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<p>Looking ahead to the next five years, what have you identified as the Universitys major priorities?</p>
<p>The priorities looking ahead are now firmly in place. </p>
<p>First, we are focused on fulfilling the goals of the strategic plan of the engineering school, which has a very fine dean now in Vince Poor but needs to be bigger. The school has identified areas where it wants to be pre-eminent, and we have to hire faculty and attract students in those areas. </p>
<p>In the natural sciences, we are paying particular attention to neuroscience, which is going to be a major new initiative for us. We are strengthening the chemistry department and providing it with a modern facility for the first time in 80 years. And, of course, we want to ensure that what are now our traditional strengths such as mathematics and physics remain strong going forward.</p>
<p>One of the most exciting new initiatives is the expansion of the creative and performing arts. That is something Im thrilled about and will spend a lot of time working on over the next five years.</p>
<p>We also have been committed to ensuring that our students become cosmopolitans and citizens of the world through the creation of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, the enhancement of study abroad opportunities and the enhancement of curricula in the areas of both regional and international affairs.</p>
<p>Finally, there is a whole category of priorities in campus life outside the classroom. We have a very strong commitment to health and well-being everything from getting your flu shot to making sure you have work-family balance in your lives. That also extends to things like both recreational and varsity athletics, ensuring that we have the facilities that our students need in order to stay healthy and compete effectively. And we want to ensure that students who want opportunities for community service have bountiful choices. </p>
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