As an undergraduate Rubin attended the accelerated Princeton University PhD program where he was one of a cohort of 20 students mentored by the physicist John Wheeler (the intention of the program was to confer degrees within 5 years of freshman matriculation).
As an undergraduate Rubin attended the accelerated Princeton University PhD program where he was one of a group of 20 students guided by the physicist John Wheeler (the purpose of the program was to award degrees within five years from freshman enrollment).