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W A L L S T R E E T J O U R N A L’ S C O L L E G E R A N K I N G S 2021 Long Island University has secured a place in The Wall Street Journal’s/Times Higher Education College Rankings for 2021. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings are based on 15 individual performance indicators and responses from more than 170,000 current college students, collected through an annual student survey. LIU received high marks for student engagement and campus environment.
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT’S BEST C O L L E G E S F O R 2021
PRINCETON REVIEW RANKS LIU BEST IN NORTHEAST
Long Island University earned recognition on U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges for 2021. This marks the fourth consecutive year the University has earned the distinction from the premier national ranking database. LIU earned additional recognition for the University’s high ranking in social mobility.
For the fourth consecutive year, The Princeton Review has ranked Long Island University on its list of Best Colleges in the Northeast. The Princeton Review’s annual rankings, which consider hundreds of institutions, are determined primarily by overall excellence and student experience.
NSF FUNDS CO SM O LO GY PRIZE WINNE R’S N E U T R O N S TA R R E S E A R C H The National Science Foundation is funding pioneering research from Dr. Steven Liebling, professor of physics. Dr. Liebling, winner of the prestigious Buchalter Cosmology Prize, has worked with members of LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory), the world's largest gravitational wave observatory. In 2015, LIGO made one of the most profound discoveries of the 21st century when its twin laser detectors measured ripples in the fabric of spacetime – gravitational waves – arriving at the Earth from a cataclysmic collision of neutron stars in the distant universe.
E M M Y- W I N N I N G S U P E R B O W L P R O D U C E R T O E N T E R H A L L O F FA M E Fred Gaudelli, ’82, Emmy-Award winning executive producer of NBC’s Sunday Night Football, will be inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Gaudelli, who has collected 24 Emmys during his 30-year run producing primetime NFL games, enters with eight other members in the Class of 2020, including Charles Barkley, James Brown and Phyllis George. Gaudelli has produced six Super Bowls, including Super Bowl XLIX, which still ranks as the most-watched program in U.S. TV history with an average of 114.4 million viewers. 38
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