Connor Simpkins '25 serves as Editor-in-Chief. Previous Index leadership positions include Managing Editor and Campus Opinions editor. The New York Times awarded him an "honorable mention" for his response in the 2023 Summer Reading Contest for his contribution "Drowning Is No. 1 Killer of Young Children. U.S. Efforts to Fix It Are Lagging." In 2024, he earned Silver Keys from the Philadelphia-area Scholastic Writing Awards for his articles "Students reflect on the two-year anniversary of COVID" and "James Webb Space Telescope poised to change our understanding of space."