diff --git a/content/home/faculty.md b/content/home/faculty.md
index bf256fe..78d674b 100644
--- a/content/home/faculty.md
+++ b/content/home/faculty.md
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ title = "Faculty"
   title = "Assistant Professor"
   img = "lindsey_kuper.jpg"
   
+[[people]]
+  name = "Mohsen Lesani"
+  www = "https://mohsenlesani.github.io/"
+  title = "Associate Professor"
+  img = "mohsen_lesani.jpg"
+  
 [[people]]
   name = "Ike Nassi"
   www = "https://www.soe.ucsc.edu/people/inassi/"
diff --git a/content/home/news.md b/content/home/news.md
index e54d6b3..fe12aa1 100755
--- a/content/home/news.md
+++ b/content/home/news.md
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ active = false
 
 ### Add your new news items to the *top*, right below this comment.
 
+[[news]]
+  kind = "any"
+  date = "January 15, 2024"
+  content = "Associate Professor Mohsen Lesani has joined UC Santa Cruz and the LSD Lab. Welcome, Mohsen!"
 
 [[news]]
    kind = "award"
diff --git a/static/img/mohsen_lesani.jpg b/static/img/mohsen_lesani.jpg
new file mode 100644
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