Systematics Symposium The 48th Annual Systematics Symposium held on October 12–13, 2001, featured a distinguished group of experts who addressed the topic of "Biological Invasions." Sarah Reichard, University of Washington and Peter White, North Carolina Botanical Garden moderated the session. Mick Richardson continues as the coordinator of the Symposium, with the assistance of Eloise Cannady, Jeany Davidse, Lois Ganss, Sandy Lopez, Brenda Sneed, and Azemina "Zemka" Zeljkovic.
	News from MO 2001 was created by Kathy Hurlbert, Leslie Miller, Eloise Cannady and Mary Merello (October 2001) and placed on the MOBOT webserver 1/22/02.