Council Activities
The Council carries out a wide variety of activities that support improvement
and innovation in the science and engineering education program at Princeton
University. Princeton faculty and students are invited to contact the Council
with requests and recommendations for support of any of the Council's activities.
Council activities include the following: (click relevant item above to see
more detail about each program).
Courses: Support for New
and Upgrade Course Development
The Council provides faculty and departments with resources to develop new
science and technology courses, especially with a laboratory component, and
to renovate and improve existing courses. (For more information, click on COURSES).
Visiting Lectureship Program
The Council supports several visiting lecturers per year to provide special
science or technology courses for undergraduates. The visiting lecturers should
be outstanding teachers. The courses can cover both disciplinary and cross-disciplinary
fields, address societal issues in science and technology and call upon the
unique expertise of the lecturer. (Click on VISITORS
for more information).
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowships
The Council supports a unique and exciting fellowship program for outstanding
postdoctoral fellows in all fields of science and engineering, who are also
interested and have experience in teaching. The Princeton University Teaching
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science and Engineering supports fellowships for
up to three years at Princeton University (see box above). Faculty and students
in all science and engineering departments at Princeton University and elsewhere
are encouraged to inform appropriate candidates of this special opportunity
to apply for these fellowships (click POSTDOC
for more information).
The Anthony B. Evnin Lecture
Series
The Council sponsors an annual public lecture series on current themes in
science and technology of interest to the university community and the general
public. Topics have ranged from "Modern View of the Universe" to "Controversies
in Science." An exciting series on "Space Exploration" was presented in the
spring of 2001. (For more information, click on EVENTS
above).
Lunchtime Seminar Series
The Council runs a series of informal seminars on pedagogical issues related
to teaching science to nonscientists. Some of the past favorites include "Women
in Science and Engineering: Leveling the Playing Field," "Catch Them Early:
Teaching Science in Freshman Seminars," "Maximizing Student Learning by Minimizing
Teacher lecturing," and "The Three Amigos Teach Orgo." (For a listing of current
seminars, click on EVENTS).
Gregory Pope '80 Prize
for Science Writing
Established in 1998 by the class of 1980 in remembrance of Gregory T. Pope
'80, who was a science writer, this prize is awarded annually by the Council
to the senior who has demonstrated an outstanding ability to communicate scientific
knowledge to a broad audience. (For more information, click on POPE
PRIZE).