Dr. Alex Hall, a member of JIFRESSE's Steering Committee and Assistant Director, has been promoted to Professor, effective July 1, 2012. Dr. Qinbin Li, also a Steering Committee Member and Assistant Director of the Center for Research on the Tibetan Plateau and Global Change (within the purview of the Master Affiliation Agreement between UCLA and Peking University), has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, effective July 1, 2012.