It is with great sorrow that we note the death of our colleague, Eileen O'Neill, Professor of Philosophy. Professor O'Neill was a founding member of the advisory board of the Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Humanities and Fine Arts (ISHA), the forerunner of the Interdisciplinary Studies Institute (ISI). Her contributions were vital to establishing ISHA as a sustainable venue for scholarly and artistic exchange between faculty here at UMass and to building the foundation for its eventual transformation into ISI. We feel her loss keenly.