Cyberbullying on campus

david_yamada — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:14:48 +0000

"Cyberbullying" has become a genuine problem on some college campuses, reports BU's Bostonia magazine in its Spring 2009 edition:

In summer 2007, a music professor at BU was shocked to learn that he had a Facebook page — in his name, with a recent photo and a spot-on bio. But, the professor recalls, “embedded in the document were really scurrilous things that were reputed to have been said by me, and they were quite unpleasant and ugly and immature.”

UMass: Economic Dynamo

tblade — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:53:53 +0000

What does UMass do with its $524 M in annual state funding? Why, it generates $3.5 billion in additional economic activity, of course:

"The University of Massachusetts is one of the stateâ€™s largest economic engines, generating $4 billion in economic activity each year, with every $1 of state support helping the university generate more than $8 in positive economic activityâ€¦.If UMass were a private or commercial company, it would not only be a globally competitive firm but one of the stateâ€™s largest drivers of economic growth. UMass is a $2 billion enterprise, with 15,000 employees â€“ making it one of the top 10 employers in Massachusetts â€“ $377 million in research and development investments and the site of three recently awarded, highly competitive national research centers."

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Cyberbullying on campus

UMass: Economic Dynamo