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University graduate programs score high in latest U.S. News rankings

University graduate programs score high in latest U.S. News rankings

The numbers are in. The 2002 U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings were released earlier this month, with three Princeton departments among the top five nationwide, and an additional three departments rated in the top 10.Princeton's top-ranking graduate programs are history (number one, tied with Yale for first and retaining the number-one position from last year), economics (number two, tied with Harvard, Stanford, and the University of Chicago, and moving up two positions from 2001) and the Wilson School (number four, tied with University of California, Berkeley, and falling one spot from last year).Other programs in the top ten include English (number six, tied with Cornell, moving up one place from 2001), politics (number six, no change in the past year) and sociology (number nine, retaining its position from last year). The psychology department fell two positions, from number nine in 2001 to number eleven this year.Math and science rankings have not been updated since 1999.

NEWS | 04/04/2001

A summer riding on a big (garbage) truck

I have to admit I was less than thrilled when I first found out that the summer job my mom had gotten for me was riding on a garbage truck in the middle of the night.

NEWS | 04/04/2001

A melting pot: Cultures showcased at Frist for the 2001 International Festival

Yes, 400 pieces of sushi for the reception on Thursday."Listening to Paula Chow, director of the University's International Center, orchestrate the last-minute details for this week's International Festival, one observes the development of an event that, like so many things, started small.In 1974, before the IC was even in existence, Chow organized a small gathering of faculty and students, providing attendees the opportunity to celebrate their diverse international backgrounds.

NEWS | 04/04/2001

Ressa speaks at APAHM inauguration

Yesterday marked the kickoff of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Opening ceremonies took place at the Third World Center last night featuring guest speaker PJ Kim and visiting humanities professor Maria Ressa as keynote speaker.Ressa spoke about Asian-American identity and her experiences as a Filipino immigrant."What's Asian-American?" she said.

NEWS | 04/03/2001

University to address residential college advising with new directors of studies

New directors of studies are being hired as part of an initiative put forward by the Office of the Dean of the College, the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students and the residential colleges in an effort to improve advising in the residential colleges.

NEWS | 04/03/2001

Wilkinson to discuss ACLU and free speech

A 132,000-page FBI file. One year in prison under dubious circumstances. Thirty-eight years of government surveillance.

NEWS | 04/03/2001

A Transcontinental Course

Princeton geosciences professor Lincoln Hollister splits his time between the comfortable confines of his Guyot Hall office and the mountain ranges and freezing winds of British Columbia, where he teaches Canadian high school students about the geology of the land on which they live.According to Hollister ? a world-renowned expert on the formation of mountains ? his students from north of the boarder ask, "Don't you have rocks in New Jersey?"To these questions he replies: Not rocks like these.And so he makes the 3,000-mile trip to the other coast every year. Hollister began his research on the west coast of Canada in the early 1990s as part of an interdisciplinary research project called ACCRETE.

NEWS | 04/03/2001

Lecture to explore poems and culture

The beaming smile and laughter-creased face of Elizabeth Wojtusik on the Favorite Poem Project website tells it all.Undeniable emotion emanates even more as the Humarock, Mass., teaching consultant recites Robert Frost's "Out Out" aloud on video, testifying to poetry's powerful vocal art and personal connections.And that is exactly what Robert Pinsky, three-term Poet Laureate of the United States and mastermind behind the Favorite Poem Project, intended.These are also themes that Pinsky ? who currently teaches in the graduate writing program at Boston University, edits for the on-line journal Slate and contributes to The NewsHours with Jim Lehrer ? will evoke at this week's Tanner Lecture series, an annual event committed to advancing human values-related scholarly and scientific learning.Speaking on "American Culture and the Voice of Poetry," the award-winning poet will explore a variety of issues to appeal to many students and faculty.

NEWS | 04/03/2001

DEC alumni buy Cannon Club facility

The alumni graduate board of Dial, Elm and Cannon Club officially exercised their option to repurchase Notestein Hall ? former home of Cannon Club ? and the surrounding land last week and intend to reopen the former eating club facility, according to University Vice President and Secretary Thomas Wright '62."They sent us a certified letter [to complete the repurchase]," Wright said.

NEWS | 04/03/2001

Breaking the glass

For Courtney Weiner '01, the decision to attend law school after her graduation from college came before she even graduated from kindergarten.

NEWS | 04/02/2001

Shapiro supports stem cell research

President Shapiro recently joined with key leaders of 111 other academic institutions to advocate sustained federal funding for biomedical stem cell research."I have spent quite a lot of time thinking and working on this issue," said Shapiro, who chaired the President's National Bioethics Advisory Commission in 1999.The group of college and university leaders signed a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson on March 26.

NEWS | 04/02/2001

Faculty meeting held at Nassau Hall

Members of the University faculty discussed a series of curriculum alterations and modifications to the University's policy on intellectual property during their monthly meeting in Nassau Hall yesterday afternoon.The curriculum changes will include additions and cancellations of courses to next year's course catalogue.These changes will affect the chemistry, classics, geosciences, molecular biology, psychology and religion departments, as well as the Program for the Study of Women and Gender.The University policy on intellectual property, which the faculty discussed at length, covers ownership of copyrights for computer programs and in cases where the University provides substantial resources for the development of a work, as well as conflicts associated with electronic courseware.In the spring of 2000, the faculty appointed four members to the Ad-Hoc Committee on Intellectual Property to address major concerns with the policy.

NEWS | 04/02/2001

Bowen reports on interplay between academics and athletics at universities

In their new book "The Game of Life," Dr. William Bowen, University president emeritus, and co-author James Shulman present a study of intercollegiate athletics, including Princeton's own program.Bowen and Shulman studied the relationship between intercollegiate athletics and academics.

NEWS | 04/02/2001

Student meeting addresses town-gown relations

In the days when Princeton was known as a "southern school," an escaped slave ? named Jimmy Johnson ? befriended students of the University.

NEWS | 04/02/2001

Their graduation dates fifty years apart, the classes of 1952 and 2002 are forging a unique relationship through a program of lectures, informal mentoring and internships.

When the Class of 1952 roamed the paths of Princeton, the University did not have Frist Campus Center and e-mail ? or female undergraduates for that matter.

NEWS | 04/02/2001

The forgotten Princetonians

Kiera Duffy can't escape the music. In her world, it's everywhere.Tenors and sopranos echo in the chapel as an audience waits attentively upon every rise and fall in intonation.

NEWS | 04/01/2001

Bartels appointed to N.J. redistricting committee to address census shifts

At the conclusion of each census ? held every 10 years ? states redraw their voting districts to ensure that each person has equal voting power.A 10-member apportionment commission ? comprising five Democrats and five Republicans ? is charged by the New Jersey constitution to remap the state's 40 districts in accordance with the state's population shifts.However, politics can make realignment decisions difficult."In the last three times, there has been an impasse," said David Anderson, director of professional and governmental services at New Jersey's Supreme Court.

NEWS | 04/01/2001

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