato ’35 Miriam Price, Staff This spring they premiered their Distinguished Alumni Award are Jacqueline Puliafico ’42 and latest audio/video work Evelyn (Durgin) Rich ’36 Edward L. Reeney, Staff Charles Puliafico ’44, pictured here with Alumni Relations Autumn Requiem. Margaret W. Sawyer, Friend Council Chair Dr. Susan Pasquale ’75, left. Mary G. Cronin ’37 Edward J. Klosowicz ’38 1968 16. Radiological Sciences alumni gathered for a group photo Virginia (Roarke) Greene ’41 Arthur Friedman, at the 4th annual HPS/RAD Science alumni luncheon in David Johnson has been Retired English Tampa, Florida. Paul F. Noonan ’42 named director of the Professor, Dies at 66 Middle Market Advisory 18 Roger C. Griffin, Jr. ’43 17. Members of the Classes of 1992 and 1997 braved stormy Prof. Arthur Friedman, a Services practice Barbara (Regan) Mattingly ’43 weather conditions and enjoyed an evening of reminiscing and noted theater critic and at Pricewater- dancing to favorite college tunes on Boston Harbor, June 15th. Shirley E. Nowell ’43 member of the University’s 1953 houseCoopers Marie (Finnegan) Jones ’45 English faculty from 1966 Don E. Finegold has retired LLP, serving Connecticut and 18. On a cruise of Boston Harbor to re-unite for their 10th year to 1996, died in Boston on after 50 years in the leather Catherine (Delaney) Harper ’47 western Massa- college reunion are members of the class of 1992 and guests. Feb. 18 following a long industry, and has written a From left are Matthew Lappier, Michael Smith, Don Breault, Jean (Roessler) Frieswick ’50 chusetts. He has illness. He was 66. mystery novel entitled Michelle Lapierre Smith, Shelley Conley and Richard Conley. Richard M. King ’50 Interlude, which was relocated from A native of New York City published this summer. South Carolina. Gilbert J. Favro ’51 and a graduate of City Col- Gaston C. Majeune ’52 lege, Prof. Friedman earned 1964 1973 a master’s degree in English Mary (Coughlin) White ’53 James Kozik has been promot- from Boston University and Dr. George Perrone, director Do We Ring A Bell? Edwin J. Mason ’59 of Fine Arts for Framingham ed to the Atlanta Regional office completed all course require- Leo A. Parent ’59 schools, recently returned from of the U.S. Forest Service where ments and orals for a doctor- he is in charge of coordinating If not, we should. You may not recognize our faces, Joseph V. Petrone ’59 a trip to Russia where he con- ate at Harvard University. Transportation Operations on but our names and voices are sure to ring a bell. ducts concerts and lectures on George A. Wilkins ’62 During the 1960s, he the development of jazz in the 15 National Forests that We are the students of the UMass Lowell Howard R. Bailey ’64 acted in numerous Harvard America as part of the “sister make up the USFS Southern phonathon who telephoned you last year during Region. Jim makes his home Nicholas G. Georgakakos ’66 productions at the Loeb city” program between our record breaking 2002 Lowell Fund campaign. Drama Center and Agassiz Framingham and St. Petersburg. north of metro Atlanta. George S. Retalis ’69 Guess what? Starting soon you’ll be hearing from Theater, working with The program also includes us again. We are eagerly anticipating the start of Robert A. Hatch ’73 Stockard Channing, taking medical 1974 supplies and our 2003 phonathon campaign this fall. Diana (Leigh) Hodge ’73 Tommy Lee Jones and Louise Hart, author of more clothing to John J. Collins, Jr. ’74 James Woods, among others. than 30 books, has an exclusive orphanages Thanks to your generous contributions last year, Growth from 1997 to 2002: 313.82%! At the same time, he interview, “Falling Leaves,” Here are the numbers: Bruce M. Jansen ’74 and bringing Lowell Fund support reached record levels once began writing theater published in the February 2002 If you were a part of our success, THANK YOU!! William G. Weir ’74 students again and enabled us to fund more student pro- Six-Year Phonathon reviews for a number of premier issue of the online Pledge Growth: Russell L. Lacroix ’76 from Russia culture magazine, Eclectic. grams than ever before! We hope you will be as Our 2003 Goal: $700,000 publications in the Boston to study in supportive as you can be again this year! 1997: $145,285 Tana A. Martyn ’76 area and, in 1982, was America. Please help us reach this goal by supporting our Lew Karabatsos, director of 1998: $278,069 Frederick L. Robbins, Jr. ’76 engaged by the Boston worthy cause! Compaq’s Corporate Community THANK YOU to the more than 7,400 alumni who Joseph R. Sasso ’76 Herald as a successor to 1999: $428,830 Relations, received the first made last year a smashing success!! Our program If you have any questions about the University or Elliot Norton. He was twice 2000: $476,123 Horace R. Trovato ’76 Innovation in Corporate Citizen- The Lowell Fund, please ask our phonathon callers named Best Theater Critic has grown significantly over the last six years 2001: $530,774 Vincent J. Giliberto ’82 ship Award from Boston College. or contact Brian W. Andriolo, ’95, ’97, Director of by Boston magazine. and this growth would not have been possible 2002: $601,225 This award is given to individu- without YOU! The Lowell Fund, by phone at (978) 934-4809 or e- als who exhibit true strategic mail at [email protected].

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WHAT’S NEWS ABOUT YOU? introductions to the Landmark in Vietnam’s countryside by Harvard to pursue his doctorate 1996 Forum for the Landmark supplying household electricity in the same field. Kim (Ward) Johnson was Education Corporation. to families who lack access to a leadership in the service of married in September 2001 on power grid. SELCO also works 19 92 a riverboat on the Mississippi. corporate citizenship. As senior 1999 with local women’s groups to We apologize sincerely to manager of Corporate Commu- Krista (Curran) Bracci and her She is now living in “up north” secure low interest loans and Dean Grimaldi ’77 and his Stacie Coburn received her nity Relations, he is responsible husband, Scott, welcomed their Minnesota, enjoying the lakes repayment schedules geared family for reporting him master’s in education from for working with senior and site first child, Hayley Nicole, on and deer, with her husband and to crop cycles, among other deceased in the last issue of Rivier College in May. She is management teams across the April 3. 4-year-old son. Kim is a supervi- programs. the magazine. Dean is alive a special education reading country and abroad to develop sor of a clinic lab. and well and resides in teacher in the Manchester, N.H., and implement strategic com- Hampton, N.H. Brian Donovan has been School District. Kristin J. Lamond is a recent munity relations programs and named an associate with the 1998 graduate of the Reading initiatives, including corporate- Boston law firm of Bromberg & Jonathan August volunteered at Municipal Police Officers sponsored community and Harish Hande, president of Sunstein LLP, where he concen- the Maccabiah Games in Israel in class and is now a UMass employee programs. operations in India, Vietnam and trates on litigation and trade- June 2001 as an athletic trainer Lowell police officer. mark prosecution with a with the men’s basketball team. Sri Lanka, accepted a company 19 85 significant focus on intellectual They won the Gold Medal. award for Corporate Excellence from the U.S. State Department 2000 Eric Peterson writes that he property litigation at both the Jonathan graduated from the for SELCO-Vietnam, a subsidiary Jason Bellorado earned his has “moved to the country trial and appellate levels. Brian Institute for Integrative Nutrition of Solar Electric Light Company. master’s in electrical engineering where my new hobby is began as a paralegal and law in New York and is now a certi- The award was given for SELCO’s from Harvard with a concentra- chasing away the bears!” clerk with the firm while still a Roy Zuckerberg, ’58, receives the 2002 President’s Medal from by UMass fied holistic health counselor. work in reducing poverty and tion in telecommunications. He lives in Strasburg, Va., and student at Suffolk University President William M. Bulger, center right. Zuckerberg’s wife, Barbara, is at left; He is also certified to lead Law School, and has been spurring economic development He also received a fellowship at is a senior software engineer Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart is at right. for SingleSignOn.Net. there ever since. Roy Zuckerberg Awarded 2002 19 87 Peter Furlong’s “strong singing” was noted by critics President’s Medal Chris (Arangio) Vasiliadis has ® in his role as the tenor lead in started up her own make-up Roy J. Zuckerberg ’58 is the recipient of the 2002 President’s Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, at the consulting business, Signature Medal, awarded to individuals who have pursued excellence ALUMNI HOLIDAYS 2003 TRAVEL PROGRAMS Decapo Opera in New York Faces, Inc. Chris teaches clients and whose achievements are a reflection of the high ideals THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, LOWELL INVITES YOU TO TRAVEL WITH ALUMNIAND FRIENDS ... how to properly apply makeup and traditions of the University of Massachusetts. in their homes. Her Signa- Mary Beth McKenney- tureFaces.com Web site Donnelly was recently married Zuckerberg is a senior director of The Goldman Sachs Madrid Escapade ACA Scotland Passage of Peter the Great was designed by her friend to Sean Donnelly and is Group, Inc., a position he assumed after stepping down as vice and class of ’86 alumna, the head coach of the girls’ chairman of the firm, a member of the Executive Committee, February 7 — 12, 2003 March 7 — 15, 2003 July 22 — August 3, 2003 Gertrude Wallis. cross-country and spring track and head of the Equities Division in 1998. He joined the firm Experience Spain’s majestic capital Explore Scotland from Stirling, the Discover charming towns during an at Lowell High School. Mary in 1967 in Securities Sales and, in 1972, assumed responsibility Beth also is a full-time Clinical Madrid and other fascinating cities on scenic “Gateway to the Highlands!” historic cruise between Moscow and Thomas A. Wilson and his for developing the private client business. He was made a Leader in the Critical Care Unit this marvelous travel adventure! $2,495* St. Petersburg. From $2,795* wife, Victoria, welcomed a at Emerson Hospital where she partner in 1977 and served as co-head and then head of the baby girl, Alyssa Jordan, $1,595* works the graveyard shift, thus Securities Sales Division. last December. ACA Normandy ACA Tuscany- Cortona enabling her to coach. For a number of years, Zuckerberg has contributed financial October 6 — 14, 2003 October 22 — 30, 2003 1990 resources, time and effort to the University. He has endowed a 19 93 From the picturesque town of Lisieux, The magic of Tuscany awaits as you witness its Erik A. Day was named Seires- system-wide chair in leadership, and provided major support Renee DeFeo received her Blue Jacket Sailor of the Year to the assistive technology program at UMass Lowell. He also explore the history, landmarks and beautiful many highlights from the charming village of master’s in business administra- and awarded the Navy and serves as chair of the University of Massachusetts Foundation scenery of Normandy. $2,295* Cortona. $2,295* tion in technology management Marine Corps from the University of Phoenix Investment Committee. Achievement in April. Renee is a material Medal in Zuckerberg also is past chairman of the Securities Industry engineer at Intel. ceremonies Association and served as a member of the Senior Advisors For further information please contact University held recently Group to the President’s Council on Year 2000 Conversion. of Massachusetts-Lowell at Brunswick 1994 He is chairman and member of the Executive Committee of Office of Alumni Relations 600 Suffolk Street, Naval Air John Cafarella III and North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Inc., a trustee Station. These Lowell, MA 01854 978-934-3140 Elizabeth Darrah were married of the American Red Cross in Greater New York, director of awards are in October 2001 and honey- given for professional mooned in Hawaii. They the Brookdale Foundation, Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, and achievement in the superior recently bought a house in a member of the board of governors of the Weizmann Institute *All prices are approximate per person, performance of one’s duties. Maynard. John writes that he of Science. He has long been involved with the UJA Federation based on double occupancy, from Boston. Erik lives in Methuen with enjoys attending UMass Lowell and served as chair of the Wall Street Division. his wife, Michelle. hockey games.

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Sports Roundup Top Ten Champions in Women’s Sports New Club Adds open to all for a mini- The Bob Griffin Acade- River Hawks Once Again Compete mum donation of $50. mic Cup, awarded to Named at Banquet ‘Emotional Component’ Members enjoy a num- teams that achieve the in College World Series to Support of Athletics ber of special benefits, highest overall grade thletes from five different women’s sports were honored as his year, for the second consecutive season, the A and there are social point average, went to T UMass Lowell baseball team went to the NCAA Top Ten Champions during this year’s annual Excellence Banquet. Mike Vitale of Lowell, a 1975 events throughout the the men’s basketball, Division II College World Series in Montgomery, Ala. The 10 were Diana Diaz and Erica Towlson, track and field; graduate of Lowell Tech, has been year. crew and cross-country a season ticket holder of the hock- And, once there, the River Hawks became the first Susan Gehm Sandanato, softball; Sheila Knower, Darlene Orlando One special benefit, teams, and to the ey program for 27 years. "I think team from the Northeast region since 1989 to Ciarcia and Rosalyn Worsley, basketball; Shannon LeBlanc Hlebichuk, available to members at women’s basketball, ten- it’s important to support the kids advance to the semi-finals. field hockey; and Sue MacDonald Tidd, Michelle Roy and Katie the $250 level, is access nis and volleyball teams. and the program, and I enjoy the Entering the series ranked 16th Toomey, volleyball. to the Talon Club Room The David J. Boutin events," he says. Chris Prince of nationally, they lost their opener, 5-2, in Tsongas Arena. And, Award and the Laurie A. Andover, who played varsity bas- to Cal State-Chico, the top rated Diaz (1993-95), a 2000 UMass points (2,116). She was Player of those at the $1,000 level Mann Award each go to ketball for ULowell in the late 70s, team in the country. Lowell Hall of Fame inductee, the Year in the NECC and a first are enrolled for a year the individual who most also stays in touch. “I still go to earned All-America status in 1995 team All-American and Academic in the fitness center in effectively balances the Then, knowing they would be out some games. I like to stay and set the 400 meter outdoor All-American. the University’s new demands of academics of the series if they lost again in involved and help support the record. Campus Center. and athletics, and who this double-elimination event, they Roy (1988-91) ranks atop six team,” he says. bounced back to beat South Region Sandanato (1981-84) was the of the University’s career leader For more information serves as an inspiration Vitale and Prince both are champion Florida Southern, 7-2. first female athlete voted into the charts and is second among on joining the club, to other student-ath- Dave Williamson among those who have been Dave Williamson, a senior from Athletic Hall of Fame as a stand- school leaders for most service contact Leslie Sanderson letes. The winners members of the Lowell Club, Manchester, N.H., pitched his seventh complete out in field hockey and softball. aces in a season (88 in 1990). in the Advancement were Eyal Leib of men’s which became the River Hawk game of the year, scattering six hits and striking She also won the Lester H. Cush- She also later coached at the office at (978) 934-4803, basketball and Nicole Club earlier this year. The Club is out nine. Leslie_Sanderson@uml. LeBlanc of field hockey. ing Award as the outstanding University. the premier organization for pro- female athlete. edu, or visit goriver- The Student Athlete The River Hawks followed this up with a 10-5 win Toomey (1996-99) was selected viding direct support to all men hawks.com. Award is presented to over North Central Region champion Ashland behind Knower (1994-98), who ranks for the New England All-Regional and women’s athletic programs. the person on each team the pitching of junior Patrick Shirley and the 3-for-4 second all-time in scoring with Team in her final three years and “The Lowell Club has served us who best demonstrates hitting of outfielder Nate Liebenow and first baseman 1,565 points, was named player of was named to the NECC All- Six Teams and for some time as a fund-raising the proper balance of Mike Regan. the year in both the New England Conference first team all four vehicle,” says Athletics Director 22 Individuals academics and athletics. The ride ended in the semi-finals when the team Collegiate Conference (NECC) years. She also was Player of the Dana Skinner. "Now, with the Honored for The winners were from Lowell lost for the second time to Cal State - and the Eastern College Athletic Year in the conference her last two River Hawk Club, we Academic/Athletic Mike Regan (baseball); Chico, which remained undefeated until it eventually Conference (ECAC). seasons. want to expand Records Eyal Leib and Meghan lost the final game of the series. Hlebichuk (1994-97), consid- Towlson (1995-98), an NCAA on that concept Hamilton (basketball); It wasn’t easy getting to Montgomery in the first ered the best player in the history All-American, holds many indoor and add an Twenty-two student- Sean Dubois and Amy place. As is often the case, the River Hawks started of the field hockey program, was school records and the top four emotional com- athletes and six teams Silveira (crew); Carl slowly and by early April had a named an All-American and times in the 100 meter hurdles ponent with were the recipients of Mease and Tanya Latra- record of 11-11. They took 14 of Academic All-American in 1995 and the top 10 in the 50 meter social activities five major awards verse (cross-country); their next 18 regular season games, and 1997. hurdles. She also was a Cushing conducted around bestowed during the Bob Montgomery (foot- however, and subsequently won the Award recipient. the sports experience here at 2001-2002 Excellence ball); Nicole LeBlanc Tidd (1985-88) ranks among the Northeast 10 championship and the University. Banquet held in (field hockey); Laurent top five in nine different statistical Worsley (1987-91) made the the NCAA Northeast Regional “Our goal is to expand the club Costello Gym in May. Meunier (hockey); Mike categories in volleyball, including University’s top 20 single season Tournament to qualify for the trip to 500 members within the next The Lester H. Cushing Paige and Meghan Leary the best career hitting percentage scoring list three times with totals to Alabama. three years. We need this kind of Award, presented to the (soccer); Becky Regula of .294. She returned to coach at of 3542, 473 and 544, and record- support to generate the revenue outstanding male and (softball); Jonathan Lilley In addition to the team’s successes, the University. ed 199 steals on defense, second and the kind of following we need female athlete, went to and Emily Athas (tennis); two members of the squad were Matt Tupman best in school history. Ciarcia (1990-1994) is the most to remain competitive in some of Jill Croft of the track and Kevin Alliette and Jill drafted by major league clubs. David decorated women’s basketball the best athletic conferences in field program and to Croft (track and field); Williamson was chosen by the St. Louis Cardinals in player in UMass Lowell history, the country,” he says. Mike Paige of the men’s and Stacey Graf the seventh round, and catcher Matt Tupman, a junior (volleyball). from Concord, N.H., was picked by the Kansas City topping the charts in a number of Annual membership, which runs soccer team and the Royals in the ninth round. categories, including most career from Sept. 1 through Aug. 31, is track and field squad. This was the 36th season for Coach Jim Stone.

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