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University of Massachusetts Boston ScholarWorks at UMass Boston 1996-2009, University Reporter University Publications and Campus Newsletters 4-1-2003 University Reporter - Vol. 07, No. 07.2 (Special Edition) - April 2003 University of Massachusetts Boston Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.umb.edu/university_reporter Part of the Higher Education Administration Commons, and the Organizational Communication Commons Recommended Citation University of Massachusetts Boston, "University Reporter - Vol. 07, No. 07.2 (Special Edition) - April 2003" (2003). 1996-2009, University Reporter. Paper 126. http://scholarworks.umb.edu/university_reporter/126 This University Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications and Campus Newsletters at ScholarWorks at UMass Boston. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1996-2009, University Reporter by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at UMass Boston. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE UNIVERSITY UMASS® Under coach Laura Schuler, or er BOSTON the UMass Boston women's hockey team is on the rise. Volume 7, Number 4 April 2003 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION CE NTER Upswing in Activity UMass Boston at Nantucket Field Selected As Potential Station Regional IT Site Plans are in place for Following a visit to area expanded course offerings schools and a forum for edu and a semester-long resident cation shareholders at UMass student program at the Boston, National Science Nantucket Field Station, a val Foundation officers have given ued UMass Boston resource the university a favorable for students and researchers review in its bid to become a that encompasses study facili center for Boston's community ties, office space, and a hous colleges and K-12 districts ing unit. Turn to page 3. helping to meet the demand for information technology workers. Turn to page 2. WORLD AFFAIRS UMass Boston Chancellor Jo Ann Gora during a recent interview w ith WBZ-TV's Dan Rea '70. RESEARCH Grad Interprets U.S. Politics for a Using Satellite UMass Boston's Record of Worldwide Audience Images to Preserve German author and com the Environment Service: Been There, Still Doing mentator Robert von Rimscha UMass Boston biology draws on his experiences in professor Kamaljit Bawa uses the United States and as a images provided by satellites That, and Ready to Do _More UMass Boston student as he to study defore station and Contributing to the ongoing tribution to economic develop For the past 17 years, the attempts to explain the other forms of environmental discussion about the purpose ment. Whether helping to spawn Urban Harbors Institute has American political landscape degradation in the tropics, and future of Massachusetts' new businesses or providing played a critical role in the cleanup and EuropeanlU.S. relations to hoping to collect data that can public institutions of higher incubator space for start-ups, of Boston Harbor. The analysis of observers on both sides of the be used to improve conserva learning, Chancellor Jo Ann these efforts are consistent with the Massachusetts economy by Atlantic. Turn to page 5. tion policies and develop alter Cora recently made the follow our role as a research institution Alan Clayton-Matthews has been native uses for land. Turn to ing remarks about the university in the state's most economically at the forefront of discussions page 4. she heads: diverse and powerful city. from Beacon Hill to Capitol Hill. RESEARCH UMass Boston, by virtue of Let me provide some exam The groundbreaking work of Lois the strengths of its faculty and ples. Just two weeks ago we met Biener at the Center for Survey Study Shows Lack of Culture-Specific SPORTS its mandate to award advanced with the National Science Research has been critically degrees and pursue research at Foundation as finalists for a $3 important to the Massachusetts Services Women's Hockey Is a high level, is a significant million grant that will make Department of Public Health in UMass Boston researchers a Winner at UMass research institution. We are a UMass Boston a regional tech assessing the impact of its anti Connie Chan and Lin Zhan Boston doctoral degree- granting insti nology center connecting the tobacco programs. examine how limited availabil tution, and the research initia university, community colleges, A research university, by def ity of bicultural and bilingual Looking to establish tives of our faculty and staff and K- 12 schools. Last year our inition, serves its region in a resources poses difficulties for another great Boston sports have an important and positive Environmental and Business range of areas. UMass Boston elderly Asian American women tradition and capitalize on impact on the City and the Technology Center helped educates undergraduates, grants seeking health and social ser hockey'S growing popularity Commonwealth. Through the Woburn-based ElectroChem, doctoral degrees, partners with vices. Turn to page 2. among women, UMass Boston work of our "think tanks"-our Inc., formulate a strategy that local businesses, and embraces has announced that its 25 research centers and insti resulted in an $8 million invest as one of the six pillars of our women's hockey club will be tutes-and that of our five col ment to commercialize a fuel cell mission-regional economic WHAT IS IT? raised to varsity team status leges, we have been a driving it has developed. In 2002, our development. We are teachers and compete in the Eastern force behind some of the most Small Business Development and trainers; analysts and advo College Athletic Conference. historic public policy discussions Center helped the owners of fire cates. We educate aspiring teach Turn to page 7. and decisions made in the state. ravaged Fuentes Market in ers and future CEOs; we support We provide professional Roxbury prepare a business plan public policy makers and private development and workforce that helped them obtain business owners. CULTURE training through our Division of $750,000 in financing from These are the jobs UMass Continuing, Corporate, and Citizens Bank. Boston does well and will continue De Kooning Work Distance Learning; through sev But our mandate doesn't end to do well. The Commonwealth on Display eral centers in our College of there. deserves nothing less. Answer? See page 6. Management; and in concert "Reclining Figure," a with the industry advisory sculpture by the Dutch boards that serve several of our Enrollment Management Non-Profit Organization abstract expressionist Willem colleges. Employers in Greater UMass Boston U. S. Postage de Kooning, is on loan to the Boston want the best and bright 100 Morrissey Boulevard PAID university from the de est employees for their busi Boston, MA 02125-3393 Boston, MA Kooning estate. Turn to Permit No. 52094 nesses, and we meet this page 6. need-as is shown most clearly by the fact that more than three quarters of our graduates li ve and work in Massachusetts. www.umb.edu We also make a major con- PAGE 2 THE UNIVERSITY REPORTER News SPECIAL EDITION April 2003 BUSINESS Nat ional Science Foundation Taps UMass CCD E Goes to China Boston As Possible Regional Technology Site The Division of Corporate, Continuing and Distance In February, a team from the the Boston Area Advanced tern that will attract students to collaborating to create the best Education (CCDE) has National Science Foundation Technology Connections (BATEC) IT careers, promote lifelong learning environment for our applied to become an educa (NSF) visited area schools and Partnership, would establish a learning of IT skills, and support region's students. Businesses will tion provider in China and has attended a forum for education regional center in Boston to help the workforce needs of the benefit from a better-trained several mltlatJves planned shareholders held at UMass meet the projected demand for region's IT companies. workforce and an education sys for this summer. A partner Boston. Following the visit, NSF information technology (IT) "This project represents a tem that is more responsive to ship with Tsinghua University officers gave UMass Boston workers regionally and nation unique opportunity to expand changing technical needs." will bring ·CCDE's Project a favorable review in the wide. Since early 2000, UMass and connect the information and "Creating a regional tech Management certificate to university's bid to become a tech Boston has partnered with communication technologies in nology center is a terrific oppor China and provide U.S. busi nology center for area commu Bunker Hill, Middlesex, and Boston-area public institutions," tunity for us to further our ness executives with a five-day nity colleges and K-12 districts. Roxbury Community Colleges, explains Deborah Boisvert of mission of outreach and educa program on doing business An announcement from the TechBoston, the Metropolitan the Division of Corporate, tion through an innovative there. UMass Boston will granting agency may be made by School to Career Partnership, Continuing and Distance technology partnership," said provide ten professors from the end of June. and ten secondary schools to Education. "Faculty at partner Chancellor Gora during the Beijing University of Technology The initiative, known as plan a regional IT education sys- institutions are excited about forum. with English-language instruc tion, and government officials from LiaoNing Province with human resources management UMass Boston Study Identifies Critical Lapses in training. Services for Elderly Asian American Women K-12 EDUCATION Owing to limited availability do provide specific service bicultural and bilingual medical services would be a welcome of bicultural and bilingual ser reported that they offer health care. resource-not only for Asian New ESL Program vices, elderly Asian American care services, social services, Chan and Zhan found the Americans but for service Meets Challenge of women miss out on significant home care, and education ser greatest need among Asian providers and state agencies.