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18 SCIENCE SCHOOL OF TOP GRADUATE SCHOOLS Cornell Dartmouth Georgetown Harvard NYU Northwestern Penn Rutgers STUDENT ENROLLMENT 1,198 MAJORS Biology Chemistry Computer science Mathematics Applied mathematics Statistics Physics $2.2 million in award funding, with grants from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, the Fulbright Foundation, and more. Rocket Man What's the best way to teach first-year physics majors about the rules of aerodynamics? Physics professor Romulo Ochoa challenges his students to turn soda bottles into rockets and launch them over campus. Lift-off takes place in the science courtyard, but where they'll land is anyone's guess. The rocket with the most hang time wins. National Standing • The Physics Teacher Education Coalition ranks TCNJ among the top five producers of physics teachers nationwide for three of the past five years. • Underscoring its commitment to supporting women in science fields, TCNJ hosted the American Physical Society 2019 Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics for the mid-Atlantic states in January 2019. • TCNJ's chemistry department ranks among the top institutions in the nation for PhD productivity according to new data from the National Science Foundation and the American Chemical Society. FACULTY GRANT ACTIVITY, BY THE NUMBERS: 44 Grant proposals submitted. 42 Faculty members included as principal investigators, co-PIs, and senior personnel on proposals. 56% Funding rate for proposals with decisions in FY19.

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