We’re starting off the year with a January issue that offers alluring notes from invited speakers at this month’s Joint Mathematics Meetings in Seattle. We’ve also added to Notices a new Graduate Student Section, with email interviews by the first graduate student member of the Editorial Board, an enhanced version of the popular “WHAT IS..?” feature, and some excerpts from the AMS Graduate Student Blog. Additionally, our new “Back Page” includes a cartoon caption contest and an original comic strip to cap off each issue. Please enjoy, and send your comments and suggestions to Frank.Morgan@williams.edu, or better, post them with the new Commentary Feature on our webpage ams.org/notices.