Difference between revisions of "University Professor"
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The rank of '''University Professor''' is the highest rank a faculty member can attain in the University. The position recognizes "exceptional scholarly merit and distinguished service to Columbia" and must be approved by the [[trustees]] [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/media/07/spivak/index.html]. University Professors serve Columbia as a whole rather than a specific faculty or department. Recently, comparative literature professor [[Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak]] became the latest faculty member to be appointed University Professor. | The rank of '''University Professor''' is the highest rank a faculty member can attain in the University. The position recognizes "exceptional scholarly merit and distinguished service to Columbia" and must be approved by the [[trustees]] [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/media/07/spivak/index.html]. University Professors serve Columbia as a whole rather than a specific faculty or department. Recently, comparative literature professor [[Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak]] became the latest faculty member to be appointed University Professor. | ||
| − | == | + | == Current University Professors == |
| − | * Eric R. Kandel | + | * [[Eric R. Kandel]] |
| − | * T.D. Lee | + | * [[T. D. Lee]] |
| − | * R. Kent Greenawalt | + | * [[R. Kent Greenawalt]] |
| − | * Ronald C.D. Breslow | + | * [[Ronald C. D. Breslow]] |
| − | * Simon Schama | + | * [[[Simon Schama]] |
| − | * Richard Axel | + | * [[Richard Axel]] |
| − | * Jagdish N. Bhagwati | + | * [[Jagdish N. Bhagwati]] |
| − | * Wayne A. Hendrickson | + | * [[Wayne A. Hendrickson]] |
| − | * Robert A. Mundell | + | * [[Robert A. Mundell]] |
* [[Joseph E. Stiglitz]] | * [[Joseph E. Stiglitz]] | ||
| − | * Rosalind E. Krauss | + | * [[Rosalind E. Krauss]] |
| − | * Gayatri C. Spivak | + | * [[Gayatri C. Spivak]] |
== Past University Professors == | == Past University Professors == | ||
| − | * Jacques Barzun | + | * [[Jacques Barzun]] |
| − | * Meyer Schapiro | + | * [[Meyer Schapiro]] |
| − | * Lionel Trilling | + | * [[Lionel Trilling]] |
* [[Edward Said]] | * [[Edward Said]] | ||
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[[Category:University Professors]] | [[Category:University Professors]] | ||
Revision as of 09:46, 8 April 2007
The rank of University Professor is the highest rank a faculty member can attain in the University. The position recognizes "exceptional scholarly merit and distinguished service to Columbia" and must be approved by the trustees [1]. University Professors serve Columbia as a whole rather than a specific faculty or department. Recently, comparative literature professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak became the latest faculty member to be appointed University Professor.
Current University Professors
- Eric R. Kandel
- T. D. Lee
- R. Kent Greenawalt
- Ronald C. D. Breslow
- [[[Simon Schama]]
- Richard Axel
- Jagdish N. Bhagwati
- Wayne A. Hendrickson
- Robert A. Mundell
- Joseph E. Stiglitz
- Rosalind E. Krauss
- Gayatri C. Spivak
