UML Shuttle January 25, 2006

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by  UMass Lowell, Publications Office

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January 25, 2006
A P U B L I C AT I O N O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M A S S A C H U S E T T S L O W E L L
UML Awards Its First Ph.D. in Biomedical
“Bringing the
Engineering and Biotechnology Richness Back”
to the Classroom
major benchmark for us
Multi-Campus Program New Program Reaches
to have Lowell as the pre-
Offers Classes on Four mier campus of this pro- Out to City’s Middle-
UMass Campuses gram and to be the first Schoolers
campus to award a doc-
G T
torate in this degree.”
ene Cardarelli will become the here was a time, not so long
He points out that this
first doctoral graduate of the ago, before the days of
degree will meet an
multi-campus Biomedical MCAS tests and statewide
important niche in eco-
Engineering and Biotechnology pro- budget cuts, when an eighth-grade
nomic development in
gram after he successfully defended his classroom was a lot more fun than
Massachusetts with the
dissertation in late November. His dis- today. There were art lessons,
high number of pharma-
sertation committee consists of Drs. music lessons, play-acting, some-
Clayton French, David Wazer and ceutical, biotech and s Congratulating Gene Cardarelli, second from left, on the times even hobbies and games.
David Medich. medical device compa- successful defense of his dissertation are, from left, Prof. Clayton It made for a well-rounded day.
nies based in the state. French, Dean Jerry Hojnacki and Prof. Bryan Buchholz, director
Biomedical Engineering and At Lowell’s old Bartlett School,
According to French, of the Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Program.
Biotechnology is a multi-campus pro- in the school-year that began last
the multi-campus pro-
gram offered at the Boston, Dartmouth, October, those times may be on
gram also offers students
Lowell and Worcester campuses. It could take courses at Lowell and also their way back. In a new, hour-long
the flexibility of taking classes on any
accepts students with a wide range of at Dartmouth, which was significantly extended-day program, the out-
of the four campuses. It also enables
science and engineering backgrounds. closer to home for him. growth of a partnership between
them to tap into the talent in their spe-
Spearheaded by Jerry Hojnacki, dean of The program has grown since it the city and UMass Lowell, a cur-
cialty areas on all four campuses. For
the Graduate School, the program will first was launched in 2002. Currently, riculum heavy on non-academic
Cardarelli, who hails from Rhode
help meet the growing need for profes- there are 60 students enrolled with 45 doings is serving as a model for the
Island and is a medical physicist at
sionals with expertise in both biology at the Lowell campus. city as a whole.
Rhode Island Hospital, this meant he
and engineering. Hojnacki says, “It is a —JH “Art, music, drama, all those
sorts of things—they’ve gotten
short shrift in the high-stakes test-
ing environment we have in the
Art Student Develops Logo for U.S. Army Funds a
schools today,” says Judith Boccia,
director of the Center for Field
National Research
Ward Hill Business Park
Services and Studies (CFSS) in the
Council Fellow Graduate School of Education.
“What we’re doing at the Bartlett is
Sen. Steven Baddour Brought UML and trying to reverse that trend a little,
Nanopolymers Advance to get some of that richness back.”
Business Group Together
Fire Safety for Soldiers Since the start of the school
S
year Oct. 5, roughly 100 middle-
enior art major Scott Cahill has University, and it mushroomed from I
learned that community rela- there,” says Bud Hart, with the Ward nnovative work on flame resist- school students at the new Bartlett
tionship-building is as much Hill Park Association. ant materials has earned the Community Partnership School—
an art as his chosen field of study. “It is a great example of UMass respect and attention of itself a creation of an innovative
And according to all involved with and its students cooperating with the the U.S. Army—as well as new new partnership between the
his project designing a logo for a community,” says Baddour. funding. University and the city—have been
Ward Hill business group, he earned Baddour’s office contacted Renae Arthur Watterson, director of extending their school days by an
an “A” in both areas. Lias Claffey, director of Government the Institute for Nano Science and hour, from 2:50 to 3:50 p.m., to take
That project began about two Relations, who contacted Art Engineering Technology (INSET) part in an “enrichment program“
years ago, when state Sen. Steven Department Chair Jim Coates. The spearheaded the original research taught largely by University facul-
Baddour talked with Chancellor two met with Hart and others to in collaboration with Dr. Lynne ty and students, that has them
William T. Hogan about involving determine the Association’s needs. Samuelson of the Natick Soldier playing chess, taking photos, draw-
the University with the greater Coates pledged assistance, and asked Systems Center. Watterson also ing maps, doing archeology proj-
Haverhill community. The perfect Asst. Prof. Karen Roehr to handle the credits Prof. Jayant Kumar of the ects, dancing, playing instruments,
link-up soon presented itself when project. Roehr identified the best stu- Physics Department and director of and getting homework help. The
business leaders expressed to dent for the job—Scott Cahill—and the Center for Advanced Materials fall session featured a course in
Baddour a need for signs in the Ward supervised his work. After develop- (CAM), Dr. Rajesh Kumar of local history; upcoming courses
Hill business park, for which they ing several designs, Cahill presented INSET and Dr. Virinder S. Parmar, include writing, robotics, green
needed a logo designed ñ at little or them to Ward Hill Association lead- visiting professor in chemistry, chemistry and nanotechnology. For
no cost. ers. for their work and insightful those middle-school students not
“The senator came up with the contributions. being served by the University
idea of us getting involved with the Continued on Page 2 Continued on Page 2 (there are roughly 250 total in the
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U.S. Army Funds a National Research
Art Student Develops Logo for
Council Fellow
Ward Hill Business Park
The discovery involves the use Cahill says he was initially cohesive branding for the Ward Hill
of certain enzymes as catalysts to apprehensive about the scope of the Park and the chance to be a part of
synthesize a new class of polysilox- project. “Once I met with Bud Hart something important at this point in
ane materials under mild and envi- and other members of the Ward Hill my career,” says Cahill, who cur-
ronmentally friendly reaction con- Park Association,” he says, “this rently works in the publications
ditions. apprehension disappeared and was office at Middlesex Community
Science magazine took notice replaced with excitement.” College.
with a report in the Oct. 15, 2004 “Scott had a lot of ideas and he “Scott is incredibly talented. He
issue; a U.S. patent has been issued. came up with some really great did a wonderful job,” says Roehr.
“We knew we had potential stuff,” says Hart. Adds Roehr, —RC
with this material—that it’s envi- “Scott was willing
ronmentally safe and benign, both s National Research Council Fellow Dr. Ravi Mosurkal, at every juncture to
to produce and to use—and that second from right, and part of the research team on envi- listen to feedback
it solves many of the problems ronmentally safe flame resistant materials-from left, Drs. from the client.”
Lynne Samuelson, Jayant Kumar and Arthur Watterson
associated with flame-retardant The group
compounds in wide use,” says chose one logo to
Watterson. additional serious burns. work with, asked
The Army has a significant need for “Our research investigates a new Cahill to tweak it,
improved, cost effective and environ- class of low cost materials that are com- and then develop it
mentally safe flame retardant clothing. parable to Nomex and Kevlar in flame for 12 signs to be
Burn injuries are increasing due to retardancy, have virtually no melt drip posted throughout
urban warfare and from a multitude of and are safe for humans and the envi- the park—two of
flame hazards: incidental exposure, acci- ronment,” says Watterson. “The which are now
dents with battlefield combustibles, and research is based on the high selectivity highly visible from
enemy attack with thermal or chemical of nature’s catalysts—the enzymes—and Route 125, the Ward
weapons, explosions, or ballistics. The could result in a significant break- Hill Connector, in
loss of highly trained military personnel through in fire safe materials.” Haverhill. The s Admiring the new logo and signage at the Ward Hill Industrial
in combat from burn injuries is detri- The new funding is a three-year group also came up Park are, from left, Renae Lias Claffey, University Communications;
mental to operations and expensive; grant from the Army’s Environmental with a tag line for Prof. Jim Coates, Art Department chair; Bud Hart of the Ward Hill
millions of dollars are spent each year Quality Program and will fund a the signs, “Unified Park Association; Diane Franz, senior vice president of community
on burn injury treatment for the military National Research Council post-doctoral for Progress.” iNnyvdehsatmme, nbtuss fionre tshse m Uanniategde rW foary Coof vManetrari mEnaecrkg yV,a blolethy aonf dw Kheonse
and costs continue to rise. fellow, Dr. Ravi Mosurkal, who already “I feel very businesses are located in the park; art student Scott Cahill, who
Appropriately designed flame pro- works with CAM and INSET on the grateful for this designed the logo; and Sen. Steven A. Baddour. Not pictured is
tective clothing can provide critical sec- enzymatic synthesis of new materials. chance to create a Asst. Prof. Karen Roehr, who supervised Cahill’s work.
onds to escape. Current military cloth- “We are developing the technology
ing made from Nomex and Kevlar pro- and expect to produce fire safe materi-
Reorganized Academic and Student Affairs
vides adequate flame protection but the als—using green chemistry—that elimi-
cost to issue these fabrics to every sol- nate both the generation of toxic materi- Division Emphasizes Teamwork
dier is prohibitive. Lower cost solutions als upon combustion and the leaching
include flame retardant treatments that of toxic chemicals onto human skin,”
add 20 percent in weight and use toxic says Samuelson. “Within three years, we
halogenated polymers, many of which hope to have a material that can be Stress Placed on Duff says, “With the SASS team
that Joyce has instituted, for the first
are being banned today, worldwide, for processed as a simple coating or spun Communication, Leadership
time offices that never really talked to
environmental and human safety rea- into fibers for textile applications that
and Collaboration each other are meeting on a regular
sons. Melt drip is another undesirable can meet or beat the performance prop-
basis.” The various offices can plan,
property of these synthetic fabrics erties we’re aiming for.”
At one point, Associate Vice she says, and inform one another of
because the melt is known to cause —SS
Chancellor Joyce Gibson had 11 direc- changes.
tors reporting to her. According to “What might be minor issues for
University Launches Television
good management practices, she says, one area can become major if that area
Advertising Campaign seven should be the maximum. is not aware. We certainly are not the
So, nearly a year ago, she began same office we were one year ago.”
realigning her organization—the In the past, says Siegel, the various
Academic and Student Affairs Division components of Academic Services
TViewers Asked to ‘Raise Your Sights’ — beginning with the creation of a always made students a priority, but
housands of television viewers are sage that Lowell is just “25 miles from Senior Academic Services Staff. Her only from the perspective of their own
getting an opportunity to see what Boston.” They can be viewed at: goal was to create an organization that offices. This could lead, he continues,
most of us have known for some www.uml.edu/Media/ads. would place a premium on communi- to the development of policies and pro-
time—UMass Lowell has a lot to offer. The ads feature University faculty, cation, commitment, collaboration and For the full story go to
The University launched a televi- students and programs and include other virtues that aren’t alliterative— www.uml.edu/enews
sion advertising campaign in January expansive aerial shots of the campus as like leadership, service and accounta-
that is designed to raise its visibility they encourage viewers to “raise your bility.
outside the region. The television spots sights.” Developed by the Office of From every indication, the
focus on some of the University’s pre- Public Affairs, the three ads—two 30- reorganized division is achiev-
mier programs, including nanotechnol- second and one 15-second spots—are ing its goals quite nicely.
ogy, sound recording technology and running on a variety of Boston televi- For confirmation, one
green chemistry, ending with the mes- sion stations for several weeks. need only ask any member of
the four-member Senior
Academic Services Staff
The Shuttleis published Executive Vice Chancellor: Other Writers:
by the Publications Office, Dr. Frederick P. Sperounis Renae Lias Claffey (SASS): Registrar Pat Duff;
UMass Lowell, BobEllis Dean of Students Larry Siegel;
Editor:
One University Avenue, Mary Lou Hubbell Jennifer Hanson Tom Taylor, dean of
Lowell, MA 01854 Elizabeth James
Enrollment Management and
Tel. [phone]. Staff Writers: Patti McCafferty
Geoffrey Douglas Kristen O’Reilly Student Success; or Jane
Jack McDonough Kim Pivirotto Worthley associate director of
Sandra Seitz s Caption
Academic Services and
The University of Massachusetts Lowell is an Equal Opportunity/
Affirmative Action, Title IX, H/V, ADA 1990 Employer. Administration.
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January 25, 2006
Food Court, Seven Months and
Continued from Page 1
“Bringing the Richness Back” $2.3 Million Later, Is Now Open
to the Classroom
middle school), the Bartlett’s faculty New Space is Twice the
has offerings of its own.
Size of Old
The session that began in
October ended in early December. I
f all has gone as expected, the
Three five-week sessions are
Southwick dining hall—now official-
planned. The next begins Jan. 31.
ly the Southwick Food Court—closed
The purpose of the program,
for renovations since early last summer,
says Dean Donald Pierson of the
should be open, or about to open, as
Graduate School of Education, is not
you read this.
only to enrich the standard Lowell
“Our goal is the start of the
school curriculum and to give
[spring] semester,” said Project
University students and faculty a
Manager Roger Hall on a tour of the
forum for their skills, but also to pro-
site in December. “At least in some
vide an opportunity for local stu- s Nicole Stewart, a UMass Lowell under-
capacity, we want to be open when the
dents who might not otherwise have graduate, is a Bartlett volunteer teaching
the chance for such non-traditional team-building and leadership. students come back.” s Roger Hall, right, project manager for the
The differences are sure to be a Southwick Hall Food Court, with architect
pursuits.
shock to some people. The biggest of Gregg Yanchenco of the firm HKA Architects,
“This is part of the University’s
on stuff,” says the CFSS’s Judith the principal architects for the project, in the
these is the size: while the old dining
mission,” Pierson says, “to enhance
Boccia. “And a lot of it is pretty Food Court in early January while work was
hall was roughly 4,500 square feet with
the quality of education in the region unusual. It’s not the sort of stuff still underway.
seating space for 145, the new facility
in whatever ways we can. This has
you’re going to see at a regular
will seat close to 300 in an area just
school.” and millwork alone. The HVAC system
under 9,000 square feet. Much of the
“The pilot program at has been completely overhauled and
extra space has been gained through a
the Bartlett is going to updated—another $450,000 of the
makeover of what used to be a student
teach us a great deal cost—with temperature control
lounge-to the left-rear as you entered-
about how to go about throughout. “An awful lot of what’s
which will now be given over to tables
expanding learning time been spent,” says Hall, “no one is ever
and booths for diners.
for both teachers and going to see—it’s hidden behind these
Another big change is the layout of
students,” says Lowell walls.”
the space. The serving area—more
Superintendent of Schools Students, faculty and staff, for the
properly known as the “servery,”
Karla Brooks Baehr, who period of the renovations, have been
Roger Hall reminds us—used to be on
adds that the school has relying heavily on the Smith Hall din-
the left as you entered; it is now on the
secured a state planning ing room—Smitty’s—which now will
right, extending the full length of the
grant to look into refining see a reduction of that load.
s Nancy Pitkin, rear, second from left, of the Center for the model in preparation wall where the student mailboxes once
Field Services and Studies, in the school library with were, and including a rotisserie oven, Food Court Plans Grand
for extending the school
Melissa Boyd, rear, center, a teacher at the school and grad- convection oven and grill area, with
day at other city schools as Opening Feb. 1
uate candidate at UMass Lowell, and Danielle Dutton, rear, three times the serving space as before.
second from right, a Bartlett teacher and UMass graduate. well. “We know that stu- The area will be in two separate
dents need more time in sections: the space that made up the The opening of the Southwick
school, also that teachers old dining hall and the location of the Food Court will be celebrated with a
been a unique opportunity, both for
need more time to collaborate and former students’ lounge. Perhaps as week-long festival of raffles, give-
us and for the city of Lowell. Without
do their own learning. We hope compensation for the lost lounge space, aways, special theme days
what we’re offering at the Bartlett,
to achieve both through [this] there are now two flat-screen TVs in (faculty/staff day, commuter day, etc.),
most of these kids during that
program.” different locations for dining-hall food tastings and other culinary-related
hour—they’d just be hanging out.”
viewing. events—beginning Jan. 24 and lasting
About 25 members of the
All this, of course, comes at a price. through Feb. 1.
University’s student body, faculty For the full story go to
Total cost for the renovations, says For more information, contact the
and staff, including at least 11 under- www.uml.edu/enews
Hall, are in the range of $2.3 million, Special Events Office at ext. 3888.
graduates, one graduate student and
with $350,000 for kitchen equipment
four professors, as well as several
members of the Tsongas Center staff, Congressman Meehan Calls
have taken part in teaching or over-
seeing the after-school activities,
for Bringing Troops Home
according to Nancy Pitkin of the
CFSS, which has been in charge of
the recruiting. More Bartlett middle-
school students, Pitkin says, are But Says U.S. Has ‘Certain Moral Obligations’
I
expected to be served at the next two
n the midst of frustration, U.S. Rep. drawal because “we have certain
sessions, as faculty recruitments pick
Marty Meehan ‘78, has taken action. moral obligations.” Meehan’s
up and more courses are made avail-
He is pushing legislation establish- plan calls for a withdrawal of the
able. The classes, she adds, are delib-
ing a timetable for the withdrawal of majority of U.S. forces within 12
erately kept small—rarely more than
troops from Iraq. to 18 months.
10 to12 students to a group.
In December, he brought his mes- On foreign policy, he said,
Some of those teaching in the
sage to Prof. Fred Lewis’s political sci- “The U.S. has lost its moral lead- s Prof. Fred Lewis of Political Science welcomes U.S.
program include the UMass coordi-
ence classes. With a backdrop banner ership—the high ground—and Rep. Marty Meehan ’78 to campus prior to speaking to
nator of music education, Gena
showing a camouflaged armed forces we need to get it back.” After the his classes.
Greher, who has been overseeing
member holding a child and the words fall of Saddam Hussein, “there
musical events; a dance student, who
activity by a nation with a history of
“Bringing our Troops Home,” there is was a window of opportunity to win
has been taking the middle-schoolers
wartime sacrifice. “What kind of socie-
no mistaking Meehan’s position. the hearts and minds of the Iraqi peo-
through some modern-dance steps
ty have we become?” he asked.
Meehan made his case to UMass ple. We missed that opportunity…
(the stomp was a recent popular
Lewis regularly invites Meehan to
Lowell students, as he has in town Our biggest problem in Iraq is that
addition); a theatre student and sev-
address his classes in part to demon-
meetings around the Fifth they view us as occupiers,” he said.
eral off-season University athletes,
strate to students that talent and hard
Congressional District. It has been a “frustrating time” for
who have been helping out with
work can lead to success in positions of
The congressman said he doesn’t Meehan in Congress. While we as a
Phys Ed.
national importance.
agree with some members of Congress nation are at war, he said, the Congress
“There’s been some really hands-
who are calling for an immediate with- is voting for tax cuts—unprecedented
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January 25, 2006
University Launches F. Bradford
Green Chemistry Program
Morse $1M Endowment Campaign
Announces Sappi Grant
for the people of Lowell, his hometown
Fund Will Support Study
Research Investigates Nanotechnology With Paper and where he began his career in public
A of International Relations service,” she said.
s scientists invent new materi- temperature processing of semicon-
In addition to the Morse
als and processes using nan- ductors. and Annual Lecture
Endowment, a faculty committee is
otechnology, sometimes they “The Sappi sponsorship marks a T
exploring the possibility of creating an
look directly to nature. milestone in the development of he University has initiated a
inter-disciplinary global studies pro-
The Green Chemistry Program at benign alternatives to current materi- $1 million endowment campaign
gram that would strengthen the study
UMass Lowell is embarking on spon- als and technologies,” says Warner. named for F. Bradford Morse,
of world issues on campus. The com-
sored research into nanotechnology “Look around you now: Almost all the late congressman from Lowell and
mittee will make a final recommenda-
applications using paper—paper as a products are based on petroleum long-time United Nations official.
tion to Provost John Wooding this
substrate for electronics, for exam- chemistry and the world’s reserves are The F. Bradford Morse Endowment
spring.
ple—funded by Sappi International. finite. But the forestry industry is the for the Study of International Relations,
“It’s never been more important for
Sappi Limited, one of best place to go to learn Sustainable Development and Peace
students, teachers and citizens every-
the world’s largest produc- about environmentally will fund an annual distinguished lec-
where to understand the global dimen-
ers of coated fine paper responsible nanotechnolo- ture series and conference on the
sion of actions, political changes, eco-
and chemical cellulose, is gy—a tree is a biodegrad- United Nations or a related topic and
nomic factors and cultural contexts in
based in Johannesburg, able, endlessly renewable support UML’s award-winning student
other countries of the world and the
South Africa; Sappi Fine resource. Developing high International Relations program as
profound impact they have on daily life
Paper North America is tech applications for forest well as a model United Nations pro-
here in the U.S,” Wooding said.
headquartered in Boston. products is reaching for gram for high schools organized by
“UMass Lowell is pleased to recog-
Prof. John Warner, the highest and best use of the University.
nize F. Bradford Morse as an extraordi-
director of the Center for a resource.” Each year UMLwill present a
nary leader in international and nation-
Green Chemistry, Warner is a founder distinguished guest who will deliver
al affairs who consistently advocated
announced that funding s Dr. Sofia Trakhtenberg of the green chemistry con- a public lecture on international
for global understanding,” he added.
supports two full-time cept, with its goal of relations, sustainable development in
“This endowment will help future lead-
positions through two designing materials and a global context or strategies for
ers make intelligent contributions to
years of research: the Sappi Green processes that minimize toxics or envi- achieving peace among nations.
that understanding, to sustainable
Chemistry Research Professor and the ronmental impact. In a sign of the The endowment already includes
development and to world peace.”
Sappi Green Chemistry Graduate growing importance of this area, the $65,000, largely from an infusion of
Morse, who was born in Lowell,
Student Fellow. Dr. Sofia Trakhtenberg 2005 Nobel Prize in chemistry was seed money from professors emeriti
was a graduate of Boston University,
assumes the Green Chemistry research awarded to a trio of scientists for their Dean Bergeron of history and Joyce
where he earned his law degree in
professor position; she is an expert on development of the metathesis Denning of political science. The goal
1949. He also received an honorary
the characterization of surface proper- method. According to the committee, is to reach $1 million in five years.
doctorate from UMass Lowell. Before
ties and applications of environmen- “This represents a great step forward “The endowment will not only help
his death in 1994, Morse served as a
tally benign polymers and nanoparti- for ‘green chemistry,’ reducing poten- sustain outstanding student programs
Lowell city councilor, deputy adminis-
cles. The Green Chemistry fellow is tially hazardous waste through but also will make UMass Lowell better
trator of the Veteran’s Administration
doctoral student Vineet Dua, who is smarter production. Metathesis is an known as a center for thoughtful and
and Fifth District U.S. representative
working on semiconductors and example of how important basic sci- inspired discussion about international
from 1961 to 1972. At the United
renewable substrates. Sappi is provid- ence has been applied for the benefit issues,” said Bergeron, who, along with
Nations, he was undersecretary general
ing the specialized electro-conductive of man, society and the environment.” Denning, has been a major financial
for political and general assembly
papers to be used in research on low supporter of the University’s programs
affairs, director of the Development
in international relations and political
Program and founder and head of the
science.
Teddy Bears Rain in Dollars for Office of Emergency Operations for
Morse’s widow, Josephine, said
Africa. He led the review of the contro-
that she and her daughter, Stephanie,
Make-A-Wish Foundation versial Sardar Sarovar Dam Project in
are “enormously pleased” about the
India for the World Bank, which
endowment.
exposed potential major environmental
“Although my late husband’s inter-
damage and mistreatment of indige-
Athletics Event national responsibilities took him
nous people.
around the world many times, he
Raises $1,000
always had a special place in his heart
A
t a December UMass Lowell
hockey game, fans aimed their
plastic-wrapped Teddy Bears at
UML Campus Transformation Project
Rowdy the River Hawk’s shopping
cart as he skated around the rink.
Later, kids collected the bears off the T
he Service Excellence Team aims for the ideal campus experience
ice so they could be brought to Lowell
for faculty, staff and students. To read the whole story go to
General Hospital’s Children’s Place
www. Uml.edu/enews for the first in a series on the Transformation
pediatric unit. Fans purchased bears
teams’ efforts.
prior to the game for $10, proceeds s Rowdy the River Hawk wheels his shopping
from which were donated to the Make- cart around the ice as a target for fans throwing
A-Wish Foundation. Barnes and Noble their pre-purchased Teddy Bears. Successful
tossers received gift certificates to Barnes and
Bookstores and UMass Lowell
Noble Bookstores.
Athletics sponsored the fundraiser.
Non-Profit Org
U.S. Postage
PAID
Lowell, MA 01854
PERMIT No. 69
Publications Office
University of Massachusetts Lowell
One University Avenue
Lowell, MA01854
s Young fans collect Teddy Bears after the toss so that they could be Deadline for the Next Issue
brought to the Lowell General Hospital’s Children’s Place pediatric unit. of the Shuttle Is Feb. 3