GRADUATE CLUBS
There are regular weekly or bi-weekly departmental conferences of
graduate students and professors for discussion of topics connected with
graduate study. In the various physical sciences, in medical science, in the
social sciences, and in humanistic studies, graduate clubs, composed of students
and professors, are actively engaged in stimulating investigation and
publication in their respective fields. The scientific society of Sigma Xi is
an important organization for the advancement of technical knowledge, while
the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences furnishes a fruitful field of
activity. The University Committee on Research, while not specifically an
organization of the Department of Graduate Studies, is a valuable auxiliary
of the Department. This committee administers an annual appropriation
for promoting research in the various Departments of the University, especially
in the matter of the publication of the results of original investigation,
and so aids the general cause of advanced scholarship. An annual volume,
"Publications and Research," containing summaries of contributions by professors
and students of the Graduate Department, is issued by the University.
A list of doctoral dissertations, with abstracts, is published each September
for distribution among other universities.
