Volume 2
Number 4
December 1997

In This Issue:

• Transforming Science Education is PKAL Goal
  Over the past several years, more than 20 UMass Boston faculty members have attended workshops on topics such as revitalizing undergraduate biology, science for all students, interdisciplinary approaches to teaching undergraduate science and mathematics, revitalizing introductory chemistry, and teaching sciences on urban, commuter campuses.
  
  
• A Letter from the Editor
  September '97 marked the first-year anniversary of the University Reporter.
  
  
• In Depth With Connie Chan, Paul Watanabe
  Professor Connie Chan is a clinical psychologist who teaches a course on race, class and cultural issues in human services at CPCS.
  
  
• Women's Economic Security is the Focus of Labor Resource Center's Research
  Cheryl Gooding, research coordinator at the Labor Resource Center, recently completed a study of factors that shape the economic status of women in Massachusetts.
  
  
• Mass Field Center Teacher-Researcher Seminar to be Held In March
  The Massachusetts Field Center for Teaching and Learning will sponsor a Teacher Researcher Conference on March 5, 1998 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester.
  
  
• Public Safety's Free Auto Etching Program Deters Car Thefts
  About 40 cars belonging to UMass Boston faculty, staff and students were "marked" on Oct. 21, according to Officer Richard W. Lee of Public Safety.
  
  
• Smoking Ban Could Lure New Customers, Study Shows
  A new survey of 2,356 Massachusetts adults conducted by Lois Biener of the Center for Survey Research and Michael Siegel M.D. of the Boston University School of Public Health indicates that three in ten customers would choose to dine out more often at smokefree restaurants.
  
  
• Bone Marrow Donor Sought for Former Financial Aid Director
  Former Financial Aid Director Corine Williams Byrd devoted her career to helping thousands of UMass Boston students pay for their educations.
  
  
• Transformer Fire Closes McCormack Building
  On the afternoon of November 18, a transformer failure caused a fire in the McCormack Building.
  
  
• Campus Notes
  
  
• Campus Resource Helps Employee Deliver Story of a Lifetime
  UMass Boston employee Katherine Huggins wasn't a stranger to public speaking, but she'd never delivered a speech of this magnitude.
  
  
• Theater Students Produce "Noises Off"
  Who says a night at the theater has to set you back financially?
  
  
• Music Review: Rachid Bahri and Hart Rouge at L'Air du Temps
  A jazz performer from Algeria and a folk group with French roots from Saskatchewan may seem to be an unlikely double bill, but pianist and vocalist Rachid Bahri, and Hart Rouge, a five-person band performed on the same program Saturday November 15 at Paine Hall, Harvard University.
  
  
• Pornography Controversy Stirs Campus, Media
  The Nov. 20 issue of The Mass Media garnered media attention and sparked harsh criticism from many members of the UMass Boston community.
  
  
• UMass Boston Joins Laboratory Reform Effort
  The Environmental Health and Safety Office of the University has joined a consortium of schools exploring regulatory alternatives to the current scheme of environmental regulation of laboratories.
  
  
• CPCS Welcomes Famous Mathematicians
  A conference and speaker series at the College of Public and Community Service (CPCS) has attracted several internationally known mathematicians.
  

Annemarie Lewis Kerwin, Editor
Annette Fernie, Staff Reporter and Production Director
Stacey Carter, Staff Reporter

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