I have a new role on campus as faculty director of the Engaged Listening project.  In and out of the classroom, we are trying to create spaces for close listening and productive disagreements that build rather than undo the relationships that make up our intellectual community.  This effort is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon foundation and by dozens of students, staff, and faculty already doing great work in this space.  http://engagedlistening.middcreate.net/