Robert Loftis, a former U.S. ambassador to Lesotho and current international relations professor at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, was named associate dean for studies at Pardee Jan. 24. 

Monday was World AIDS Day. Modern medicine in the United States has removed most of the fear factor that comes with Autoimmune Deficiency Syndrome. A lot of people aren’t as well informed about it, because...