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University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 10 - Summer 2009 Jul 2009

University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 10 - Summer 2009

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter features, among others, articles about the appointment of Winston E. Langley as Provost, the 2009 Commencement ceremony (which included remarks from Senator John Kerry), Dominique Powell (the recipient of the 2009 John F. Kennedy Award for Academic Excellence), and Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, as well as peices about academic and outreach programs at the University, including the Center of Math and Science in Context (COSMIC).


University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 09 - May 2009 May 2009

University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 09 - May 2009

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles on Padraig O’Malley’s “Forum for Cities in Transition” conference, Governor Patrick's meeting with New England Ethnic Newswire members, UMass Boston's recurring segment on New England Cable News, a conference on older workers and social policy issues, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 08 - April 2009 Apr 2009

University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 08 - April 2009

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes  articles about the Robert H. Quinn Community Breakfast and awards, the enrollment process for transfer students to the university, Camp Shriver at UMass Boston, the Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation's recognition of the Urban Scholars Program as a grant recipient, the university's recently launched YouTube channel, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 07 - March 2009 Mar 2009

University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 07 - March 2009

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about university budget cuts, Black History Month festivities, the Private Industry Council’s annual Job Shadow Day, writing workshops for veterans offered by the William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 06 - Feburary 2009 Feb 2009

University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 06 - Feburary 2009

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about GoKids Boston (UMass Boston's facility devoted to research and promoting healthy activity among youths), leadership in the Environmental, Earth, and Ocean Sciences (EEOS) Department, the New England Ethnic Newswire Awards, the College of Management's efforts to provide students with international experience, UMass faculty member Pepi Leistyna's documentary film Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 05 - January 2009 Jan 2009

University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 05 - January 2009

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter features, among others, articles about energy-saving efforts, the University's entrepreneur-inresidence Dan Phillips and his role in student mentoring and the newly established Venture Development Center, and a UMass Boston initiative, in partnership with the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Cherishing Our Hearts and Souls Coalition (COHS) of Roxbury, to reduce socioeconomically-based health disparities.


University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 04 - December 2008 Dec 2008

University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 04 - December 2008

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about the Haynes Distinguished Professorship in Urban Studies, a conference on rebuilding sustainable communities after disasters, budget reductions, celebrations involving alumni of Boston State college, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 03 - November 2008 Nov 2008

University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 03 - November 2008

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about budget cuts at the university, fundraising and grant programs (including the GI Bill), urban schools programs like Teach Next Year, the launch of the Collins Center, the Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution program for young Nigerian leaders, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 02 - October 2008 Oct 2008

University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 02 - October 2008

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about access to higher education, the new Venture Development Center, the growth of the university's Safety Awareness Program, the College of Management's new Finance Program, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 01 - September 2008 Sep 2008

University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 01 - September 2008

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles on campus redesign and building initiatives, the Genzyme/UMass Scholars Program, the Dorchester Beach Festival, an exhibit curated by UMass faculty on Shakespeare at the Boston Public Library, and the Iraq Project (and Project director Padraig O'Malley), a joint venture of the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies (MGS), the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 10 - Summer 2008 Jul 2008

University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 10 - Summer 2008

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about 2008 Commencement exercises and Commencement speaker Rev. Gloria White-Hammond, the the class of 2008’s winner of the John F. Kennedy Award for Academic Excellence (Muna Kangsen), a conference on gender inequality in the workplace, a campus meeting about supporting small businesses, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 09 - May 2008 May 2008

University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 09 - May 2008

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles on planning for the 2008 Commencement, the ethnic health reporting initiative based in the University's Center on Media and Society, the national “Chinese Bridge” Mandarin Chinese speech contest sponsored by UMass Boston's Confucius Institute, professor Jeffrey Dukes' work on climate change, the Center for Social Development and Education's showcase of its contributions to the field of research on children with disabilities, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 08 - April 2008 Apr 2008

University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 08 - April 2008

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles onthe University's annual Community Breakfact and Quinn Awards presentation, the gains made by women leaders (featuring Cambridge mayor Denise Simmons), Massachusetts' first ever anti-hunger summit (featuring Governor Deval Patrick), a forum on racial and ethnic tensions, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 07 - March 2008 Mar 2008

University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 07 - March 2008

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles on the University's emergency notification system, the visit of a high-lever delegation from Indonesia to UMass Boston's College of Public and Community Service, Black History Month events, a symposium on Native American heritage, the efforts of community members to promote science education, the College of Nursing and Health Sciences' Helene Fuld Scholarship Program, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 06 - February 2008 Feb 2008

University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 06 - February 2008

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about the recipients of the University President's Public Service Award, a National Institute of Health grant to support the establishment of the HORIZON Center at UMass Boston, the University's job shadow day with students from Dorchester, the new Center for Clinical Education and Research lab, the Institute for Community Inclusion's partnership with UMass Medical to improve disability coverage, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 05 - January 2008 Jan 2008

University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 05 - January 2008

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about the University's 25-year master plan, a collaboration between the University's public radio station and the Institute for Asian American Studies, the dedication of the Boston State College Room, GoKids programming, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 04 - December 2007 Dec 2007

University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 04 - December 2007

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about J. Keith Motley’s appointment as UMass Boston’s Eighth chancellor, the University's involvement with OpenCourseWare initiatives, a celebration of Native American heritage on campus, the Gastón Institute's analysis of community responses to recent immigration raids, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 03 - November 2007 Nov 2007

University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 03 - November 2007

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about the University's master planning process, an anti-homelessness project run by a senior research associate at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies (John McGah), the establishment of a Creative Writing MFA program at the University, the opening of the Spencer House in Roxbury’s Egleston Square (names for UMass Lecturer Marian Spencer, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 02 - October 2007 Oct 2007

University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 02 - October 2007

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about grants and sponsored programs at the University, McCormack Graduate School's Truth and Reconciliation conference (with Padraig O’Malley), the 10th anniversary of the Boston Folk Festival, the College of Management's global outreach initiatives, efforts to increase diversity in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 01 - September 2007 Sep 2007

University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 01 - September 2007

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about the strategic planning of chancellor J. Keith Motley, studies out of the Psychology Department on treating anxiety disorders, the 10th annual Boston Folk Festival, an African-American mathematicians conference held at the University, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 10 - June 2007 Jun 2007

University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 10 - June 2007

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about the 2007 commencement ceremonies with Governor Deval Patrick, the appointment of Dr. J. Keith Motley as chancellor, the University's online education programs, UMass Boston's involvement in Jumpstart programs, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 09 - May 2007 May 2007

University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 09 - May 2007

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about the establishment of the John Joseph Moakley Chair of Peace and Reconciliation, the Center for Social Development and Education's anti-violoence work, Spring Enrichment Week activities at the University, new technologies at the Healey Library, the Joiner Center's conference on Post Traumatic Stress and the New Veterans, the launch of the Center for Coastal Environmental Sensing Networks, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 08 - April 2007 Apr 2007

University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 08 - April 2007

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about the 2007 commencement ceremonies which will feature Governor Deval Patrick, the Lynch Foundation's support of College of Nursing and Health Sciences PhD students, UMass Boston’s 21st annual Community Breakfast, upcoming Spring Enrichment Week activities at the University, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and UMass Boston’s Center on Media and Society's co-sponsorship of Boston’s NEXT Regional Conference, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 07 - March 2007 Mar 2007

University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 07 - March 2007

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about the productivity of UMass Boston faculty members, the College of Science and Mathematics's exhibit on climate-change research, the University's strategic planning process, a report from the Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy showing a need for diversity in elected offices, Black History Month festivities, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Employee Charitable Campaign participation, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 06 - February 2007 Feb 2007

University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 06 - February 2007

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's recognition of UMass Boston, autism research at the University, Black History Month festivities, a public meeting concerning UMass Boston's strategic planning process, Arts on the Point programs, the transition team for Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, the new Information Technology MS program at the University, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 05 - January 2007 Jan 2007

University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 05 - January 2007

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about CPCS Professor Michael Stone's study on the burden of housing costs for minority households,  a McCormack Graduate School survey showing that race relations remain a challenge for Massachusetts residents, students' launch of a new magazine called Lux, a student-curated exhibition at the Boston Public Library, campus employee and student activities on Community Partnership Day, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 04 - December 2006 Dec 2006

University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 04 - December 2006

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about the establishment of the University of Massachusetts Confucius Institute, the use of geographic information systems to map businesses in Dorchester, a campus gerontologist's research into aging minorities and healthcare access, a reunion for Boston State College alumni, a College of Liberal Arts professor's role in monitoring elections in Nicaragua for the Carter Center, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 03 - November 2006 Nov 2006

University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 03 - November 2006

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about funding for the Institute for Community Inclusion's Center for Children with Special Needs, increasing enrollment and diversity at UMass Boston, the efforts of UMass Boston researchers to change the way chemistry is taught in hig schools, the 5th anniversary celebration of the Emerging Leaders Program, actor Danny Glover's involvement with the University's homelessness project, and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 02 - October 2006 Oct 2006

University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 02 - October 2006

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about Chancellor Michael Collins' discussion of the future of the UMass Boston campus; the work of Africana studies professor, historian, and playwright Robert Johnson, Jr.; the convocation remarks of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall; and other news from UMass Boston.


University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 01 - September 2006 Sep 2006

University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 01 - September 2006

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about new additions to the campus, how university researchers help cancer survivors regain life’s balance through fencing, the 2006 Boston Folk Festival, and other news from UMass Boston.