Welcome to the September issue of the CLAS faculty and staff newsletter. A few weeks into the semester, there's already a lot to share.

This month you'll find updates on our Ida Beam visiting scholars and artists, new faculty research on childhood development, the staff who support student writers, and colleagues rethinking how they teach and write. We're also recognizing recent employee milestones and offering a first look at the CLAS alumni store, which will be shared later this month in our first CLAS-wide alumni newsletter reaching more than 80,000 graduates.

Thank you for all you do each day to make CLAS the heart of this university.