The Institute for the Encouragement of Outrageous Ideas is pleased to announce the appointment of Diana Slattery to the McKenna Chair of Xenolinguistics. Dr. Slattery brings her years of experience in multidimensional interspecies communication to the position. She is uniquely suited to the furthering of the Institute’s mission, having amassed an impressive resume of outrageous acts and through her contributions as a member of the Task Force to Define the Nature of the Outrageous.