Five faculty were awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor in January. They are (left to right): Julie de Sherbinin (Russian), a Chekhov expert who has written extensively on Russian literature; Shelby Nelson (physics), an expert on semiconductors and their properties; Duncan Tate (physics), who conducts research on laser spectroscopy; Mary Beth Mills (anthropology), a specialist on peasant societies particularly in Southeast Asia; and Raffael Scheck (history), who specializes in German history.