Princeton today is a jewel of a university, with talented students, brilliant scholars, a magnificent campus, enthusiastic and dedicated alumni, a commitment to service, and a well-earned global reputation for excellence in teaching and research.
Thomas' brilliant speeches on campus regarding a vast range of his social causes — support for the poor, housing, universal education, racial equality, unions — were so effective in stirring the waters of the buttoned-down campus that all manner of other speakers, when invited, seemed welcome.
This is why the Program in Creative Writing works so hard to bring our favorite writers and their brilliant work to campus, and why I was determined to have Blumenthal come and talk with us.
Its workshop brings eminent senior scholars and brilliant young ones to campus so that Princeton graduate students can meet them and discuss their current work.
Administrators at Webster said they viewed landing Polgar as a unique opportunity to strengthen the school's academic reputation and forge a path, as Provost Julian Schuster put it, "to incorporate chess as a didactic tool in the academic mission of the university". It's not about winning, he added, so much as celebrating an intellectual activity that brings brilliant, diverse students to campus.
By virtue of its reputation, its ensemble of superb faculty and students, and its location near New York City and other major East Coast cultural centers, Princeton has shown that it can attract to its campus the most brilliant stars in the artistic firmament.
Both Doctor Rhines (Dr. J.B. and Dr. Louisa Rhine) were fascinating, brilliant, mysterious professors on the campus.
It is unlikely that top-tier institutions like Duke will ever want for highly talented students, although the wave of demographic change will certainly influence the kinds of brilliant students who walk the campus.
Down deep in my soul, farthest away from the tip of my iceberg, I glimpsed a flash of his brilliant future on this magical campus, and it gave me hope for all of us.
