Three Princeton profs make Nobel "watchlist"

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>avinash dixit, paul krugman (econ), paul steinhardt (physics).</p>

<p>background on list:</p>

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<p>as byerly would tell you if i didn't, four harvard profs made the list. no other school placed more than two (MIT, stanford).</p>

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<p><< as byerly would tell you if i didn't, four harvard profs made the list. no other school placed more than two (MIT, stanford).>></p>

<p>Are those four undergrad or grad profs?</p>

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<p>both, most likely, unless one or more is at HMS.</p>

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<p>Nobel mania, Nobel schmania.</p>

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Are those four undergrad or grad profs?

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<p>Wha? Does Harvard really split their professors by undergraduate or graduate school? I've never heard of a university (at least in the US) that does that.</p>

<p>I can only see this happening in terms of their professional schools (i.e. med, business, law)...</p>

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<p>Universities don't split their faculty. However, many senior professors get tired of teaching undergraduates, especially freshman, (sorry guys) and want to focus mostly on graduate and upper class courses. So then what the top-notch universities do is create things like freshman seminars etc. to make sure the senior professors do spend some time with the newbies:).</p>

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<p>Even though I agree with Krugman's politics, I am stunned to see him on that list. Then again, the economics prize has always been a bit dubious...</p>

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<p>krugman's been on shortlists for years, for his early work on trade theory or some such.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/KRUGMAN-BIO.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/KRUGMAN-BIO.html&lt;/a> I see.</p>

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It isnt all that uncommon, U Chicago does that, from off the top of my head.</p>

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<p>watchlist 0 for 3 so far, with only economics still remaining (peace and lit not predicted).</p>

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It isnt all that uncommon, U Chicago does that, from off the top of my head.

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<p>Sure, there are plenty of professors at schools who really only teach graduate students; I was just commenting on the idea that every department is officially split between "undergraduate" and "graduate" professors, which is something (in the three colleges I've attended and two others that I worked at) never heard of.</p>

<p>UChicago is a pretty unique instituition though, so it wouldn't suprise me.</p>

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<p>It is not a split between "graduate" and "undergraduate" I don't believe. Medical schools, law schools or other professional schools, do tend to have separate faculties, however, although some may have joint appointments.</p>

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<p>I don't think the U of C "split" translates well to the Pton's structure. U of C has a graduate business school with an economics department that has had Nobel Laureates (e.g. Merton Miller) as well as a traditional Economics department in the 'college' with laureates (e.g., Becker, Friedman). I don't think the focus on the split is teaching undergraduates or not as the post implies. The GSB people tend to be more finance oriented but both programs have eminent economists. Undergraduates (upper class) take courses at the GSB with permission. Likewise, GSB students can take Econ courses taught by the college's Econ dept.</p>

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<p>watchlist finishes a pathetic 0 for 4 in predicted categories. literature's still up, though (thursday), and princeton stands a small chance with creative writing professor joyce carol oates. but chances are, the esteemed committee will once again pick some third worlder whom no one reads or has even heard of.</p>

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<p>a turk whom no one's heard of - close enough:</p>

<p><a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2006/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2006/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I think Pamuk is a fine choice. </p>

<p>His literary record is extremely accomplished.</p>