Senate Scholarly Activities Committee grants new faculty scholar awards The Senate Scholarly Activities Committee (SSAC) is pleased to announce the following New Faculty Scholar Awards. Thirteen applications were received for this award; the total amount requested was $61,218.80. New Faculty Scholar Awards provide support for research and creative activity of assistant professors who have completed less than three years at UND. Criteria used to review applications included excellence of the application, potential national prominence of the applicant, and potential for future external funding, if applicable. * Olaf Berwald (Modern and Classical Languages and Literature), $4,400, “Modern Ethics: Art, Power, and the Unconscious” * Elizabeth Harris Behling (English), $2,500, “This Is the Garden: Translation of Giulio Mozzi’s Short-Story Collection,’Questo e’ il giardino’” * Ronnie Ingle (Music), $5,000, “Implementation of MIDI Wind Controller Technology” * Wesley Smith (Art), $5,000, “Far From Home” * Daphne Stevens (Sociology), $1,759.80, “Can He Really Change a Diaper?: Fathers Up Against the Barrier of Maternal Gatekeeping” * Jeffrey Sun (Educational Leadership), $5,000, “The Politics of Academic Freedom” -- B. P. Bandyopadhyay, Chair, Senate Scholarly Activities Committee, Mechanical Engineering, bishubandyo@mail.und.nodak.edu, 777-3844