CONTENTS Letter from the Dean Of Poetry, Professors, and Soldiers Splitting the Research First Ryan Professor Studying Earlylanguageacquisition Framing a Career Above and Beyond Karen Armstrong on Campus From Research to Relief Work Senior Art Show

Excerpts -- Plagiarism Going Virtual Belfast Diary Starting Out . . . . . . and Finishing Up Italy Second Acts Visiting Writer Series Retirements Climbing

Italy For three weeks last May and June students (pictured on the steps of a church in Siena) traveled to Italy to participate in the IC program Italy: Language and Culture, led by Professor Sabatino G. Maglione, modern languages and literatures, and Rachel Gould, assistant director for study abroad. Based in Siena, the group visited museums and historical sites there and in Florence, Pisa, San Gimignano, Montepulciano, Venice, Cinque Terre, and Rome. A similar program is being offered this spring. Photo by Rachel Gould

Letter from the Dean | Of Poetry, Professors, and Soldiers | Splitting the Research | First Ryan Professor | Studying Earlylanguageacquisition | Framing a Career | Above and Beyond | Karen Armstrong on Campus | From Research to Relief Work | Senior Art Show Excerpts -- Plagiarism | Going Virtual | Belfast Diary | Starting Out . . . | . . . and Finishing Up | Italy | Second Acts | Visiting Writer Series | Retirements | Climbing