Marine Science
G
raduate School Passes


by Chronicle staff

Feb. 18, 2000

The Board of Trustees approved the Intercampus Graduate School of Marine Sciences and Technology at its Feb. 2 meeting on the Boston campus.

Despite the expressed concerns of the Faculty Senate that the proposal for the school does not meet certain basic organizational standards, board members and system administrators seemed enthusiastic about the new venture.

"We have to make sure that our coasts and rivers, ...bays, ...and bogs...are safe and clean," said William Bulger, University president.

The new school has the potential to involve 26 master's programs and 20 doctoral programs from around the University system, according to Richard J. Panofsky, an associate vice chancellor at UMass Dartmouth.