{"id":60852,"date":"2022-05-17T10:49:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T14:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/?p=60852"},"modified":"2024-09-08T09:53:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T13:53:11","slug":"2022-arts-sciences-faculty-staff-student-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/2022-arts-sciences-faculty-staff-student-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Arts & Sciences Faculty, Staff & Student Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are pleased to announce the many awards and prizes that faculty, staff, and students in the College and Graduate Schoool of Arts & Sciences have received this year.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

University Prizes<\/strong><\/p>\n

John S. Perkins Award for Distinguished Service<\/a><\/p>\n

The Distinguished Service Awards were established in 1981 by the Faculty Council and since 1984 have been sponsored by the estate of John S. Perkins, who served the University for over fifty years in various capacities as faculty member, member of the administration, Trustee, and Treasurer. These awards, presented annually by the Faculty Council to three members of the Boston University family, are in recognition of distinguished services to the University. They carry a prize of $500 and a plaque recognising the service of the recipient to Boston University.<\/em><\/p>\n

Francis Antonelli, Media Resources Specialist, Geddes Language Center<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"FrancisThis year marks Antonelli\u2019s 37th anniversary at the Geddes Language Center. The language lab, part of CAS, has audiovisual recording studios, a podcasting station, production services, and more, all of which fall under Antonelli\u2019s purview. He is also responsible for videotaping events, interviews, and classes when necessary. In his letter of recommendation for Antonelli, Geddes Language Center director S. Mark Lewis noted that Antonelli was one of the few employees who remained in person during the pandemic shutdown. When student employees returned to work, \u201cthere [was] no underestimating how great the toll of isolation and distancing had taken on everyone up to that point during the pandemic, especially on young adults,\u201d Lewis wrote. \u201cFrank not only knew, but also understood this and acted in a way that was engaging, caring, and supportive. He made a big difference in the lives of others at the Geddes Center, as he has done throughout his many decades there.\u201d Antonelli says he\u2019s constantly challenged by his work; he describes the center as a stimulating, multicultural workplace. In his job, he also conducts archival work for several departments, including the Gotlieb Center. \u201cBut in the end, it\u2019s the intelligent, kind, and interesting people that I\u2019ve had the pleasure to work with for almost four decades now that\u2019s most rewarding,\u201d Antonelli says.<\/em><\/p>\n

Cynthia Bradford, Proposal Development Specialist, Department of Biology<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Cynthia\u201cInvaluable resource,\u201d \u201cmajor stabilising force,\u201d and \u201cunflappable\u201d are three descriptors nominators used in letters nominating Bradford. As the proposal development specialist in the biology department, it is her job to shepherd grant proposals in the department, which in the last year alone has received 70 awards, totalling over $12 million in funding. Her method of flagging possible grants for faculty and pre-preparing and editing the final application saves faculty hours of time, wrote Kimberly McCall, a CAS professor and chair of biology. Bradford started working at BU in 1982 and recalls asking HR for a position that would \u201cprovide some challenge.\u201d She landed at the Center for Adaptive Systems and its subsequent spinoffs, working in roles such as assistant director and administrative director of the Center of Excellence for Learning in Education, Science, and Technology (CELEST), a National Science Foundation Science of Learning Center. In April 2015 she shifted to the biology department. In a joint recommendation letter, colleagues Ian Davison, a CAS associate professor of biology, and postdoctoral biology fellow Kevin Monk wrote of how several junior faculty launched their labs in highly competitive funding environments over the past few years and Bradford\u2019s important role in helping make that happen. \u201cCindy\u2019s deep knowledge and steady support\u201d has been incredibly valuable to these junior faculty members, they wrote, adding that she \u201cgives no less attention and dedication to early-stage researchers\u201d than to older, more established researchers. Bradford is retiring at the end of this summer, and since she and her husband are both classical pianists and voracious readers, she says, they are looking forward to having more time each day to pursue these interests. They are also pondering a move to a warmer locale, where they could pursue another hobby: snorkeling. \u201cThe work has been fascinating,\u201d Bradford says of her BU career. \u201cI\u2019m going to miss the intellectual stimulation\u2014and seeing the baby geese along the Charles each spring\u2014but will miss the people the most, some of whom have become good friends over the years.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Arts & Sciences Teaching, Advising, and Staff Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

On May 11, during the final faculty meeting of the academic year, and May 16, during the Staff Appreciation Event, the Dean’s Office announced the annual awards honoring faculty and staff members’ contributions to the College of Arts & Sciences. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies Joe Bizup announced the teaching awards; Associate Dean for Student Academic Life Steve Jarvi announced the advising awards; Assistant Dean for Curriculum & Enrollment Services Daryl Healea and Director for Graduate Affairs Alyssa Baker announced the staff awards; and Dean Stan Sclaroff announced the Susan Jackson Awards.<\/em><\/p>\n