- Paul Calhoun, who has served two years as interim dean of special programs, has agreed to serve permanently as dean, beginning immediately.
- Controversial author Peter Beinart will be on campus Nov. 8 as this fall's featured Jacob Perlow lecturer.
- Ben-Gurion University scholar Daniella Talmon-Heller will discuss Jerusalem's sanctity in Islam from the seventh century until the 21st century and the role it is expected to play at the end of times in a Sept. 20 talk that is free and open to the public.
- Carlo Rotella will draw upon music, literature, and film to show how the industrial city survives in American culture. His talk is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, in Davis Auditorium.