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Princeton Report on Knowledge (P-ROK for short) is a web-based publication prepared by P-ROK editors at Princeton University. Its goal is to disseminate knowledge and insights gained through interactions with faculty and university visitors to the wider audience.

The basic publication unit is an issue, and there are approximately 3 issues per year, each focusing on a given theme. The publication is structured into five sections: Interview; Forum on Current Events; Inventions, Innovations, Ideas; Comptes Rendus; 4Q & 4A. The sections are edited by Princeton graduate students representing a range of disciplines. P-ROK is open to publication in various styles and formats by all Princeton faculty, with special attention paid to visiting faculty, the seminars they teach and activities panels, workshops and talks in which they participate.

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The Interview In each issue the editors interview a campus visitor, alumni, or other faculty member. The Interview serves to publicize both the wide range of experts and guests in residence at or connected to Princeton as well as the knowledge produced that tends not to be disseminated beyond campus.

Forum on Current Events The Forum consists of four faculty members from different disciplines engaged in a wide-ranging and critical discussion of the theme of each issue.

Inventions, Innovations, Ideas For this section, the faculty are encouraged to report inventions, innovations, or ideas in their fields. The editors seek submissions significant on the current state of knowledge in respective fields of inquiry, on questions of continuity and change in the investigation of topics, on problems of pedagogy and knowledge transmission, on basic knowledge or speculative findings, as well as analytical reports on Princeton events.

Comptes Rendus Faculty contribute compact understandings of books, discourses, films, television series, or emergent topics. Content is usually framed into the following subsections: Translations - the convergence and divergence of knowledges across disciplinary, linguistic, and social boundaries; Accidental Knowledge gained by faculty through unforeseen encounters, geographical displacement, and irregular involvement in newsworthy events; previously [Un]Published contention, acrimony, and self-defense intended for the pages of other journals, or continuing debates begun elsewhere; and Weather Report, an attempt to bridge the gap between specialist knowledge and wild popular speculation on the topic of climate change.

Four Questions and Four Answers Four Q&A asks faculty members from different disciplines to answer four short questions. The questions aim to incite thought, to intrigue, surprise, and inform. Respondents are free to interpret or willfully mis-read the questions to suit their interests and viewpoints.