This news item is about: On October 1, 2017, Dr. Robert Weiss began his term as the next Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, following in the footsteps of Dr. Bettina Wagner, who served from 2014 to 2017. Weiss, a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, has a deep foundation in research—his lab studies how genomic instability and metabolic dysfunction affect mammalian development and tumorigenesis—and is excited to take on a new role in the College. “I’m excited about this opportunity,” he says. “I’m very passionate about the areas that this administrative position oversees.”