Volume 2
Number 6
February 1998

In This Issue:

• Project JUMP Boosts Youth Activity
  Dr. Avery D. Faigenbaum of the Department of Human Performance and Fitness doesn't bite his tongue when it comes to youth fitness.
  
  
• Research Garners Prestigious Award for Doctoral Candidate
  Doreen Stern Gordon, a candidate in the McCormack Institute's Doctoral Program in Public Policy, is trying to answer some hard questions.
  
  
• Urban Scholars Aims to Increase Family Involvement in Education
  The Urban Scholars Program is trying to get parents more involved in their children's education.
  
  
• Int'l Council Announces Spring 1998 Colloquia
  The International Council's Spring 1998 Colloquia, "Urban Mission -- International Focus: A Contradiction or a Continuum," will take place in the Faculty Club from 2:30-4:30 p.m.
  
  
• EBTC Plays Key Role in Mercury Reduction
  The Environmental Business and Technology Center (EBTC) is working closely with the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority (MWRA), local businesses and three area hospitals to reduce the amount of mercury being pumped into local waters.
  
  
• In Depth With Frank Caro & Ellen Bruce
  Within the walls of the Gerontology Institute and Center, doctoral and certificate program students, researchers, program staff, and volunteers create a flood of activities.
  
  
• ECOS Professor Heads Effort to Build New Bedford Aquarium
  A new aquarium complex is now taking shape in New Bedford. When it is completed, it will be one of the largest in the world, with a combined tank capacity of over 2 million gallons.
  
  
• Mural Peaks Semester of Class Reflection
  Students in the College of Public and Community Service (CPCS) signed up for the "Multicultural Art Project" last semester to earn competencies in the arts. By December, they were not only closer to their degrees, but they knew a little more about themselves, diversity, and images that are personally meaningful.
  
  
• Mentoring Program Aims to Create Leaders
  Leadership is defined as the ability or capacity to lead. While it may be true that some individuals are "born to lead," more often it is the case that qualities of leadership are something people learn during the course of their lives.
  
  
• Campus Notes
  
  
• Chancellor Penney to be Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
  On February 4th, Chancellor Sherry Penney and six other accomplished women will be recognized by the Women's Network of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce with the Pinnacle Awards.
  
  
• Sculptures Continue to Rise on Campus
  A 12-foot, 500-pound fiberglass steelworker created by internationally acclaimed sculptor Luis Jimenez of New Mexico is the latest addition to the University's Arts on the Point sculpture park.
  
  
• Bell Atlantic's $23K Innovator Grant Goes to Urban Scholars
  UMass Boston's Urban Scholars Program has received a $23,000 Innovator Grant from Bell Atlantic, which enables the program to continue integrating technology into its inquiry-based math/science and language arts/humanities curriculum.
  
  
• Trustees Meeting Takes Place on Campus February 4
  The University's Board of Trustees will meet on February 4 in the Chancellor's Conference Room, third floor, Quinn Adminstration Building. This meeting is open to the public, and will start at 9:15 a.m.
  
  
• AIDS Quilt Comes to Clark Center in April
  After several months of hard work by the AIDS Memorial Quilt Committee, UMass Boston has been selected by the Names Project Foundation to display the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
  
  
• Labor's Public Policy Agenda to be Unveiled at March Forum
  The Labor Resource Center and the Massachusetts AFL-CIO are sponsoring a forum, "Work and Family, Putting People First: Unveiling Labor's 1998 Public Policy Agenda" on Wednesday, March 4.
  
  
• Reviewers Sought for Laboratory Reform Proposal
  The Laboratory Consortium for Environmental Excellence (LCEE) is seeking individuals to review and comment on a proposal submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency.
  
  
• Recent Quarterly Grant Receipts Top $2 Million
  The Office of Sponsored Projects reports that during the period from November 14, 1997 to January 14, 1998, the University received 44 awards for a total of $2,039,093 from public and private sources.
  
  
• In Memoriam, Psychology Professor Ina Samuels
  Professor Ina Samuels of the psychology department died on January 25. A member of the faculty since 1972, Prof. Samuels, who specialized in physiological and biological psychology, received her bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago and her doctorate from the University of Michigan.