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Princeton Weekly Bulletin   January 9, 2006, Vol. 95, No. 13   search   prev   next

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Page One
Book chronicles life of Nobel laureate, Princeton’s first black professor
Dobkin keeps pace with faculty interests

Inside
Campus supports Dillard reopening, other Katrina relief efforts
Dillard president, Detroit pastor to speak at King Day celebration
Curriculum offers employees opportunities for professional and personal growth
Staff members graduate from skill-building program
Early admission offered to 599 students

People
Former ambassador to Israel and Egypt appointed visiting professor
Edmund King, scholar of Spanish literature, dies at age 91
Faculty promotions, appointments, resignations
People, spotlight

Almanac
Calendar of events
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By the numbers

Fulbright awards

Princeton is a top producer of Fulbright awards for postgraduate study abroad in 2005-06.

Among U.S. research universities (as classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching), Princeton ties for ninth place with 16 alumni winning Fulbrights this year. The other schools with 16 awards are Brown, Duke and Penn.

Leading the category are: the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor with 26; Harvard with 25; Yale with 24; Columbia and the University of California-Berkeley with 23 each; Stanford with 19; the University of Wisconsin-Madison with 18; and Johns Hopkins with 17.

The Fulbright program was established in 1946 to demonstrate U.S. commitment to democratic values worldwide. It is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. The program operates in more than 140 countries and awards approximately 4,500 new grants each year, including funding for roughly 1,100 American students to study or conduct research abroad.

The countries in which Princeton award winners planned to study this year include Argentina, Germany, Greece, Morocco, Hong Kong, Syria and Brazil.

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education and Institute of International Education