Letter from the Dean

Letter from the Dean March 2003

Dear Colleagues –

These are confusing and frustrating times, to say the least. The U.S. led war against the Iraqi regime affects the whole world in one way or another. It certainly affects the university in and out of the classroom. If any particular problems arise, or if you need any clarification on policies, please don’t hesitate to contact me or the dean of faculties.

As I indicated in my previous announcement, I submitted eight proposals on behalf of the College to the Chancellor’s Commitment to Excellence Program. The full proposals may be viewed at http://www.indiana.edu/~college/faculty/ by clicking 2003 Commitment to Excellence Proposals in the PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES box. They have now been screened by a committee appointed by the Chancellor. After consultations with various groups the Chancellor will make her funding decisions by April 15th. I will keep you posted.

Faculty Accomplishments

Ed Bernstein (Printmaking, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts) is featured in Sarah Burns’ (Art History, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts) cover article, Edward Bernstein,"Ghosts", The Gallery, Bloomington in The Journal of the Mid America Print Council.

Barry Gealt (Painting, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts) has been invited as one of four Senior Scholars (two from USA and two from France) to be resident scholar in this year’s Terra Summer Residency in Giverny, France. The Terra Foundation’s goal is to formalize its vocation to promote intercultural dialogue between the United States and France through the promotion of interdisciplinary encounters amongst its participants. During their eight-week stay, senior artists and art history professors are in residence to mentor students and pursue their own work.

John McRae (Religious Studies) received a fellowship from the Japan Foundation for 2004-05.

Jan Nattier (Religious Studies) received an NEH fellowship for University Teachers for 2003-04. In addition, she has been awarded an American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) fellowship.

Madan Puri (Mathematics) is listed amongst 232 researchers from all over the world who are most cited for their articles in Mathematics category (which include all areas of Mathematics, Mathematical and Applied Statistics, Biostatistics and Probability). This listing was compiled by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI); see: http://www.isihighlycited.com/isi_copy/Comm_news26.htm Scott Robeson (Geography) won the Association of American Geographers Climate Specialty Group 2003 "Paper of the Year" Award for his article "Relationships between mean and standard deviation of air temperature: Implications for global warming," Climate Research, 22, 205-213.

Georgia Strange, Director of School of Fine Arts, presents her collaboration show Strange Deal with fellow artist and friend Georgia Deal at Gallery K (www.galleryk.com) in Washington, DC. The show runs from March 4-March 29.

The June Bateman Gallery in NYC (www.junebateman.com) will display a two part exhibition of the work of Jeffrey A. Wolin, (Ruth A Halls Professor, Photography, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts) on April 17-May 31. The main exhibition will be devoted to showing thirty-one gold and selenium toned prints from his most recent photographic series, Ancient Provenance: Layers of History in Southern France. A catalog has been prepared and published in conjunction with the exhibit. The second part will exhibit ten images from Wolin’s series Written in Memory: Portraits of the Holocaust marking the first time this work has been shown in a commercial gallery in New York. Although the photographs bear the weight of one of the most significant and tragic of modern historical events, both the photographs and the texts attend closely to the personal dimension of this history. Written in Memory... was presented as a traveling exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago, The International Center for Photography, New York, The Chrysler Museum of Art in Virginia, The Indianapolis Museum of Art, and The Haus Bill in Zurich. A selection of the works from this exhibit has been presented in Paris, Switzerland, Italy, and Barcelona.

Student Accomplishments

Pearl Chan, (PhD candidate, Anthropology) received a grant from the Government of Canada’s Canadian Studies Graduate Student Fellowship Program.

K. Ann Horsburgh (PhD candidate, Anthropology) published a book chapter entitled "A Genetic Study of a Translocated Guenmon Cercopithecus mona on Grenada in The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys” in Developments in Primatology (2002) edited by Mary E.Glenn and Marina Cords.

Cheers,

Swamy