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+++ b/handbook.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "WPI Faculty Handbook"
 version: 3.0
-date: DATE
+date: July 1, 2025
 ---
 
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@@ -3518,7 +3518,9 @@ during their probationary appointment are entitled to stop the tenure
 clock for one year, thus postponing the mandatory tenure review and
 the academic year in which the tenure decision will be made. The
 stopping of the tenure clock will be automatically granted by the
-Provost upon written notification by the faculty member.  Procedure
+Provost upon written notification by the faculty member.
+
+*Procedure*  
 Notification to stop the tenure clock must be submitted to the Provost
 in writing. A copy of the notification must also be sent to the
 appropriate Dean and Department Head. For a biological child, the
@@ -3588,7 +3590,7 @@ In this case, CTAF shall oversee the tenure review of those faculty
 members who are on the tenure track at WPI and have been nominated for
 tenure by any voting faculty member consistent with the minimum time
 that must be served on a probationary appointment prior to the tenure
-review described in [Chapter Two: Academic Appointments, Section
+review (described in [Chapter Two: Academic Appointments, Section
 3.a.i](chapter-2.html#chapter-2-section-3ai) and in [Chapter Three:
 Tenure, Section 1](chapter-3.html#chapter-3-section-1)). Notification
 of these early tenure nominations are due in the Faculty Governance
@@ -7589,20 +7591,20 @@ Generally, an invention, software, or other copyrightable material,
 will not be considered to have been developed using WPI funds or
 facilities if:
 
-+ 1. only a minimal amount of unrestricted funds has been used; and
+1. only a minimal amount of unrestricted funds has been used; and
 
-+ 2. the Intellectual Property has been developed outside of the
+2. the Intellectual Property has been developed outside of the
 assigned area of research of the inventor(s)/author(s) under a
 research assistantship or sponsored project; and
 
-+ 3. only a minimal amount of time has been spent using significant WPI
+3. only a minimal amount of time has been spent using significant WPI
 facilities or only insignificant facilities and equipment have been
 utilized (note: use of office, library, machine shop facilities, and
 of traditional desktop personal computers are examples of facilities
 and equipment that are not considered significant); and
 
-+ 4. the development has been made on the personal, unpaid time of
-the inventor(s)/author.
+4. the development has been made on the personal, unpaid time of the
+inventor(s)/author.
  
 #### iv. Intellectual Property Developed Under Sponsored Research Agreements
 
@@ -7761,7 +7763,7 @@ and be submitted in writing to the President of WPI and to the
 Committee on Governance.  When a request for an appeal is received, an
 Appeal Board shall promptly be appointed.
 
-+ 11.1 The Appeal Board is composed of five persons, three appointed by
+1. The Appeal Board is composed of five persons, three appointed by
 the Committee on Governance and two appointed by the WPI
 administration.  The COG-appointed members shall be members of the
 faculty chosen from a current list of tenure-track faculty members who
@@ -7775,7 +7777,7 @@ interest in the outcome of its decisions, including people who have
 participated in the decision that is under appeal, shall be appointed
 to the Appeal Board.
 
-+ 11.2 The Appeal Board shall promptly meet, elect a chair, and hear the
+2. The Appeal Board shall promptly meet, elect a chair, and hear the
 appeal.  The Appeal Board shall receive written briefs from each party
 to the dispute, take oral presentations open to all parties and their
 counsels, and receive written emendations to the written briefs.  The