Fourteen faculty sabbaticals have been approved for the 2016-17 academic year: Mehmet Barut, associate professor, FREDS; Robert Bubp, associate professor, art and design; Ngoyi Bukonda, professor, public health sciences; Margaret Dawe, associate professor, English; Yanwu Ding, associate professor, EECS; Mark Foley, professor, music; Deborah Gordon, associate professor, women's studies; Gregory Houseman, associate professor, biological sciences; Charles Martin, professor, marketing; Achita Muthitacharoen, associate professor, FREDS; Vinod Namboodiri, associate professor, EECS; Evan Palmer, associate professor, psychology; Francis Russell, associate professor, biology; and Semih Tartaroglu, associate professor, FREDS.