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Volume 5, Number 8 Apri12001 Local Physician and Global Humanitarian to Receive Award for Distinguished Public Service

By Annemarie Lewis Kerwin For the second consecutive serves as the assistant director of Arabia. In addition to these ac year, the McCormack Institute has Massachusetts General Hospital tivities Durant is being honored chosen to honor a private citizen and assistant professor of obstetrics for his lifelong dedication to bring for his acts of public service. For and gynecology and reproductive medical assistance to the poor and this year's honoree the acts of ser biology at Harvard Medical malnourished in strife-torn areas vice span a lifetime and the globe. School. A graduate of Boston Col all over the world. Whether it's On April 23, Thomas Durant will lege, Durant received his bachelor's the refugees in Kosovo, Somalia, receive the John Joseph Moakley degree in biology and his medical or Rwanda, or the victims ofHur Award for Distinguished Public degree from Georgetown Univer ricane Mitch in Honduras, Service, an honor that has only sity. The service and activities re Durant's humanitarian efforts have been bestowed upon four indi lated to his professional work be been delivered with great compas viduals since it was established gan in 1969 when he served as a sion, justice, and humility. seven years ago. The award, consultant to the Senate Judiciary "The remarkable range and named in honor of Congressman Subcommittee on Refugees and depth of Dr. Durant's humanitar Joe Moakley from the Ninth Con Civilian Casualties in Vietnam. ian activities and the fact that the gressional District, is not given This was followed by his service to beneficiaries of his efforts are quite every year, but rather when an in Speaker "Tip" O'Neill's Commit often humble and without sub dividual is identified by Moakley tee on Cambodian Refugees on the stantial resources ... make him the and the McCormack Institute for Cambodian Border in 1979. From perfect recipient of the Moakley extraordinary public ervice. This December 1980 to January 19 1, award," aid Ed Beard, director of year's recipient is no exception. he served as a consultant to the the McCormack Institute. A trained physician, Durant Abdul Aziz Hospital in Saudia Much like the man for whom Award recipient Thomas Durant, M.D. continued on page 7

UMass Boston and John Warner Lead "Green Chemistry"

By Anne-Marie Kent Gone are the days when indus To help give Massachusetts biotechnology sectors to industry try could afford to ignore the en businesses that competitive edge, and university-based green chem vironmental costs of pollution. UMass Boston, in collaboration istry research. Presenters and par Mounting political interest in pre with the Massachusetts Executive ticipants will discuss new govern serving the environment, and es Office of Environmental Affairs ment, industry, and university calating toxic waste disposal costs (EOEA), will host the green chemistry partnerships in have made the topic of "green Commonwealth's first green Massachusetts. UMass Boston's chemistry" a hot one. To reduce chemistry symposium on April 6 John Warner and alumnus Berke pollution, green chemistry com at the John F. Kennedy Library. ley Cue of Pfizer, Inc. will give pre bines existing industrial expertise The Massachusetts Biotechnology sentations. Optimally, the green with an understanding of natural, Council, Associated Industries of chemistry symposium will allow sustainable systems to develop Massachusetts (AIM), Pfizer Inc., policy makers and researchers to high quality, environmentally and NSTAR are sponsors of the reach a better understanding of the sound methods of using chemical event, which is expected to draw needs of Massachusetts industry. processes or products. Last sum 120 members from the area's busi University of Massachusetts "Green chemistry" professor John U'lJrner is shown here in the Green Chemistry mer, Fortune Magazine's article ness and academic community. President William M. Bulger and Laboratory for Research and Education in Sustainable Innovation at the Science "Green Chemistry Pays" declared The symposium is designed to Secretary of the Environment Center. The lab is designed for teaching, hands-on lab work, research, and Robert Durand are expected to at instrumentation to coincide simultaneously. (photo by Harry Brett) green chemistry to be a competi provide a business-oriented intro tive advantage for industry. duction for the plastics, resins, and tend. "It's an event of major im- continued on page 7

INSIDE THIS ISSUE Bring Your Child to Work Day! Public Service Recipient ...... 1. 7 Garage Update...... 4 On April 26, children of UMass Boston employees New Statistical Portrait...... 4 Green Chemistry ...... 1. 7 will get a firsthand look at what their parents do Spotlights ...... 5 Quinn Award Community BreakfasL ... .2 during the day, as well as the chance to participate in Campus Notes ...... 6 - 7 Early Learning Center...... 3 activities like the popular harbor cruise and basketball Mental Health Research ...... 3 New UMass Online CEO ...... 7 clinics. Save room for ice cream! Contact Denise Golden Key Indu ctions ...... 3 Spanish Artist Exhibit...... 7 McNair at 7- 517 6 for more information. Service Learning ...... 4 Calendar...... 8 Flower Show ...... 4 Community Celebrates Dorchester's Father Carrigg at the Quinn Breakfast Held on March 21

Quinn and Carrigg enjoy a good laugh.

Above: (left to right) Edward C. O'Malley, vice chancellor for external relations, Father George Carrigg of St. Christopher's Rectory, William M. Bulger, UMass President, Gail Hobin, director ofcommunity relations and special events, Robert H. Quinn former speaker of the House of Representatives and chair of UMoss Board of Trustees.

Below: (left to right) Representative Marty Walsh, Donna Finneran, Jim Brett, president and CEO of the New England Council, Maureen Feeney, Boston city councillor, Father Carrigg, Alan and Carmillo Duffy, and Lieutenant Jo e Zinck, Boston Police Department.

Kathy Potter, public safety officer, and Donna Finneran, UMass Boston graduate student and wife of Speaker Thomas M. Finneran, catch up at breakfast.

Chancellor MacKenzie speaks with J ohn Shattuck, chief executive officer of the J ohn F. Kennedy Library, and President Bulger.

Staffat St. Christopher's Rectory: (left to right) Philip Mugo, Louise Tardif, Father Carrigg, Sister Elizabeth Calcagni, Courtney Shiels, and Penney Harney.

Photos by Harry Brett

The University Reporter University Communications Annemarie Lewis Kerwin StaffW,·itm: The UlIivmity Reporte-I" is published Third Floor Editor Kim Burke monthly except in June, July, and Quinn Administration Bldg. Anne-Marie Kent August by the Office of University 100 Morrissey Boulevard Leigh DuPuy Communications. It is free to all UMass Boston, MA0212S-3393 Associate Editor Contl'ibuting W,iters: Boston faculty, staff, and students. James Castiola 617.287.5380 Sarah Weatherbee Patrick Dwyer Send your news items to: Art Director Dick Lourie The University Reporter at the mailing E-mail address: [email protected] UMASS® Kelly Meehan or e-mail address to the left. BOSTON

2 • THl UN IVl RSIIY RlPORTlR The Early Learning Menino and UMass Boston Leaders Center's Best Practices Inducted into Golden Key Society

By Kelly Meehan By Patrick Dwyer A year of concerted effort at ents as much as possible in the On Wednesday, March 14, tlle the Early Learning Center cul life of the Center. UMass Boston Golden Key In minated in May 2000 when the The Parent Advisory Board ternational Honor Society held its Center received accreditation is composed of ten elected mem annual new member induction from the National Association bers who act as a support group ceremony. Held in the Ryan Stu for the Education of Young for parents at the Center and as dent Lounge, the ceremony was Children. This achievement an additional link between par attended by over 100 students, makes it possible for the Center ents and staff. These parents, faculty, parents, and special hon to qualify for a range of grants and others who wish to attend, orees. WIth the new inductees, and resource opportunities, and meet monthly to discuss issues the UMass Boston chapter now ranks it among the top 10 per and organize fund-raising, edu includes approximately 250 stu cent of quality programs across cational, and social events. To dents, and has become one of the the country. Undergoing the gether with Center Director largest organizations on campus. accreditation process led to im Kelly Meehan and the Center's Chancellor David MacKenzie proved practices throughout the family advocate, the Board has commended the new inductees, Center. Some of the most no been instrumental in the cre and praised the Golden Key So Menino delivers the keynote address to UMass Boston faculty, staff, and table advances were made in cur ation of parent education ~ork ciety for the tremendous amount students at the Golden Key induction ceremony. (photo by Anne-Marie Kent) riculum, health and safety, class shops. The Center will also host of involvement in cornnlUnity ser room environment, staff devel a Nurturing Father~ Program vice of its members. "I'm glad to Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who rector Joyce Morgan, and Earth opment, and parent engage conducted by the Family Nur see tllat volunteering has made a also was inducted into Golden Key and Geographic Sciences Profes ment. turing Center and a home comeback," said MacKenzie. as one of five honorary members. sor Zong Guo Xia. LastNovember, the staff was buyer'S course sponsored by the "The most rewarding experiences "I would have never been inducted Four UMass Boston Golden among the 50,000 early educa Massachusetts Afforda ble Hous come from doing something for when I was a student," quipped Key International Honor Society tion teachers from around the ing Association. your community that you Menino, who went on to praise the members were recognized with country who attended the An The Center hopes to estab wouldn't ordinarily have a chance new inductees for their leadership, scholarships for their academic nual Conference of the National lish closer connections with the to do. " Chancellor MacKenzie volunteerism, and high level of aca and community service accom Association for the Education of academic programs at the Uni noted that membership in demic success. "You do so much plishments. Awarded Ford Mo Young Children (NAEYC) in versity. The recent formation of Golden Key has reached an all for the community, for the city of tor Company I Golden Key Atlanta. The NAEYC confer the Early Childhood Steering time high, and he commended Boston, and for the country. Scholarships were Laura Gersch ence marked the beginning of a Committee, chaired by Dean the members for their involve UMass Boston grads have made a Overton '02, and Esther Rita more structured professional de Clara Jennings of the Graduate ment in making the 2000 Presi difference to the City of Boston." Smith '01. Julianna Kingsmill velopment program for the Cen College of Education , will exam dential Debate at UMass Boston Other honorary members in Campos '01 and Xiao Dong Lee ter staff. Staffmg patterns have ine ways to better utilize the possible. cluded Ross Center Assistant Di '02 were presented with the been reorganized and the mem teaching, research, and service The ceremony's keynote ad rector Mary Amirhosseini, Ac Provost's Scholarship Awa rd. bers have benefitted from access capacity of the faculty, staff, and dress was delivered by UMass counting and Finance Professor to workshops and classes in the students at UMass Boston. This Boston graduate and Boston T homas Hogan, Student Life Di- early childhood community. will place the Center at the fore- Center staff members also have front of best practices in early presented workshops at a local care and education. conference and assisted in the Interested visitors are always accreditation process. All these welcome at the Early Learning From Welfare to Work: Transitioning activities help to broaden and Center, which is located just a deepen the knowledge of an al short walk from the campus at 2 Women Need Mental Health Services ready experienced and commit Harbor Point Boulevard. The ted staff. Center provides quality child By Dick Lourie With the reform of state and Carol Cardozo and research assis market. The authors suggest fur The parents associated with care from 7.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. federal welfare policies, many tant Lisa Sussman, who examined ther that mental health treatment the Early Learning Center rep for children ages 15 months to people "getting off the rolls" ex the literature about programs could be counted as part of work resent diverse socioeconomic, 5 years whose parents are stu perience overlooked problems. around the country offering spe requirements and integrated into ethnic, cultural, racial, linguis dents, staff, or faculty at UMass One case in point is the extent to cialized services for women in tran job search strategies. tic, and religious backgrounds. Boston or residents of the Har which women in transition from sition. Pointing to work require This policy brief is one of three A recent event revealed that bor Point community. For more welfare to work need mental ments and strict time limits, the recently prepared by Center re families have ties with countries information, please contact health services. A policy brief authors show it is becoming in searchers. The first compared the all over the world, and speak Meehan at (617) 287-6195 or featured in an April 4 research fo creasingly evident that many new welfare regulations in Massa many languages - from the more [email protected]. rum sponsored by the women making the welfare to work chusetts and at the federal level; prevalent Spanish, French, and McCormack Institute's Center transition have a desperate need for the second focused on family leave, Chinese, to different versions of for Women in Politics and Pub such services as counseling and which is currently being discussed Creole and Mendi, the little This column is a pllrt of a continuing monthly series featuring lic Policy and the Women's Stud substance abuse treatment, in ad by the legislature. Such briefs are known language of Sierra best practices Ilt UMass Boston. ies Program highlighted such is dition to general preparation for designed, Carol Cardozo says, to Leone. The staff members draw Interested in highlightingyour best sues. work and specific job training. give policy-makers a solid user from this diversity and breadth practices? Submit your ideas to The policy brief showed The study found programs friendly interpretation of a given of experience by involving par- Leigh DuPuy at newS®umb.edu women on welfare face signifi were successful when they took issue that they can use in formu cant barriers to employment, in steps to address the problem in lating law and policy. This brief cluding mental health problems, cluding: locating providers of psy will probably be shared with the Support the Children's Program in part because they exhibit a chological services in welfare of mental health caucus ofMassachu much higher level of psychologi fices; training staff to recognize setts legislators. Enrichment Fund cal disorders and mental distress psychological distress and mental than the general population. health problems; and offering in Buy a $10 raffle ticket for the chance to win an The report was put together tensive case management for those all-inclusive trip for two to Playa del Carmen, by Center research associate most at risk for failure in the job Mexico, at a five-star resort. The drawing will be held on April 18 at 6:00 p.m. at the Early Learning Center. For tickets, call 7-6195. Service Learning and Community University Begins Garage Repair

Outreach Office Blooms This Spring On March 16, contractors will be rerouted from time to Walter Parker Consultants be- time. The Offices of Parking By Anne-Marie Kent gan renovations on campus, as and Transportation and Pub The "Civic Education for Civic faculty, and staff participated in tive and valuable. She explains, the universi ty embarked on the lic Safety will be working Responsibility" theme received the H elping Hands event, and "My hea d works much better phase 1 repair of tile garage. closely with the contractors to much attention during Convoca cleaned up a local park. During when my heart and hands are en The contractors initiated re maintain a safe and viable traf tion and the events surrounding the holiday season, OSLCO or gaged. " Meyers and Ruvidich pairs by first enclosing their fic flow. the fall presidential debate, but its gani zed a holiday gift drive wi tll Higgins work to bring this kind construction areas, including Once the construction ar practice has long been a reality at the Hyde Park Department of of experience to .UMass Boston much of the sidewalk in front eas are enclosed, the demoli UMass Boston, particularly in the Social Services for a group of 40 . students. of the upper level entrance to tion work will start probably form of service learning. Active foster children. Also formerly of Vanderbilt the Administration Building. during the week of March 26, since 199 5, the Service Learning While she works to coordinate University, Giles joined the T he alternative entrance will be and will continue for three to Advisory Committee was formally events like these and assists stu Graduate College of Educa tion through the door opposite the four weeks. Demolition noise recognized in 1998 when it was dents involved in Golden Key, tile facul ty this semester and recently entrance to the upper level ga is anticipated. composed of Hubie Jones, special Beacon Leadership Project, and coauthored the book, Where is the rage. Alternative drop-off ar The universi ty will keep assistant to the chancellor, Profes the Project Jumpstart mentoring Learning in Service Learning? Ll rangements will be announced. the commwlity updated on the sor Ann Withorn, and Jain program, Ruvidich-Higgins also it, he outlines best practices in The contractor's work will project's progress until its Ruvidich-Higgins. Two years later, reaches out to faculty interested in service learning that lead to op mean the loss of about 100 completion. Those interested the Office for Service Learning incorporating service leanllng into timal outcomes; these include a parking spaces, or about five can find garage repair updates and Community Outreach their courses and to community sustained commitment, active re percent of available spaces. on the web at www.umb.edu. (OSLCO) was created with groups looking for volunteers. flection and analysis, and critical The work areas will be cor The Reporter will carry a Ruvidich-Higgins as coordinator, Isolated service events like integration of the experience into doned off during the project, monthly column with these under the guidance of Dean of Stu Helping Hands are very different, the curriculum. Giles says, "I temporarily eliminating updates, and those with specific dents Stephanie Janey, and Asso says Ruvidich-Higgins, from ser think service learning is a natu roughly 60 spaces on the lower questions or concerns can con ciate Provost Lisa Gonsalves. vice learning, which is designed to ral way to engage students in the level and 40 spaces on the up tact Stephen Chait at 7- 51 00 or Now, OSLCO has office space meet educational objectives as well urban mission ofUMass Boston." per level. Traffic patterns also at [email protected]. on the fourth floor of Wheatley as community needs. Service OSLCO offers assistance to Hall. Dwight Giles, a nationally learning is a method by which stu faculty interested in exploring known figure in the field of ser dents learn through active partici service learning in their courses UMass Boston Statistical Portrait 2000 vice learning, serves as faculty co pation in thoughtfully organized as well as information about vol chair and Ruvidich-Higgins, with service experiences that are inte unteer opportunities. Upcoming By James Castiola the continued assistance of Peachy grated into the academic curricu community outreach events in The Office of Institutional fall 2000. The data also reveals Meyers, has established a solid re lum and extend students' learning clude a series of April mini-fo Research and Policy Studies that the most popular undergradu source base on campus. Her goal beyond the classroom. rums that continue the "Civic (OIRP) has released its annual ate majors are psychology with is to provide faculty, students, and It was such an experience that Education for Civic Responsibil Statistical Portrait for the fall of 560 students, computer science community partners new opportu brought VISTA staff member ity" theme and a volunteer fair on 2000. The Statistical Portrait with 558 students, and English nities for service learning and com Meyers to UMass Boston and her April 25 in McCormack Hall. On contains current and historical with 449 students. For graduate munity outreach. position in OSLCO. ot long April 27, OSLCO's third annual data regarding the university's students, the Teacher Education According to Ruvidich ago, she was a new college student Good Neighbor Day will involve admissions, enrollment (includ MEd Program leads the way with Higgins, campus-wide service at Vanderbilt University who la students, staff, and faculty in ing Division of Corporate, Con 308 students, followed by the projects organized through mented "the impersonal rhetoric community service at various tinuing, and Distance Education MBA and Counseling Programs. OSLCO help raise awareness of of books and lectures." While at sites. For more information, enrollment), degrees conferred, Perhaps the most impressive community needs, involve mem Vanderbilt, Meyers discovered about these events or the re and faculty and staff. statistic is the number of doctor bers of the UMass Boston campus service learning. She served as a sources of OSLCO, please con The information ranges from ates conferred, which has climbed community, and reinforce the tutor in inner city Detroit and in tact the office at 7-7954. the SAT scores of our newest from two in tile 1990-1991 aca campus connection with local rural Appalachia, and describes freshman to the nW11ber of ma demicyearto 31 in the 1999-2000 neighborhoods. Last fall, students, those experiences as transforma- jors and degrees conferred. academic year. Readers find trend data that of All tables in the Statistical Por fers five to ten consecutive years trait are available in electronic for of data especially useful. mat and can be obtained from Butterfly Buzz Readers of the Statistical Por OIRP at 7-5420 or trait will learn that the average institutional.research®umb.edu. SAT scores for our newly en The material will also be soon rolled freshman increased from available on the web at 1,033 to 1,046, or a 1.3 percent o mega.cc. u mb.edul -oirp l increase, between fall 1999 and index.html.

Calendar of Events Promote your event in a calendar listing in the University Reporter! Submit the event title, date, time, location, brief description, and contact phone number to [email protected]. Entries received after the April 16 print deadline will be in cluded in the on-line Calendar of Event listings at: www.umb.edulnews_and_events. Please note the distinc tion between the Reporter Calendar of Events and the new On-Line University Calendar introduced by the office of Ex ternal Relations. Only items sent directly to UMass Boston's "Inspired by Butterflies" exhibit at the annual New England Spring Flower [email protected] or [email protected] will appear in Show was awarded a gold medal for its beauty and inventiveness by the Massachusetts the Reporter Calendar of Events. Questions? Call 7-5317. Horticultural Society. Jim Allen, horticulturist and greenhouse manager, organized the exhibit, working with biology professors Robert Stevenson and Dick White, and graduate student Jen Forman. Focusing on butterflies and the plants they use, the exhibit showcases graphics, live butterflies, and a web-based electronic field guide that was developed by Stevenson. The exhibit was on display March 17 - 25 at the Bayside Exposition Center. (photo by Harry Brett)

4 • TH f UNI VfR SI TY RfPOR Tf R SP OTll GHTS • New York Times Praises Schwartz's Cairo Traffic

New York Times writer David Kirby notes, "Lloyd Schwartz is the master of the poetic one-liner, which he puts to a variety of in ventive uses in this new collection of his work." Kirby's March 11 re view of Schwartz's book Cairo Traffic, the author's third book of poems, highlights many of these Acoustic Guitarist Peter Janson of the Music Department "one-liners" and examines Maynard High School Students John Reed and A.J. MacDonald get cozy Schwartz's use of end-stopped with the mike at WUMB stanzas, terse sentences, and hu mor. Published by the University • • of Chicago press, the collection students have been surveying the Mellon Foundation. Members in Guitarist Janson Debuts New CD Public Safety Officer Prepares for Campus Self-Defense Class also includes several translations of neighborhood of 85 ,000 culturally cludes former presidents, provosts, At UMass Boston, old adages contemporary Brazilian poems. divergent residents to examine and foundation heads, with Sherry don't always apply. Remember the Sponsored by Student Life, Schwartz has been giving poetry their perceptions of safety and po Penney, former chancellor, David one about "those who can, do; Public Safety Officer Clara Molina readings from his book since Janu lice involvement in their commu Knapp, former president of those who can't, teach"? It's not recently completed an intensive ary, hi tting such spots as the nities. Distributing surveys in UMass, and David Scott, former true for many of our faculty, who self-defense training in tlle Rape Somerville Public Library, the various languages, Stevens has chancellor at UMass Amherst join a:e both teachers and doers. The Aggression Defense (RAD) sys Brookline Booksmith, and Wash asked residents to describe the ing the group's ranks. Deborah Music Department's Peter Janson tem. RAD is a program taught na ington University in Washington three biggest problems they have Hirsch is the director of is a case in point. This widely re tionwide for colleges and institu D.C. Schwartz has been at with their communities, with po NERCHE. spected "doer" in his field has just tions to provide realistic self-de UMass Boston's English Depart lice response, and with language issued his second solo CD, Some fense tactics and techniques for ment si nce 1982 and is the and communication; he has also times From Here, featuring his par women. In the workshop, Molina codirector of the Creative Writ asked them to evaluate possible • Maynard High School Students ticular brand of acoustic steel was among women police officers, ing Program. He won the Pulitzer solutions. Results are indicating Intern at WUMB Studios string guitar virtuosity. A party to teachers, and program directors Prize for criticism in 1994. that conununity and police percep celebrate its release will be held from New York, Maine, Vermont, tions are very different. Stevens's Maynard high school fresrunan JWle 9 at the Mansfield Music and and Massachusetts. The training goals are to help communities and A.]. MacDonald and sophomore Art Society. was a week of intensive workshops, police work together. In a new John Reed joined the WUMB staff To find Sometimes From Here combining classroom time in textbook on community policing, for a two-day internship in Feb in a store or at AmazQl{.com, says which participants learned crime he will be comparing these evalu ruary to expand and hone their ra J anson, you would look Wlder the statistics and safety measures with ations from community responses dio experiences. The internship New Age or acoustic instrW11en hands-on self-defense techniques. with other neighborhoods in Bos was established through a new tal category. His music also has The program reviewed a scenario ton, as well as in Alexandria, Vir partnership between Maynard roots in classical, jazz, folk and of attacks and responses for differ ginia, Sacramento, California, Mi High School's WAVM and world music, all of which, he says, ent places ranging from the bed ami, Chicago, and midland Texas. WUMB radio. WUMB has of are part of him. room to ATM machines. "They Stevens regularly contributes to fered Maynard High's communi Janson calls this CD "another don't teach you to fight. They law enforcement and publishing cation students the chance to ex level up" from his previous release, teach self-defense. The most im literature. pand their radio resumes with Across the Bridge, in that he's seek portant thing to do is escape and hands-on broadcasting projects at ing wider distribution and plan survive," explains Molina. The the station. ning more performances. It is re program taught safety measures as • The high schoolers worked leased by Eastern Woods Music, simple as maintaining outdoor Dennis J . Stevens Judith Ramaley Joins NERCHE with WUMB's General Manager an artist-run company formed by lights aroWld entry ways and giv Think Tank as a "Sage" Pat Monteith and Dave Palmater Janson and his wife Bernadette ing a spare set of apartment keys • creating promotional materials for Levasseur, an artist who designs to a friend instead of hiding it un CPCS' Stevens Partners with Soon to step down as president an upcoming benefit concert and the CD covers. Across the Bridge der a mat or plant where others Dorchester Police of the University of Vermont, experimenting with science fiction was a finalist for best acoustic in can find it. Molina's goal is to con Dennis J. Stevens, assistant Judith Ramaley recently joined the movie bytes to create the "Folk strumental album of the year at duct RAD workshops here on professor of criminal justice at the Senior Academics Guiding Educa Odyssey 2001" radio spots for the the International New Age Voice campus for free. She is research College of Public and Community tional Strategies Group (SAGES) WUMB spring fundraiser which Music Awards. ing ways to bring the needed Service, has been asked to serve on based at the New England Re started on March 23. For Janson, as for many per equipment here to practice the the Neighborhood Network source Center for Higher Educa The inaugural internships were forming musicians, teaching offers safety and self-defense techniques Council by Dorchester's police tion (NERCHE). A blended a success on both sides. WUMB a way to "share the gift." A part she was taught. commander, Captain Robert think-tank and senior fellowship was impressed with the students time faculty member for a nwn Dunford, for the purpose of shar program, SAGES brings together praising their professionalism and ber of years, he instructs individual ing his expertise on community educational leaders from through dedication. Monteith plans to guitar students, conducts the policing. The council, composed out New England to examine pub sponsor future internships during university's student jazz band, and of presidents and representatives of lic issues which affect higher edu Maynard High's vacations and teaches a jazz history course. "I the various neighborhood groups cation. The organization was swnmer breaks. love the students," he says, "and I throughout Dorchester, meets launched in March with funding love teaching." monthly to help review police and from UMass Boston and the community matters. The work is a natural extension April spotlights were written by to Stevens's research, which has Leigh DuPuy and Dick Lourie. been to evaluate Dorchester com munity policing with his criminal justice students. Stevens and his

5 • TH f UNIH RSITY Rf POR TfR CAMPUS NOT E S

Presentations. Conferences. and Davi d Terkla, Eco nom ics Department, Political Science's Kathl een Hartford Grants Karen O'Connor, executive director Lectures was th e opening speaker at "Mature recently publis he d American Politics of the Massac hu setts Fi eld Ce nter fo r Workers: The Drivin g Force of the New and International Relations on the Teach ing and Learning at the Grad uate Alexia Pollack, assistant professor of Mi ll ennium, Part II ," this year's New Internet: The Smart Student's Guide. College of Education, has been In Moscow on March 2 - 11, Edmund bio logy, was awarded the Joseph P. England Mature Workers Conference, Hartford will be conducting research appointed cochair of the National Beard , director of the McCormack Hea ley Grant of $2,600 for her proposal at the World Trade Center on April 9. for her next book, on the Staff Development Council 's Decem In stitute, presented support for a "Role of 02 and 03 Dopamine 'informationization' of China, while ber 2002 nationa I conference, to be proposal to conduct a major, three-year Receptors in the Enhanced Response Brian Thompson , professor of French teaching American and comparative held in Boston. project to strengthen the Russian Observed in a Rat Model of Parkinson's and director of Le Centre National de pol itics to Chinese graduate students Jud iciary to the US Agency for Disease." in Nanjing. International Deve lopment. He also la Chanson, organized six area Dissertations co ncerts with French singer-songwriter delivered a public lecture at the Gopal Rao of the Phys ics Department Eric Vincent. Thompson will attend Richard Horsley of the Study of Ru ssian State Un iversity of Manage was awarded two-year grant of three conferences in France ce lebrat Religion Program recently completed Christopher Rockett, Ph.D. ment. $125, 000 by DARPA for the research ing the birth of Andre Ma lraux an d is two publication projects, editing and candidate in gerontology, defended project "Optical Correlator Based on coorga nizing a fo urth to be held at contributing to Paul and Politics: the dissertation "Community Support Linda Eisenmann of the Graduate Biomolecu lar Materials." Ekklesia, Israel, Imperium, Interpreta for Older Adults with Mental Coll ege of Education ad dressed the Harva rd Un iversity in December. tion, and coediting and contrib uting Reta rdation and Th eir Fam il ies: A top ic "Advocacy, Research, and Marietta Schwartz, Chem istry Gero ntology faculty members and three articles to the double issue of Co mparison of States: Fami ly Support Service fo r Women: The Pioneeri ng Depa rtment, is th e co-principal stud ents presented at the Joint AS A "Sl avery in Text and Interpretation " in Prog rams," on Apri I 11. Ori gins of the Ce nter for the Edu cati on investigator on a $478, 579 NSF grant and NCOA Conference held in New the experimental journal Semeia. of Women" at the University of project entitled "Interacti ve Org ani c Orlea ns on March 8 - 11 . Presenters Ch anyeong Kwak, PhD . candidate Michi gan's Center fo r the Education of Che mistry Learning on the World Wide included Nina Silverstein, ass ociate Nancy Lovejoy of the Department of in gerontology, defended the Wom en. Th e lecture wil l be pu blished Web." Th e grant, shared with UMa ss profe ss or and director of the under Adult and Geron to logical Nursing wa s di sse rtatio n "Factor Influenci ng as an occasional paper by the Center. Amh erst, supports the development of graduate program, Jenai Murtha , awarded the Su san Ba ird Excellenc e Informal and Formal Long Term Ca re in an organic chem istry databa se, whi ch doctoral student, Tamara Harden, in Writing Award for Clinical Practice Com munity Dwe lling Elders : Ag e 70 Carol Ellenbecker of the Department wi ll include guided discovery module s, Ph.D . candidate, Ellen Bruce, for her article "Cancer-Related and Old er," on April 13. of Adult and Gerontological Nursing intelligent tutors, and graded home associ ate director, and Yung -Ping Depress ion : Part I - Neurologic gave a presentation on health policy to work for a variety of organi c chemi stry (Bing) Chen, the Frank J. Manning Alterations and Cognitive-Behavioral Visiting Lectures nurse educato rs vi siting from Japan. topic s. Therapy," published in Oncology Harum i Mihara, director of the Boston em ine nt scholar's professor in gerontology Nursing Forum. Margherite Matteis, Nursi ng Training Center, arranged th e Miren Uriarte, acting director of the Composer Henry Brant visited Department of Community and Family meeting in re spon se to Japanese Gaston Institute, and Carole Upshur. UMass Boston on Wedne sday, March Carole Upshur, director of the Public Nursi ng , and Derek Tabor. now a interest in graduate advanced practice director of the Public Policy Doctoral 14 through th e Share-a-Composer Policy Doctoral Program , was recently UMass Boston College of Nursing prog ra ms and th e health policy focus Program, recently obtained $145,000 in con sortium . He addressed advanced appointed to the conference planning alumnus, coauthored the paper. at UMa ss Boston 's nursing Ph .D. continuation funding from the Anni e E. mu sic theory and ear tra ining cl ass es committee for the annual meeting of program . Ca sey Foundation to evaluate variou s in the Music Department. the Association for Public Policy The Music Department's Jon Ca sey-funded projects in the Dudley Analysis and Management, to be held Mitchell publ ished hi s paper "The Shelley Foster, Chem istry Depart Street area of Roxbury. In Febru ary, Pulitzer-pri ze winning in Wa shington, DC, in November 2001. Kneller Hall Archives II : The ment, pre sented at th e American hi stori an Wi lliam S. McFeely Eckersberg and Sommer Co llection s" Chemical Soci ety's National Meeting Appointments and Honors conducted two cla sses in th e Coll ege Carole Upshur, along with Gonzalo in the IGEB Kongressbericht: Banska in April held in San Diego. Several of Publi c and Community Service life Bystrica proceedings. undergraduate and graduate UMa ss Bacigalupe of the GCOE, and histories course taught by James Boston students attended . Dharma Cortes, Juan Carlos Alfred P. Cardarelli , senior fe llow at Green . McFeely worked with Gopal Rao of the Physics Department Gorlier, and Miriam Chernoff, all of the McCormack Institute of Public students who were read ing and published "Nonvolatile Grating in an Sociology faculty members presented the Gaston Institute's Hi spanic Health Affairs, has been appointed director of writing about The Narrative of the Life Azobenzene Polymer with Optimi zed papers at the annual meeting of the Servi ces Research project, delivered a the Center for Pol icy Research in Fam ily Frederick Douglass, as well as Molecular Reorientation " in the Eastern Sociological Society in workshop on methods to identify and Comm unity Violence in the Colleg e McFeely's own biography of Douglas s. February 26 issue of Applied Physics Philadelphia on March 4. Stephanie minority health consumer access and of Arts and Sciences. The Center is Letters. His article discusses the Hartwell presented "Mentally III quality issues at the regional Minority affil iated with the Department of On March 14, the McCorma ck In stitute technique 's advantages in storing Offenders in the Criminal Justice Health Conference in Nashua, NH. Sociology, where Cardarel li will hosted a seminar featuring information that can be read System ." Siamak Movahedi assume a faculty position . Alexander Oslon , director of the repeatedly without erasing . presented "Perceptual Filters of College of Nursing Professor Lin Zhan largest private survey research firm in Violence: The Case of Diallo 's Murder," pre sented "Ethno-Cultural Research: Goldie Lengel was presented with an Ru ss ia . Oslon 's tal k focused on the William Robinson, professor in the and "Nationalism and Patterns," which Concepts and Methods" at Boston Office of the Dean of Students util ization of the Internet, pol itics, and Environmental , Coasta l and Ocean wa s coauthored with Russell Schutt. College School of Nursing on February Recognition award in appreciation for public opinion in Russia today. Sciences Department, and doctoral Schutt presented hi s coauthored paper, 26. her service to UMass Boston as acting student Satish Nair publi shed director for Health Services from 1998 "Prevention Practices in Homeless In the News "Histidine-Rich Glycoprotein in the Shelters and Day Programs." Publ ications - 2001 on March 2. Blood of the Bivalve Mytilu s Edul is: On March 9, the Joiner Center's Kevi n Role in Cadmium Speciation and Adrian K. Haugabrook, assistant Three 2001 Research Fellows at the Bowen and Nguyen Ba Chung were Albert P. Cardarelli , director of the Cadmium Transfer to the Kidney" in dean of student affairs, was lead Institute for Asian American Studies interviewed by Robin Young on Center for Policy Research in Family Aquatic Toxicology. presenter with Thara Fuller, program were named: Marlene Kim, assistant WBUR 's "Here and Now" program . and Community Violence, has written a professor of economics, will explore They discussed participation in the coordinator for NERCHE, and Lisa chapter, "Intimate Partner Violence, " James Willis, assi stant professor of wage penalties for As ian American Cambridge Poetry Festival. where both Gonsalves, associate provost, at the which will be published in the book sociology, has coauthored an article, workers; Michael Liu, research appeared on a panel on translation American Association for Higher Criminology for the Millennium: Essays "Styles of Patrol in a Community associate, wi ll conduct a survey of East and offered reading s of their own Education National Co nference on in Honor of Marvin E Wolfgang in Policing Context, " which will be Coast Asian American activism; and wo rk and of Vietnamese poets on Higher Education in Washington, D.C. Aug ust. on March 25. Their session was published as a chapter in the Rachel Rubin , assistant professor of March 11 . forthcoming The Transformation to American Studies, wi ll examine Asian entitled "Academic Affairs and Maurice Cunningham, chair of the Community Oriented Policing: American cultura l expressions in Maurice Cunningham, Political Student Affairs in Partnership: A Political Science Department, has Strategies for Change, edited by M. cyberzines. Science Department, spoke with the Model Approach toward Embracing pu bl ished his book Maximization, Morash and J. K. Ford. Ottoway News Service on March 13 Student Learning ." Whatever the Cost: Race, Redistrict Lois Rudnick, director of the concerning congressional redistricting ing, and the Department of Justice. Performances American Studies Program , received nationally and in Massachusetts. In February, Peter Taylor of the The book examines Justice Depart The Council for America n Stu dies Graduate Co llege of Education led a ment po licies in the 1990s that forced faculty workshop on "Fostering Critica l Education Disti nguished Service Award Diane Paul of the Political Science states to maximize the number of The UM ass Boston Chamber Thi nking with Attenti on to th e Inter from an urban/suburban coalition of Department discussed eugenics and minority co ngressiona l districts. Orchestra, conducted by Jon and Intrapersonal." fo r the Center for Chicago-area secondary schoo l controlling human heredity on WCVB's Mitchell, gave a sa lon concert on Excellence in Teach in g at Oregon State educators at their February conference. Chronicle on March 19. March 16 at the New Schoo l of Music University. He also spoke on a pa nel in Cambridge . Music Department on the futu re of teachi ng th in ki ng at fac ulty member Linnea Bardarson the March AS CD co nference in Boston . was the fea tu re d pia no soloist.

6 • TH[ UNIv[RSITY RHORT[R Campus Notes (cont) CEO Appointed for Memory and Liberty at UMass Online UMass Boston Elizabeth Sherman, McCormack Institute, was featured on ABC World by Leigh DuPuy News tonight with Peter Jennings on As UMass Online was un March 15 discussing Jane Swift's ve il ed on February 7, Jack Wil impending birth of twin s and son, a national distance learning appointment to the governorsh ip of innovator, began his work as its Massachu setts. new CEO. Appointed by Presi dent Bulger, W ilson has been Birth charged with adva ncing the university's position in the com College of Management Associate petitive markets of distance and Profe ssor of Accounting and Finance professional education. Wilson Thomas Hogan and hi s wife Ba rbi e hails from Rensselaer Polytech are the pro ud parents of first-born nic Institute (RPI) in N ew York, daughter Emily Katherine Ann on where he led a campus-wide pro February 26. cess of interactive learning and restructuring of the educational Obituary program. Wilson's background spans the Alice Trost, ass istant professor in the worlds of physics, engineering Department of Economics, died on science, and technology. A pro March 2 following a battle with brain cancer. Trost had taught at UMass fessor of physics, W ilson has Boston since 1992. She published a taught entrepreneurship, infor version of her award-winning mational technology, and strategy, dissertation in her book, Employment and organized the eBusiness con and the Urban Poor: The Impact of Job centration at RPI. T here, he has Relocation. held such academic posts as codirector of the Severino Cen ter for Technological Entrepre Miscellaneous neurshi p, dea n of wldergraduate David Patterson of the Music education, dean of professional and Department had his CD Saving continuing education, and acting Daylight Time, which includes a song provo t and dean of faculty. Wil setting of a poem by lloyd Schwartz, son has served as a consul tant to featured on a listening station at computing and communications The Memory and Liberty exhibit by Spanish artists Xoime Quessada and Acisclo Boston's Tower Records during the finns, authored numerous scholarly Manzano was displayed on the fifth floor of the Healey Library, March 1 - 28. month of February. In March, Originally organized by the Barcelona Museum of At"!, the exhibition contains 20 articles and books, and lectured fre Cambridge Co mmunity Television aired 12.aintings by Quessada and 24 sculJ!.tures b)' Manzano. Both artists we1'e actively Katherine Prins' piece, "Spotlight on quently. involved in the political strugglefor democracy in Spain in the 1960's and 1970's, and David Patterson. " academic and professional adlieve their experimental and modernist works presented a challenge to the traditionalist ments, Wilson was ilie J . Erik authoritarian orientation oft he Franco Regime. The Quesada painting shown above is titled El CabaUo Rojo. UMass Boston and the Consulate ofSp ain cosponsored the lovalerie King , Eng lish Depa rtment, Jonsson '22 Distinguished Profes was included amo ng guests Oss ie exhibit. (photo by Anne-Marie Kent) sor of Physics at RPI. Davis, Ruby Dee, Oprah Winfrey, Chi nua Achebe, and Jessye Norman at a tribute ce lebrating Toni Morriso n on her 70 th birthday, held at the New York Publ ic Li brary on February 17. Green Chemistry (cant.) Durant (cant.)

The Labor Resource Center of CPCS is portance," says John Ciccarelli, tlle Presidential Green Chemistry two undergraduates, J ames tllls awa rd was named, Durant worki ng with artist Joshua special assistant to the chancel Challenge Award Program, he is Norman and Michael Tauber, in a has never forgotten his roots. He Sarantitis to develop a limited edition lor for economic development. also coauthor of Green Chemistry: new pilot program with ilie Office was born and raised 1Il art piece depicting the hopes and "T he university is playing a cen Theory and Practice, and serves on of Technology Assistance wiiliin D orchester and lives there to tllls hi story of the labor movement in Massachu setts. The Center will unveil tral role informing industry prac ilie Governor's Science Advisory the M assachusetts Executive Of day. ot far from his home, the project at a special reception in ti ces. What this does is put Board for Toxics Use Reduction. fice of Environmental Affairs. Durant serves on ilie Board of June. UMass Boston and the UMass A frequent presenter at Green T hey will seek environmentally Trustees of St. M ary's Women system in the forefront of iliis Chemistry conferences world fri endly replacements for materi and Infants C enter 1Il March Corrections new environmentally-sound pro wide, Warner is ilie external advi als used in the wire coating and the Dorchester, among oilier orga cess. T he conference highlights sor of the Australi an Green offset printing industry. nizations. H e is ilie recipient of Hipolito Mejia, president of the ilie fact iliat not only is green Chemistry Centre, and is the edu "UMass Boston is poised to be several awards for his career Dominican Re public, was incorrectly chemistry a science-it's also a ca tional activities cha i r of a leader in green chemistry inter achievements and humanitarian identified as Ra mirez Hip61ito Mejia on philosophy. O u r own J ohn CHEMRAWN XIV (Chemical nationally, wiili ilie symposium, service. Most recently, ilie Sis pag e 2. Warner is a leader in the field. " Research Applied to World the Ph.D. Program, the Green ters of Notre D ame de amur Warner is associate professor N eeds). Chemistry L ab, the honors honored him with the Award for Arlene Costello is a member of the of chemistry and director of ilie At UMass Boston, Warner has course ....E very one of iliese activi Courageous Service. Facilities Department, not the biochemistry major at the uni championed a new Ph.D . Pro ties is unique and unparalleled," Congressman M oakley said, Regi strar's Office as noted in the Ice ve rsity. H e received his B.S. in gram in green chemistry and cre says Warner. "It's not just a me "Tom Durant is one of the finest Cream Social photo caption on pag e 3. chemistry from UMass Boston in ated ilie new Green Chemistry too program you can get anywhere men I have the pleasure to call On Page 7, in the Who s Who article, 1984, and his Ph.D. fr om Laboratory for Research and Edu else." my fri end. H e has a very special Collis Brown was misidentified as Princeton U niversity in syn cation in Sustainable Innovation. blend of compassion and winner of the "Outstanding Future ilietic organic chemistry in 1988. Known for involving his students strength of character iliat make Professional " award of th e Massachu From 1988 to 1996 he worked in important research, Warner is him not only an extraordinary setts Association fo r Health , Physical for ilie Polaroid Corporation in currently teaching an undergradu physician, but a tireless crusader Education, Recreation and Da nce. the Exploratory Research Divi ate honors course in green chem for human ri ghts for men , Brown wa s nominated for that award , sion. A founding stakeholder of istry. Warner is also working wiili women, and children all over the wh ich wa s won by fellow stud ent Eugene Metto. world. Dr. Durant is truly a champion of the human spirit."

THE UNIVERSITY REPORTER • 7 April 2001 Calendar ofEvents

The Calendar of Events Gerontology Institute Speaker Thursday 12 Campus Ministry Weekend Retreat Thursday 26 is published monthly by the Series: End of Life Care in Medical Through Sunday. Time away for personal Education: How Prepared Are reflection, prayer, small group faith shar Office of University Com Resident Physicians to Provide Institute for Asian American Studies ing, and presentations on various topics Institute for Asian American Studies munications. All events are Palliative Care? Symposium Series: "Documenting about spiritual life. Spring Research Symposium Series: open to the public and free, 1: 00 - 2:15 p.m., Wheatley Hall. 4-147-2. Emerging Asian American Communi "Antioxidants in Traditional Asian Featuring Dena Schu lman-Green, PhD Can ties: South Asians in the Boston unless otherwise noted. UMass Boston Japanese Club Americans' Food and Drink: Free didate, Gerontology Center. Contact: 7- Area ." Presentation Radical Ouenching Property and th From off campus dial (617) 7300. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Wheatley Hall , 4 floor, 2:30 - 4:00 p.m., Administration , 3,d floor, Protective Effects on Breast 287 and the last four digits Student Lounge. Featuring Institute for Chancellor's Conference Room . Featuring Cancer." listed below each calendar Office of Service-Learning and Asian American Studies' Madhulika the consulate general of Japan, Tadamich i 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. , Wheatley Hall. 4th floor, Community Outreach Forum: Khandelwal . Lun ch wi ll be provided for Yamamoto. A small reception will follow. Student Lounge. Featuring Yuegang Zuo, event. "Breaking Barriers in the Class those who RSVP by April 10. Contact 7- UMass Dartmouth . Lunch wi ll be Send submissions for room" 5650. provided for those who RSVP by April 24. the May calendar by April 1130 a.m. -100 p.m., Harbor Art Gallery. Monday 23 Contact: 7- 5650. 16 to Calendar of Events, Contact: 7-7954 or 7955. College of Management Senior Executive Forum: The New England Green Bag Seminar Series: Innova Bernard A. Stotsky Holocaust University Communica Economy tive Ocean Energy Systems Lecture Series tions, Quinn Administra Saturday 7 6:00 -7:30 p.m., Administration, 3rd Floor, 2:30 - 3:20 p.m., Wheatley Hall. 1-012. 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m., Administration , 3,d Chance llor's Conference Room . Featuring tion Building, 3rd Floor. Featuring Melissa Griffiths, MA Executive floor, Chancellor's Conference room. Cathy Minehan, president of the Federal Featuring Allan Ryan, Harvard University, Fx: (617) 287-5305. E-mail: Welcome Day Reserve Bank of Boston. Co-sponsored by Office of Environmenta l Affairs . Contact: 7- 7476 who will talk about his experiences [email protected] All accepted students for fall 2001 and the CM Office of the Dean and the MBA investigating Nazi war criminals . Hosted spring 2002 semester, as well as new Association. Contact Effie Godinho, 7- See www.umb.edu/ by the McCormack Institute. Contact: 7- graduate students, are invited. Contact: 7702. news_and_events for 7-6000. Tuesday 24 5550. the Calendar of Events on line listings. 13 Office of Service-Learning and Monday 9 Friday Career Fair 2001 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. Clark Athletic Center. Op Community Outreach Student! portunity for UMass Boston students and Faculty Forum: "Focusing on the Campus Ministry Interfaith Good alumn i to network with representatives Public Purpose of Your Discipline" Monday 2 Green Bag Seminar Series: The Seal Friday Prayer from over 60 companies. Presented by 2:30 - 4:00 p.m ., Wheatley Hall. 4th floor, and Cod Saga in Atlantic Canada 12:00 - 1: 00 p.m. Prayer songs, presenta University Career Services. Contact 7- Student Lounge. Contact 7- 7954 or 7955. 2:30 - 3:20 p.m., Wheatley Hal l, 1-012 tion on passages of Scripture, and venera CIT Open Forum: Oueer Issues 5519. Featuring Solange Brault. UMass Boston tion of the Cross. Contact 7-5839. Representation and Beyond Biology Dept. Contact 7- 7476. Friday 27 1130 a.m. - 1:0 0 p.m., Wheatley Hall, Gaston Institute Spring Speakers Biology Seminar: The Spring Flora of 5-047 . Facilitated by El sa Auerbach (En Series New England: Reflections on glish). Jennifer Brown (Socio logy). Tuesday 10 1: 00 - 2:30 p.m., Wheatley Hall. 4th floor, Third Annual Good Neighbor Day Biogeography and Historical Land Lovalerie King (English), and Reyes ColI Student Lounge . Featuring Eileen de los Students, staff, and faculty will serve the Uses Tellechea (Hispanic Studies). Contact: 7- Reyes and Patricia Gozemba, "Pockets of community. Sign up individually or as a Gaston Institute Spring Speakers 2:30 p.m., Sc ience Center, Small Sc ience 6767. Hope." Contact: 7-5790. group. Teams will work in shifts from 9:00/ Series Auditorium. Featuring Henry Art, a.m . to 12:00 p.m. or from 1: 00 p..mc-ttfifOo 1: 00 - 2:30 p.m., Healey Library,11 th floor, Williams College. Contact: 7-6600. Green Bag Seminar Series: C02 p.m. Contact the Office of Service-Learn- Facu lty Staff Lounge. Featuring Antonia Emissions and Global Warming: ing and Community Outreach: 7-7954. Dard er, Claremont Graduate Schoo l. and Wednesday 25 Where is the Missing Carbon? author of Culture and Power in the Class Tuesday 17 2:30 - 3:20 p.m. , Wheatley Hall , 1-012. Memorial Service for Professor room: A Critical Foundation for Bicultural Office of Service-Learning and Featuri ng Curti s Olsen, ECOS Oept. Con Emeritus Maxwell J. Schleifer Education. Contact 7-5790. Community Outreach Volunteer Fair tact: 7- 7476. Chemistry Seminar: 2:30 p.m. Ryan Lounge, McCormack Hall. 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. , 1st and 2nd floors , Pharmacoeconomics in Health Care Professor Schleifer was a faculty member Panel for Graduate School Appli McCormack Hall. Over 20 se rvice-learn Campus Ministry Interfaith Prayer 4:30 p.m. Location TBA. Featuring Rob with the Psychology Department for 29 cants ing organization s participating . Contact: and Reconciliation ert Gerber, Pfizer, Inc. Contact 7- 6600. years until hi s retirement in 1996. He 4:00 - 5:30 p.m., Wheatley Hall , 1-009 . 7-7954 or 7955. 2:30 - 330 p.m., McCormack Hall , Ryan passed away Ju ly, 2000. Contact 7-6352. UMass Boston alumni and current se niors Lounge . Prayer, scriptu re reading and On-The-Spot Admissions Week discuss experiences in app lying to law or ECOS Seminar: The Hatches Harbor songs, and personal reflection. Private con Appointments run Tuesday through Thurs graduate schoo ls. Spo nsored by the De Project - Monitoring Wetlands fession is available. Contact: 7-5839. day, 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., and Friday 10:00 Saturday 28 partment of Political Science and Interna Restoration at Cape Cod National a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Contact: 7-6000. tional Relations. Contact 7-6920. Seashore Wednesday 4 2:30 p.m., Science Center, Lipke Audito Critical and Creative Thinking in rium . Featuring Cha rles Farri s, Natio nal Practice Wednesday 11 Wednesday 18 Park Service. Contact 7-6600. 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Wheatley Hall , 2- Women's Research Forum: The 209. CCT community will lead activities Mental Health Needs of Women in and workshops. To register, send names ECOS Seminar: Planning Tomorrow's Green Bag Seminar Series: Career CIT Presentation: The Use of Transition from Welfare to Work and e-mail addresses to [email protected]. Coasts Opportunities in the Environment Teaching Portfolios in the Improve 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. , Administration, 3,d floor, Lunch is provided and registration is free . 2:30 p.m., Science Center, Small Science 2:30 - 3:20 p.m., Wheatley Hall. 1-012 ment of Teaching and the Evaluation Chancellor's Conference room . Featured Contact Peter Taylor, 7-7636 Auditorium. Featuring Rich Delaney, Jack Featuring Kevin Doyle, The Environmental of Teaching speakers will be Lisa K. Sussman and Carol Wiggin, UMass Boston Urban Harbors In Careers Org . Contact 7- 7476 . 11 :30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Wheatley, 6-047 . L. Cardozo. Co-sponsored by the Center for stitute . Contact: 7-6600. Focus on multiple uses of the teaching port Women in Politics and Public Policy and folio for assessing and improving teaching. Sunday 29 the Women's Studies Program. Contact: 7- Thursday 19 Contact 7-6767. 5530. Graduate Program for Women in Politics and Government Open WUMB 91.9 FM Commonwealth Thursday 5 House Office of Service-Learning and Forum on Human Rights in Latin Journal 2:30 - 4:00 p.m., Administration, 3-308. Community Outreach Student! America Sundays, 7:00 p.m. Interviews with schol Women interested in caree rs and gradu Faculty Forum: "Linking Thought 4:00 - 6:30 p.m., Healey Library, 11 th floor. ars, writers, public officials, and others, ex Science and Engineering Competi ate study in politi cs or public policy shou ld with Action" Joyce Horman , plaintiff in a criminal case amining current issues of interest to the tion attend. Contact Jackie Mann, 7-6785. Also 1: 00 - 2:30 p.m ., Wheatley Hall , 4th floor, in the Chilean courts against Pinochet, and people of Massachusetts. Contact: 7-6900. 8:30 -10:00 a.m., McCormack Hall , 3,d held on April 12. Student Lounge. Contact: 7-7954. widow of journalist Charles Horman, will floor, Ryan Lounge. High school students join Jennifer Harbury, lawyer and author, Monday 30 are required to design and demonstrate to discu ss human rights developments in Campus Ministry Passover and a method of digital data communication. Latin America. Contact 7-6964. Seder Meal Friday 20 Contact: 7-6435. Green Bag Seminar Series: C02 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. We encourage students Emissions and Global Warming: of all faiths to participate in this ecumeni Biology Seminar: How Many People Where is the Missing Carbon? ca l and educational celebration. Contact: Can the Earth Support? 2:30 - 3:20, Wheatley Hall, 1-012 Featur 7-5839. nd 2:30 p.m., Science Center, 2 floor, Lipke ing Rich Delan ey, UMass Boston Urban Auditorium . Featuring Joel Cohen , Harbors Institute. Contact 7- 7476. Rockefeller University. Contact 7-6600.

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