Can you believe it's already Week 4 of fall term? Everything's already up and running at Carleton, including the dozens of student groups that attracted new members at the recent Involvement Fair. Campus will be even busier over the next several weekends, thanks to Homecoming (the football team is off to a 4-0 start, with plenty of accolades to match) and Family Weekend. Faculty are hardly slowing down; four members of the math and statistics departments have recently won major grants, and Carleton continues (for the 13th straight year!) to be ranked as the nation's best school for undergraduate teaching. And congrats to Sarah Berlin '12, selected as one of the inaugural cohort of Obama Foundation leaders! We hope good things are coming your way as well—if so, do let us know, and read on for more news from campus and beyond.

Nine professors from nine different departments were recently honored with appointments to endowed chairs. These distinguished positions provide recognition and support for superb educators who sustain the college's preeminence in the field of teaching. Read the full story.