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An array of academic, musical, artistic, and athletic events, which only ���سԹ� could offer, made Homecoming a great success. Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make the weekend a hit. I am also very much looking forward to the second weekend in October when ���سԹ� will host a landmark environmental conference, “After Fossil Fuels: The Next Economy.” The conference will bring together some of the most innovative and influential thinkers in the world with key elected officials who have a solid and active track record on climate change issues.

I hope everyone had a good summer. And I wish you all the best in the coming academic year. As you all know, this is a presidential election year. The campaign will kick into overdrive in the days and weeks ahead. I am writing to encourage everyone to engage with the political process and get out and vote come Election Day.

President Marvin Krislov thanks those who helped make Commencement/Reunion Weekend 2016 a success; shares ���سԹ�’s efforts to address campus concerns regarding bias, sexual misconduct, and disability; and congratulates the Preying Manti on the team’s successful season.

As Eric Estes’ tenure as ���سԹ�’s dean of students comes to a close, President Krislov talks with him about his accomplishments and some of his favorite memories.

���سԹ� will host two outstanding symposia this weekend: the seventh-annual Senior Symposium and How Complexity Science is Changing Our Understanding of the World, the second in a series of symposia funded by a gift from the Oppenheim family.

This month brings a myriad of events to campus—events that facilitate student, faculty, and staff engagement with some of the most complex issues of our time.

Every year as the All Roads Lead to ���سԹ� admissions events begin, I am reminded just how friendly, warm, and open ���سԹ�’s students, faculty, staff, and residents are.

Midterms are upon us and Tuesday is election day in Ohio. In these stressful times, remember to take care of your physical and emotional health.

Today I address a topic many in the ���سԹ� community have been discussing at length: a blog that published selected screen shots of an ���سԹ� assistant professor’s personal social media posts, characterizing them as anti-Semitic.

I spoke with Tim Elgren to discuss what he and Arts and Sciences faculty have been doing to create a more inclusive learning environment—from hiring more diverse faculty and supporting traditionally underrepresented students to increasing collaboration between the college and conservatory.