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Honors and Awards
Professor Susan Haussler of the College of Nursing has been awarded a Fulbright Grant to lecture in the Department of Nursing at the University of Tampere, Finland, for the Fall, 2000 semester. She will also conduct research while there on the topic of promoting health lifestyle behaviors in school-age children.
Miguel Alvarez and Lisa Williams of the Undergraduate
Admissions Office were commended for their work on behalf of
the Kids to College (K2C) program, sponsored by the
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in
Massachusetts and the Higher Education Information Center.
In its ninth year, this program has reached over 12,000
children with a positive message about going to college.
Performances
Music Professor David Patterson gave the pre-concert lecture for the Newton Symphony Orchestra concert on Sunday, March 12 at Aquinas Auditorium. The Orchestra, under the direction of Music Professor Jeffrey Rink performed works by Beethoven, Liszt, and Alexander Tcherepnin.
Music Professors Linnea Bardarson and Jon Mitchell took part in a recording festival in Olomouc, Czech Republic, on March 16 and 17. Mitchell conducted the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra in works by Bach, Mozart and Holst. Bardarson was the piano soloist for Bach's Concerto in D Minor
Dick Lourie, senior editor/writer, University
Communications, played saxophone at Boston Symphony Hall on
Friday, February 25 with the G-Clefs, a Boston area rhythm
and blues "doo-wop" band that has been performing since the
1950s. The G-Clefs were part of the lineup for the "Legends
of Rock and Roll" concert taking place that evening.
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Conferences and Presentations
Carol Hardy-Fanta, research director of the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy was a featured speaker at the New England Advisory Board meeting of the "Girls Pipeline to Power, "a grassroots initiative of the Patriots Trail Girl Scout Council. Hardy Fanta, a member of the Advisory Board, presented results of her survey of girls political leadership conducted in April 1999 at the Boston Mayors Youth Summit, and discussed ways in which the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy can support the project.
A workshop, "Class Cutting: Causes and Solutions" was presented to middle and high school students at the Urban Scholars annual conference in February by Dispute Resolution Masters Program student Angela Khaminwa, and Dorchester High School Students Fredo Sanon and Maurice Baxter. The workshop was a spinoff of research conducted by Professor Susan Opotow of the Dispute Resolution Programs with high school and graduate student researchers on factors promoting student engagement and attrition.
Professor Pamela Jones, Chair of the Art Department, presented a paper, "Sacred Art Theory as an Alternative to Vasari: Gabriele Paleotti and Giovanni Domenico Ottonelli" in the session "Alternatives to the Vasarian Tradition" at the annual meeting of the College Art Association in New York in February.
Economics Professor Harold Wolozin attended the March meeting of Eastern Economic Association in Washington D.C. in March. While there, he chaired a session, Topics in the History of Economic Thought I, presented a paper, "The Individual in Economic Analysis: Towards a Psychology of Economic Behavior," and was a discussant at a session on Topics in the History of Economic Thought II. Wolozin's student, Jennifer Chu, also presented a paper at this meeting.
Professor Segi Stefanos of the General Center, CPCS, was a featured speaker on "Modern Terrorism: The Use of Violence and Intimidation in the Third World," sponsored by the Diop Roundtable at Curry College on February 23.
Harold Horton, associate director of the Trotter Institute, served as moderator and gave the closing remarks at the Booker T. Washington - W.E.B. DuBois Exchange, "Completing Black America's Unfinished Agenda" at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, on February 24.
In February, Professor Peter Kiang, GCOE and Asian American Studies Program, was a featured speaker at a conference, "The Role of Educational Ethnography in Pedagogy: Critical Ethnography in a Global and Interdisciplinary Perspective," sponsored by the Spencer Foundation at the University of Houston. Kiang's paper was "Stories and Structures of Persistence: Learning from Research and Practice in Asian American Studies."
Professor Philip Hart, director of the Trotter Institute, presented his film, "Flyers in Search of a Dream" at the Dudley Branch Library and led a discussion afterwards as part of the Black History Month Program at the Boston Public Library on February 24. Hart also participated in a panel discussion at the US Department of Commerce Economic Development Regional Conference in Atlantic City on the topic of "the digital divide,"and efforts he is leading with the Donahue and Trotter Institutes to increase internet technology to underserved groups.
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Publications
Anthropology Professor Frederick C. Gamst has had several encyclopedia articles accepted for publication. In the Encyclopaedia Aethiopica volumes I and II: "Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway," "Djibouti," "Judaism in Ethiopia," and "The Agaw," and in the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, "The Sociology of Work."
A description of the English Master's Program's internships in the teaching of composition and the teaching of literature has been accepted for inclusion in the summer Modern Languages Association (MLA) newsletter, a special issue devoted to teacher preparation in the academy.
John Conlon, Communications and Theatre Arts, had three essays published in the Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism edited by Chris Murray and published by Fitzroy Dearborn, London. His feature essay, "Literary Theory in the Age of Victoria" is a compendium of and guide to the many conflicting schools of aesthetic thought and artistic movement during the Victorian Age. His other essays are on Walter Pater and Arthur Symons.
Professor Garrison Nelson, senior research fellow, McCormack Institute, published "Unraveling the Reinvention of Speaker John W. McCormack" in the January 2000 Extension of Remarks, the newsletter of the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association.
Udaya Wagle of the Public Policy Program has published an article, "The Civil Sector in the Developing World" in the journal, Public Administration and Management: An Interactive Journal, volume 4, 1999. Read it online at http://www.pamij.com.
Events
On February 24, The College of Management's Senior Executive Leadership Forum welcomed Charlotte Golar Richie, director of Neighborhood Development for the City of Boston, who spoke with faculty and students on Boston's housing challenges. On March 1, Albert H. "Chip" Elfner III, chairman and CEO of Evergreen Investment Management Company (recently retired), and Gilman C. Gunn III, senior vice president and chief investment office-international were the featured speakers on the topic of "International Portfolio Management."
"Classics Day" was hosted by the Department of Classics on March 15. Over 500 students of Latin students from local high schools came to campus to participate in a variety of activities, including workshops and skits. They were addressed by University President William Bulger and Classics Professor Kenneth Rothwell, who organized the event.
The Center for Social Development and Education hosted teachers from the Roberts Junior High School in Medford, for a workshop to review the implementation of the Bridges Project. This project is an intervention that provides students with the skills they need to deal with the academic and social challenges that accompany the transition to middle school. Melodie Wenz-Gross, Ilda Carreiro-King, Robin Parker, Ann O'Meara, Karen Anderson, and Kara Nicole Dunn planned the workshop.
An open house for the Directions for Student Potential (DSP) Program was held on March 22. This competitive summer program prepares students who do not currently meet the requirements for admission, but demonstrate the potential to succeed at the college level.
Chancellor Penney hosted a reception for newly admitted Fall 2000 student scholars at her home on March 31st.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions hosted Joint Admissions Day on March 25. Current Joint Admissions students and applicants who were denied admission to the University were invited to meet with community college representatives and UMass Boston staff.
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Births
Sara Beatrice Parker, daughter of Robin Parker, research associate at the Center for Social Development and Education, was born on January 16.
A baby boy, Cameron Miles Haugabrook, was born to Asst. Dean of Students Adrian Haugabrook and his wife on March 7.
In the News
Elizabeth Sherman, director of the McCormack Institute's Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy was interviewed by Bob Oakes on WBUR Radio on March 1, and served a political commentator on the evening of March 7, as the results from "Super Tuesday" primaries were tallied.
Lois Biener, senior research fellow of the Center for Survey Research, was interviewed by National Public Radio's Debbie Elliot on the impact of anti-smoking advertising on teenagers in light of $200 billion in available tobacco settlement funds on March 1. Fifty six television and radio media outlets nationwide reported on the results of Biener's research.
The third analytical article prepared by the Center for State and Local Policy on presidential primaries in New England was published in the Providence Journal on February 19. "How Loud is N.H. in New England?"was written by Lou DiNatale, director of the UMass Poll, and Professor Garrison Nelson, senior research fellow of the McCormack Institute.
College of Management Professor of Finance Eric Hayden wrote an op-ed piece, "How Economically Crippled Ecuador Can Stage a Comeback" for The Boston Globe's February 28, 2000 Commentary section. He offered a prescription for resolving some of Ecuador's economic problems so that the country may be a position to consider an alternative monetary and currency system.
Now Playing
Professor Peter Janson, director of the University Jazz Band and Guitar Studies, is receiving national airplay for his current CD, "Across the Bridge" for Eastern Woods Music. A music industry trade report, New Age Voice, has rated the CD in its top 20, and as high as number four, in various parts of the country.
Benefits
Helen Long of the Office of Graduate Studies and Research will attempt to swim 1.2 miles, bike 56 miles, and run 13.1 miles to complete the Half-Vineman Triathalon in Santa Rosa, California, on July 9. She is committed to raising $3500 for the Leukemia Society of America as part of its "Teams in Training Program." Long will run in honor of a local leukemia patient, and in memory of her Mother who died of cancer six years ago. This race is nearly four times longer than her previous distances. She will be training--and fundraising on campus during the month of April. Contact Long at 7-5717 to contribute or formore information.
Partnerships
College of Management Dean Philip Quaglieri and Theodore Jula, chair of the Department of Business Administration at Stonehill College, signed an articulation agreement on March 3 which will allow qualified undergraduate students from Stonehill to undergo an expedited admissions process to UMass Boston's MBA program provided they take certain courses in preparation and meet the competitive admissions standards of the program. This agreement follows a similar one which was signed with Merrimack College in December.