In This Issue:

NSF Early Career Awards

Grads and Frosh

Professor Morton Klein

Teaching Prizes Given

Young Alums Needed

Alumni Briefs

Homecoming 2001

School Mourns WTC Victims

FEATURE STORY

As the sun shone, friends and relatives joined graduates for Class Day celebrations on South Lawn. Calling it “a lasting reminder of your School spirit,” Dean Zvi Galil praised the Class of 2001 for its extraordinary, record-breaking 66% participation rate for the Class Gift.
Andrew Kosoresow, assistant professor of computer science received the Kim Award for Faculty Involvement. “He has found himself in the role of mentor, advisor, comforter, and friend, and he has filled all these roles with great sensitivity, patience and humor,” said Dean Galil.

Alma Mater barely said good-by to the Class of 2001 when she made ready to welcome the Class of 2005, the most selective class in the history of the School. The acceptance rate stands at 26% for this class of 315. “We are selecting from the best students both nationally and internationally,” Dean Galil said, noting that the average SAT score for admitted students was the highest ever.

The Graduate School is enjoying a similar boost in the qualifications of its admitted students. The applicant pool grew by 19.5% over the previous record year and the selectivity improved from 37% to 31%. This is the first year in over a decade that more than 300 new graduate students registered for the fall semester. Similarly, Columbia Video Network (CVN) continued to gain new enrollment, rising 4% for the fall semester.