Innovation and Excellence in the Arts and Sciences
History Professor Alex Gribanov, winner of a prestigious fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Gribanov, received a prestigious yearlong fellowship from the NEH in order to write a book on the history of the "Chronicle of Current Events." The “Chronicle” was an underground bulletin recording abuses of human rights in the Soviet Union. It existed despite the enormous pressure from the Soviet regime from May 1968 to mid-1983. Gribanov has also signed a contract with the Yale University Press, Series "Annals of Communism," which will publish the book drawn from his research. In addition to the NEH fellowship, Gribanov has received a small grant from Simon Guggenheim Foundation for 2009.
Philosophy Professor Axel Seemann receives grant from the National Science Foundation
Professor Seemann received a grant from the NSF in support of an interdisciplinary conference on Joint Attention, which is to take place at Bentley University in October 2009. The conference is concerned with a hotly debated topic in developmental and comparative psychology, the philosophy of mind, and social neuroscience, and will bring a range of international experts in these fields to Bentley. Seemann returns to Bentley after having spent the spring 2009 semester as a Visiting Researcher at the University of Hertfordshire (UK). This fellowship enabled him to work on the role of narratives in action explanation and to continue his research in the field of social cognition in collaboration with his host department's faculty members.
English Professor George Ellenbogen invited to give readings of most recent collection, Morning Gothic: New and Selected Poems
Professor Ellenbogen was invited to give several prestigious readings at universities across the United States and abroad in cities such as Dresden, Freiburg, and Salzburg. (The reading at the Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg was sponsored by the U.S. Embassy, the Jewish Cultural Center, the University of Salzburg, and the Salzburg Global Seminar. The Salzburg Global Seminar, the main sponsor, is an international series that was inaugurated by the late Margaret Mead and, more recently, has featured Vaclav Havel and Warren Christopher.) The readings were primarily from Ellenbogen’s most recent collection, Morning Gothic: New and Selected Poems (Montreal, Véhicule Press, 2007), but the event around which the readings were organized was the launch of the French edition of that collection, Matin d’horreur (Paris: l’Harmattan, 2008). The event consisted of a bilingual reading with the French renditions being read by Ellenbogen’s translator, Jean Migrenne. In Salzburg, the event was sponsored by the Salzburg Global Seminar, the U.S. Embassy and the University of Salzburg. In October 2009, Ellenbogen will read at an international poetry festival in Trois Rivières.
English Professor Ruth Spack, Recipient of the Sally K. Lenhardt Professional Leadership Award, presented by Lesley University
Professor Spack received the Sally K. Lenhardt Professional Leadership Award, presented by Lesley University. The award honors an alumna/us for professional leadership in education, human services, management or the arts. In addition to the Lenhardt award, an article published in the "American Indian Culture and Research Journal" in 2000 by Spack was selected for publication in a collection of journal articles commemorating the 40th anniversary of the UCLA American Indian Studies Center Press. Articles were selected for their “significance in shaping the field of American Indian Studies.”
Astronomy Professor George Fishman receives 2009 Gregory H. Adamian Excellence in Teaching Award
Professor Fishman (Natural and Applied Sciences) received the 2009 Gregory H. Adamian Excellence in Teaching Award was presented to George P. Fishman, senior lecturer in astronomy, for full-time teaching. The Adamian award was endowed by Chancellor Adamian in 1979. Every year a faculty member is recognized for her or his outstanding teaching. Recipients of the Adamian award are expected to 
challenge students' intellectual abilities to the fullest degree and stimulate them to original and creative thinking, as well as displaying exceptional concern for students and their work. For the past 15 years, Fishman has been teaching a variety of astronomy classes at Bentley and is currently launching a new elective course on the U.S. Space Program.
NOW IN PRINT: Helen Meldrum (Psychology, Natural and Applied Sciences), Characteristics of Compassion: Portraits of Exemplary Physicians (Jones & Bartlett)
“As informative and fascinating as the individual profiles that appear in this book are, Helen Meldrum paints a larger portrait of what medicine can be practiced by its most noble practitioners. Young would-be physicians should read this book with the goal of learning what it means to be a healer; and medical school admissions committees ought to put aside science grades and use this book instead as a metaphorical stethoscope to listen to the hearts of their hopeful applicants.” – Edward Krupat, PhD Director, Center for Evaluation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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