Volume 2
Number 7
March 1998

In This Issue:

• Distinguished Scientific-Award Winning Alumnus Gives Talk
  Responding to a warm welcome before speaking to a group of faculty, students and staff on February 6, Lee Jussim, UMass Boston alumnus and associate professor at Rutgers University, joked that he felt like a returning conquering hero.
  
  
• Touring Vietnam, by Paul Wright
  I had the privilege of representing the University Press while touring Vietnam from Jan. 2-19, with a group of American publishers, editors, and writers.
  
  
• In Depth With the Center for Survey Research
  The Center for Survey Research has built a national reputation.
  
  
• HUD Secretary Joins Local Leaders to Discuss Future of Cities
  Education, safety and race are the three biggest issues cities must address in order to improve, said Andrew Cuomo, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  
  
• Visiting Fulbright Studies Impact of Eastern Ideas on Transcendentalism
  Professor Siddiq Ali of Osmania University in Hyderabad, India, arrived in Boston in August 1997 to begin an inquiry into the influence of Sufism, a form of Islamic mysticism, on 19th Century American poets.
  
  
• Howard University Dean Discusses Diversity
  Diversity among faculty and student bodies is attainable, and it is crucial to the empowerment of universities, said Dr. Orlando Taylor, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Howard University.
  
  
• Kids with HIV/AIDS to Benefit from AIDS Memorial Quilt Display
  This summer, twenty-five children between the ages of three and seven will spend two weeks at Camp Colors, a summer day camp, taking part in the normal summertime activities -- swimming, singing, dancing, learning, and playing, on the green grass at Lasell College in Newton.
  
  
• Jones Honored for Contributions to City Year
  In December, Hubie Jones, special assistant to the chancellor for urban affairs, stepped down from his post as a member of City Year's National Board of Trustees, and was hailed as a "national treasure" by the organization's co-founders, Michael Brown and Alan Khazei.
  
  
• Board of Trustees Cut Tuition, Freeze Fees
  The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees, during its Feb. 4 meeting at UMass Boston, gave final approval to a plan that will cut undergraduate tuition for UMass Boston students by $100.
  
  
• Call for Applications: Ames Fellowship
  The Department of Africana Studies is accepting applications for the James Bradford Ames Fellowship.
  
  
• New Acquisitions Join Arts on the Point
  Two new additions to "Arts on the Point" have been installed on campus in recent weeks.
  
  
• Community Service Honored at 12th Annual Community Breakfast
  On March 20, UMass Boston will hold its annual Community Breakfast for the twelfth year.
  
  
• Gubernatorial Candidates Forum comes to Campus March 27
  The Network of the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, along with fifteen other organizations, will sponsor a 1998 Gubernatorial Candidates Forum on Issues of Concern to Women on March 27.
  
  
• Yankee Pen High School Journalism Convention Held Here March 20
  Aspiring journalists from all over New England will spend March 20 at UMass Boston for the Yankee Press Education Network (PEN) 1998 High School Journalism Convention.
  
  
• Campus Notes
  
  
• Garrity Discusses Landmark Integration Case
  The federal judge who ordered the integration of Boston's public schools and spent 11 years supervising the case spoke to future teachers and other members of the UMass Boston community Jan. 29.
  
  
• ECOS Student Awarded Sea Grant Fellowship
  The UMass Boston student who received a 1998 Knauss Sea Grant Fellowship is entering his second month of a one-year assignment in Washington, D.C., working for Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon.
  
  
• Pilot Program May Help Reduce Alcohol Misuse
  Sociology Prof. Stephanie Hartwell and Prof. Sylvia Mignon of the Criminal Justice Center, in collaboration with Health Services and the P.R.I.D.E. program, are piloting a program to increase awareness of alcohol misuse among the university community.
  
  
• World Bank Advisor Calls for Urgent Transition to Sustainable Energy
  As humans come face-to-face with increasing evidence that our planet's temperature is rising due to human activity, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, planning for future energy needs is essential.
  
  
• Robert Wood Honored with Endowed Professorship
  The Robert C. Wood Visiting Professorship in Public Affairs is being established at UMass Boston through the McCormack Institute to honor Bob Wood.