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Upcoming Events
Monday, 19 March 2001
The Rorschach Memorial Lecture: Lawrence M. Krauss, "Science, Non-Science and Nonsense: From Aliens to Creationism"
Friday, 11 May 2001
Physics and Astronomy Department Reception, 4pm, PL AMP
Weekly Colloquia
Check here for details on this week's speaker.

Grad Schools

Here is a list of Graduate Schools as ranked by U.S. News and World Reports. These rankings should not be considered absolute and we encourage each student to research these schools on their own. We present this list merely as a stepping stone towards selecting the graduate scools that are right for you.

SCHOOL NAME	OVERALL RANK	SOLID STATE	SPACE PHYSICS	ATOMIC/ MOLECULAR	NUCLEAR	ELEMENTARY PARTICLE	CHAOS NON-LINEAR
California Institute of Technology	1	13	1	10	6	5	nr
Harvard University	1	5	3	4	22	1	12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1	2	8	2	1	6	4
Cornell University	4	3	7	nr	20	8	5
Princeton University	4	8	2	14	17	4	5
Stanford University	4	4	nr	3	nr	3	nr
University of California--Berkeley	4	5	4	5	8	2	8
University of Chicago	8	9	5	12	nr	7	3
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign-Champaign	9	1	20	nr	9	18	11
Yale University	10	nr	nr	11	7	14	nr
Columbia University	11	nr	20	nr	12	11	nr
University of Texas--Austin	11	23	9	12	nr	9	1
University of California--Santa Barbara	13	7	nr	nr	nr	16	8
University of Maryland--College Park	14	10	14	nr	11	19	2
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	14	16	16	7	22	9	nr
University of Washington	14	20	nr	5	2	20	nr
SUNY--Stony Brook	17	nr	nr	nr	5	13	nr
University of California--Los Angeles	17	13	20	nr	nr	nr	nr
University of California--San Diego	17	12	nr	nr	nr	nr	8
University of Pennsylvania	17	nr	18	nr	17	17	nr
University of Wisconsin--Madison	17	nr	13	nr	15	12	nr
Rutgers--New Brunswick	22	16	nr	nr	nr	14	nr
Johns Hopkins University	23	nr	10	nr	nr	nr	nr
Ohio State University	23	13	nr	nr	15	nr	nr
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	25	nr	nr	nr	nr	nr	nr
Brown University	26	nr	nr	nr	nr	nr	nr
Carnegie Mellon University	26	nr	nr	nr	nr	nr	nr
Duke University	26	nr	nr	nr	10	nr	nr
University of Colorado--Boulder	26	nr	nr	1	nr	nr	nr
University of Rochester	26	nr	nr	7	nr	20	nr