Our Foundations and FrontiersThese four areas represent the most compelling and far-reaching opportunities for SAS to integrate important and rapidly emerging areas of knowledge and inquiry at a school-wide level in the next several years. While building on existing strengths, these initiatives will also require strategic investment in faculty, facilities, education programs, and research activities. Each one of these new initiatives holds the promise for accelerating the pace of discovery and promoting pedagogical innovation. Each draws upon and will benefit (to varying degrees) the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, as well as other parts of the University.