Upon completing his term as Chair of the Doctoral Program Committee (DPC), effective May 6, 2018 Prof. Alexios Antypas has passed the torch to Prof. Guntra Aistara. We are grateful for Prof. Antypas’ service and reassured that the program will be in the good hands with Prof. Aistara. The DPC is now guiding a very healthy doctoral program with 28 full-time and 5 part-time students. Prof. Aistara will be serving as Chair for a term of three years.