The University demonstrated its commitment to teaching excellence by moving the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) to Palmer Commons, U-M's newest research facility near the center of campus, said Lester Monts, senior vice provost for academic affairs. Monts, Provost Paul N. Courant and other officials welcomed CRLT to its new headquarters at a Dec. 7 open house. For years, CRLT staffers joked about having to climb 62 steps to reach their old offices in a corner of the School of Education. Director Connie Cook noted that in the last year, faculty and graduate student instructors made more than 12,000 contacts with CRLT, and said the improved work space will include a new library with videos and books to assist faculty in further improving teaching. "This place has become a national model with extraordinary reach across campus,'' Courant said. Shown here are Don Brown, former director of CRLT; Cook; and Cindy Finelli, coordinator of engineering education at CRLT. (Photo by Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo Services)