2000

Feb.-June, 2000: The Quest, was a challenging series of word games about the history of the Graduate School with prizes for winning solutions, sponsored by the APGA. While the Quest is now officially over, we still encourage you to try your hand at solving the puzzles which remain on-line. In the process, you might learn something new about the history of the Graduate School.

May 26, 2000: APGA Reunions for graduate alumni from all departments; interdisciplinary panels and department programs; festive Cleveland Tower ceremony with dean's reception and carillon concert, Centennial kickoff dinner and courtyard concert by jazz guitarist Stanley Jordan '81, nightly tent hopping, and dancing.

May 27, 2000: "Educated Guesses: Cross-disciplinary Predictions for the Next Century" -- a symposium of distinguished graduate alumni, APGA joins the P-rade with a Brazilian band, evening Centennial concert and fireworks display, featuring the Centennial banner taken into orbit and back by Astronaut Daniel T. Barry *80.

May 28, 2000: Woodrow Wilson School Reunions

July 2 - Sept. 3, 2000: Summer Carillon Concert Series. Sundays, 1:00 p.m., at the Graduate College. Following the August 27 concert, a reception will be held for the community in honor of the Centennial of the Graduate School

Sept. 10, 2000: Opening Exercises and orientation week activities.

Sept. 11-12, 2000: "Parallel Pathways and Alternative Choices in Molecular Biology: Sequels to the Ph.D. Degree." Molecular Biology Centennial Symposium. Alumni pursuing careers in molecular biology and a wide variety of other fields will discuss their accomplishments and career choices.

Sept. 12, 2000: APGA Welcome reception

Sept. 16, 2000: Princeton Club of Northern California Alumni Continuing Education Program and Entrepreneurs Panel in honor of the Centennial of the Graduate School.

Sept. 17, 2000: "Jesus, Paul, and the Origins of Christianity." Centennial Public Lecture Series with Paula Fredriksen *79. This lecture is available from WebMedia archives. Click here for lecture handout.

Sept. 24-26, 2000: Association of Graduate Schools Annual Meeting, hosted by Princeton

Sept. 29, 2000: Princeton Club of Michigan, "The Surprising History of the Graduate School: An Illustrated Show," J. T. Miller ’70

Sept. 29 - October 1, 2000: "National Identity and Public Policy in Comparative Perspective," a joint Princeton and Columbia graduate student workshop including a public lecture by Peter Katzenstein, Professor of Government, Cornell University

Oct. 10-11, 2000: Wilhelm Centennial Lectureship in Chemical Engineering by Alice P. Gast *84, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University. "Ordering in Two Dimensions: Physics Lessons from Proteins" on October 10 and "Micromechanics, Microstructures and Dynamics in Magnetic Suspensions" on October 11.

Oct. 15, 2000: "Gravity, Black Holes, and Strings." Centennial Public Lecture Series with Juan Maldacena *96. This lecture is available from WebMedia archives.

October 20, 2000: "The Surprising History of the Graduate School: An Illustrated Show," by J.T. Miller '70.

October 20-21, 2000: "Surviving the Photograph," an interdisciplinary conference organized by graduate students to explore the relations between photography and survival. Sponsored by the departments of English, Germanic Languages and Literatures, Art and Archaeology, and the School of Architecture, with an exhibit and reception on October 20.

October 21, 2000: Princeton Club of St. Louis Symposium in honor of the Centennial featuring Uwe Reinhardt, professor of economics and public affairs.

October 21, 2000: "Challenges to Higher Education in the New Century." APGA Symposium of University Presidents: Don Randel '62 *67, Chicago; Hunter Rawlings III *70, Cornell; Neil Rudenstine '56, Harvard; George Rupp '64, Columbia; Ruth Simmons H'96, Smith; and Chang-Lin Tien *59, Berkeley. 9:30 a.m. Alexander Hall, Richardson Auditorium. Archived tape of symposium from WebMedia.

October 25, 2000: Princeton Alumni Association of Houston Dinner, "The Surprising History of the Graduate School: An Illustrated Show," J. T. Miller ’70

October 26, 2000: Princeton Alumni Associations of Austin Luncheon and San Antonio Dinner, "The Surprising History of the Graduate School: An Illustrated Show," J. T. Miller ’70

October 27, 2000: Princeton Club of Dallas/Fort Worth Dinner, "The Surprising History of the Graduate School: An Illustrated Show," J. T. Miller ’70

October 28, 2000: Princeton Club of Tulsa Dinner, "The Surprising History of the Graduate School: An Illustrated Show," J. T. Miller ’70

November 3-4, 2000: "Architectures, Metaphors, Sciences." School of Architecture Academic Colloquium. An historical perspective of the role of science in relation to architecture and the investigation of the status of metaphor in both science and architecture. Introductions by Ralph Lerner and Alessandra Ponte of Princeton University and keynote address "Bombing into Postmodernism" by Peter Galison of Harvard University on Nov. 3, 6:30 p.m. ... Panel on "Science and Culture: Order, Method, Experiments" with Barbara Maria Stafford, University of Chicago; Denis E. Cosgrove, UCLA; Catherine Ingraham, Pratt Institute; Reinhold Martin, Columbia University; and Alessandra Ponte on Nov. 4, 9:30 a.m. ... Panel on "Science and Architecture: Metaphors and Models" with Martin Bressani, Carleton University; Edward Eigen, MIT; Felicity Scott, Princeton University; Antoine Picon, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees; and Timothy Lenoir, Stanford University.

November 3-4, 2000: "Asia 2000: Change and Tradition." Alumni Council Regional Conference in Tokyo, Japan.

November 11, 2000: Princeton Club of Northwestern New Jersey. "The Surprising History of the Graduate School: An Illustrated Show," J. T. Miller ’70.

November 11, 2000: "2: Doubling, Splitting, Reflecting, Copying," a graduate student symposium of the Department of Art and Archaeology.

November 12, 2000: "Total Eclipse of the Heart: Electrical Vortices and Fatal Heart Attacks." Centennial Public Lecture Series with Arthur Winfree *70.

Photo from the exhibit at Firestone Library: Designed by architect Ralph Adams Cram, construction of the Graduate College began in the fall of 1910.

December 15, 2000: Centennial Gala Celebration dinner dance. Jadwin Gymnasium

2001

January 26, 2001: Commemorative dinner for Trustees and special guests.

February 11, 2001: "Affirming Dignity and Ending Poverty: The Search for a Better World." Centennial Public Lecture Series with Peter D. Bell *64. Mr. Bell will share his gleanings from more than 35 years of professional experience in public and international affairs. He will assert that the human cost of extreme poverty is morally unacceptable and that the goal of ending poverty is attainable in this century. View this lecture online through WebMedia archives.

February 22, 2001: Princeton Club of New York. Third Annual Princeton Night in New York, including a tribute to the Centennial.

February 22-23, 2001: "A Constitution for the Ages: James Madison, the Framer." Graduate School Conference for alumni and friends to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Madison's birth and the 100th anniversary of the founding of Princeton's Graduate School. Featuring some of the country's leading Madison scholars as well as this year's Madison Medalist, the Honorable Lloyd Axworthy *72, and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

February 23-24, 2001: "The Dream in Western Europe 1500-1800."  Conference presented by the Council of the Humanities, the Centennial of the Graduate School, the Departments of English and History, and the Davis Center for Historical Studies. 

February 24, 2001: Alumni Day Centennial programs.
4:15 p.m. APGA Centennial Roundtable of Madison Medalists, featuring previous recipients of the Madison Medal as they reflect on the challenges of a new century. Join Panel I with William O. Baker *39, William G. Bowen *58, Robert F. Goheen '40 *48, Jack W. Peltason *47, Frederick Seitz *34, Robert Venturi '47 *50 or Panel II with William J. Crowe, Jr. *65, Andrew J. Goodpaster *50, W. Anthony K. Lake *74, George F. Will *68.
5:30 p.m. Centennial Reception: Dean and Mrs. John F. Wilson welcome all alumni and friends of the Graduate School. Old Common Room, Graduate College. 
7:00 p.m. Dinner with Madison Medalists: Enjoy a festive evening with the Honorable Lloyd Axworthy *72 and previous recipients of the Medal.  Sponsored by the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA). 

March 2-3, 2001: "Beyond the Lost Decade: Indigenous Movements and the Transformation of Development and Democracy in Latin America." Interdisciplinary conference planned by graduate students in Politics and the Woodrow Wilson School. Indigenous leaders from Bolivia, Ecuador and Mexico will discuss achievements and shortcomings of recent decades of indigenous political activity along with social scientists and members of the international development community. Through a combination of public and private sessions, the conference provides an opportunity to reflect critically upon the utility of existing theories and policies in meeting the challenges of democracy and development in multi-ethnic societies.

March 11, 2001: "A Regulatory Framework for the 21st Century." Centennial Public Lecture Series with Elizabeth Bailey *72. View this lecture online through WebMedia archives.

March 19-20, 2001: "Critical Issues Facing Doctoral Education in the Arts and Sciences." Graduate School conference on graduate education for alumni academics and professional colleagues.

March 23-24, 2001: Princeton Club of Washington, D.C. Gala reception and symposium in honor of the Centennial of the Graduate School of Princeton University.

March 27, 2001: PAA of Northern Arizona Dinner featuring "The Surprising History of the Graduate School: An Illustrated Show" by J.T. Miller '70.

March 28, 2001: Rocky Mountain PC Dinner featuring "The Surprising History of the Graduate School: An Illustrated Show" by J.T. Miller '70.

March 29, 2001: Princeton Club of Southern California "The Surprising History of the Graduate School: An Illustrated Show" by J.T. Miller '70.

March 30, 2001:  Orange County PC Lunch featuring "The Surprising History of the Graduate School: An Illustrated Show" by J.T. Miller '70.

March 30-April 1, 2001: "Authenticities East and West." Graduate School conference on intercultural comparison organized by graduate students in the Department of Comparative Literature. See the Society for Intercultural Comparative Studies link for conference schedule and information.

April 6, 2001: "Energy Risk Management in Deregulated Electricity Markets." Workshop sponsored by the Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering (which has Risk Management as one of its main research areas), the Bendheim Center for Finance, and the Graduate School in celebration of its centennial in 2000-2001.

November 19, 2000 - April 8, 2001:  "A Community of Scholars: Graduate Education at Princeton," exhibition at Firestone Library.

April 9, 2001: The Princeton Club of Hong Kong reception and dinner at the American Club, Hong Kong. J. T. Miller '70 will present "The Surprising History of the Graduate School: An Illustrated Show." All Graduate Alumni and their families are especially encouraged to attend.

April 9-11, 2001: Richard H. Wilhelm Lectureship in Chemical Engineering by Charles F. Zukoski, IV *85, professor and department chair of chemical engineering, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  April 9:  "Protein Crystallization as Nanoparticle Self-Assembly" April 11:  "Protein Crystallization: Depletion Interactions and Nucleation Kinetics." 

April 20-21, 2001: A symposium on "New Directions in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering" to mark more than 50 years of graduate education in aerospace studies and 100 years of graduate education at Princeton.Many luminaries will be participating, including NASA Director Dan Goldin, Courtland Perkins H01, and David Hazen '48 *49. See symposium Web site for details.

April 22, 2001: "Monasticism in Western Society: From Marginality to the Establishment and Back." Centennial Public Lecture Series with Lester Little *62.

April 28, 2001: Communiversity, the annual town/gown spring festival, will include presentations and performances sponsored by the Graduate Student Government in celebration of the Centennial. 

April 28, 2001: "wanted > hypotheses4."  Join Ph.D. students to learn about the latest in architectural theory and dissertation research in the School of Architecture. Papers, responses, and discussion in Betts Auditorium at the School of Architecture.

May 4, 2001: "Dissolving Boundaries: A Decade of Dialogue in the Study of Religion." A Center for the Study of Religion and Graduate School Centennial Symposium. The decennial celebration of the Center for the Study of Religion will present the scholarship of former participants in the Center's Religion and Culture Workshop. This symposium will explore the ongoing impact of the Center's commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship. Papers, responses, and discussions.

May 5, 2001: "Closure in the 18th Century," a conference presented by the Princeton Eighteenth Century Society. Co-sponsored by the Graduate School and other University departments. 

May 17, 2001: Ceremony at Merwick, currently a rehabilitation unit of the Medical Center at Princeton, to recognize its role as the first residential graduate college in the United States. From 1905-1913, Merwick served as Princeton University's  "Graduate House." 

May 29, 2001: "Weinberg on Wigner: Reminiscences of Eugene P. Wigner" sponsored by the Princeton Alumni Association of Knoxville and Eastern Tennessee.

May 31, 2001:  "Engineers as Leaders in Research and Management."  This School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) Centennial Conference kicks off reunion weekend celebrations. The conference features distinguished graduate alumni of SEAS who are at the forefront of major developments in modern science and technology. Topics include creating, applying, and commercializing technology in electronics, information, bio-engineering, and nano-structured materials; scientific experiments in space; and engineering in a sustainable world. 

May 31 to June 3, 2001: Reunions activities. See Alumni Council and APGA for details.

June 2, 2001:  "The Surprising History of the Graduate School: An Illustrated Show," an entertaining presentation by  J.T. Miller '70.

June 2, 2001:  "Teaching and Research: Princeton's Unique Path," sponsored by the Alumni Council Committee on the Centennial of the Graduate School.  Remarks by Harold T. Shapiro *64. Discussants: W. Bruce Leslie *66, Professor of History, SUNY College at Brockport; Stephen J. Macedo *87, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and the University Center for Human Values; Burton G. Malkiel *64, Chemical Bank Chairman's Professor of Economics; Shirley M. Tilghman, Howard A. Prior Professor in the Life Sciences, director, Institute for Integrative Genomics, and president-elect of Princeton University; John F. Wilson, Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor of Religion and dean of the Graduate School, moderator. 

June 4-5: Graduate School Hooding Ceremony and Commencement.