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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Cornell President: Fine<br />

Academic,Social Commitment Account<br />

By Wang Liqiong<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2004—11—09<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=100051976<br />

<strong>PKU</strong>, Beijing, Nov 9th, 2004: ―World-class university worthy <strong>of</strong> faculty and students‘<br />

love can be attributed to quality academic research inside, well-known appreciation<br />

outside.‖ Cornell university president Jeffry Lehman so answered when asked how to<br />

think <strong>of</strong> the 17th ranking <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> in latest THES(The Times Higher Education<br />

Supplement) in the morning‘s speech titled ―Cornell and <strong>Peking</strong>: past and future‖ at<br />

the QiuLin Hall, college <strong>of</strong> IR (International Relations).<br />

"Each world-class university should realize its extraordinary responsibility and<br />

special contribution to the world", he regarded it a mistake to argue which university<br />

is No.1. He pointed out that World-class university should devote itself to fine<br />

academic research, good reputation and powerful impact to the society; students<br />

should ask themselves: if they work hard and creatively, if they collaborate and<br />

prepare well for the challenging future in a multiple perspective.<br />

The president began his address with Cornell's history from 19century by extolling its<br />

distinctive position among the world's great universities in its "founding commitments<br />

to coeducation, to nonsectarianism, to diversity broadly understood, to a pairing <strong>of</strong><br />

theory and application, to a principle <strong>of</strong> equal respect for classical and practical<br />

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