Frank R. Baumgartner, professor, political science department, Pennsylvania State University, will spend the 2004–2005 academic year on sabbatical leave at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy and at Science Po in Paris, France.

Jonathan Bendor, Walter and Elise Haas Professor of Political Economics and Organizations, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, was appointed a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Michael Berkman, associate professor, political science department, Pennsylvania State University, will spend the fall 2004 semester on sabbatical leave completing a book on educational politics.