On Sept. 19-20, 2025, the Classics Department hosted an international conference / workshop entitled “Oratory and Rhetoric in the Generation before Cicero,” organized by Matthew Roller. Department Chair Karen ni Mheallaigh stands in the far left of this picture. The conferees, from left to right, are Alexandra Eckert, Henriette van der Blom, Matthew Roller, John Dugan, Christopher Burden-Strevens, Silvia Lacorte, and Brian Krostenko.