Some news: Some news: Beginning June 10, I'll be serving as Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College of Arts & Letters at MSU. I'm enormously grateful for the excellent colleagues I'll get to work with in the dean's office, as well as for the opportunity to help the college through a period of transition. Enormous thanks to our outgoing dean, @cplong and our incoming interim dean, Yen-Hwei Lin, for their encouragement and support!