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Ned Drew & Paul Sternberger
By Its Cover: Modern American Book Cover Design

 

Tad Hershorn
Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice

 

John Howland
Ellington Uptown: Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, and the Birth of Concert Jazz

 

Dan Morgenstern
Living with Jazz: A Reader

 

 

Ricky Riccardi
What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years

 

 

James Goodman
But Where is the Lamb? Imagining the Story of Abraham and Isaac

 

 

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Sat. Sep. 26: A Love Letter to Count Basie
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center will reopen its doors with the long-...
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Campus Overview

Founded: 1908
Joined Rutgers: 1946
Campus Size: 38 acres, 35 buildings
Chancellor: Nancy Cantor
Provost: Ashwani Monga
Undergraduate Majors: 40+
Graduate Programs: 50+ (JD, MA, MBA, MFA, MPA, MS, Ph.D.)
Athletics: 16 NCAA Division III women and men's teams
Libraries: 4

Enrollment (fall 2019)
Total: Approximately 13,605
Undergraduates: Approximately 9,319
Graduates: Approximately 4,286
Faculty/Staff
Full-time Faculty: 585
Faculty with Terminal Degrees: 99%
Full-time Staff: 770

Students
Male/Female Ratio: 46:54
Student/Faculty Ratio: 12:1
Nations Represented: 100+
On-campus Residents: 1532

Carnegie Classification
Basic Type: Research Universities (high research activity)
Special Classification: Community Engagement

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