This issue contains: Alumni Association News: From the Office of Alumni Affairs: Introducing the Newest Members of the Alumni Association Executive Board (Susan Ackerman, Donald Schlafer, Mark Olcott); College News: Organ Formation as it Relates to Birth Defects (Natasza Kurpios), College Welcomes New Faculty (Galinde van de Walle, Ryane Englas, Katie Kelly, Sirgiy Libert, Bethany Cummings, Andrew Miller, Joshua Chappie), Holter Monitors: High Tech and Comfy (Shari Hemsley), Clinical Trial Explores Feline Thyroid, Faculty Author Textbooks (William Miller, Thomas Kern), Question and Answer with the Dean (Michael I Kotlikoff); Development News: Scholarship Takes Flight with First Recipient (Marina Vaerst); Student News: Student Takes Southside to Syracuse, Students Organize Ride for Pet Health; Events: An Open Invitation from Current Students to Former Students.