On September 23, the Board of Trustees confirmed the appointment or reappointment of five faculty to endowed chair positions. We are grateful to the donors whose generosity made these endowed chairs possible. And congratulations to our faculty whose excellence in research, scholarship, and teaching is recognized through these coveted appointments:

• Professor Brenda Jo Brueggemann, Department of English, reappointed to the Aetna Chair of Writing in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Associate Professor Shalabh Gupta, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, appointed to the Pratt & Whitney Associate Professorship in Advanced Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering
• Professor Guozhen Lu, Department of Mathematics, appointed to the Stuart and Joan Sidney Professorship in Mathematics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Professor Manisha Sinha, Department of History, reappointed to the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Associate Professor Hongyi Xu, School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering, appointed to the Pratt & Whitney Associate Professorship in Advanced Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering