Chaiman O'Kelly reports that we have successfully completed the process for Steven Quiring to join us as a Professor in the fall. He will be bringing several members of his graduate student team. This will inject substantial new energy into our Climate and Atmospheric Science program. Welcome Steve! Faculty members have worked hard on this initiative and Chairman O'Kelly is very grateful to the search committee (David Bromwich (chair), Bryan Mark, Alvaro Montenegro, and Michael Durand) and the personnel committee (Ed Malecki (chair), Becky Mansfield, Harvey Miller, Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Mat Coleman and Alvaro Montenegro) for their efforts.