Supersymmetric gauge theories and the AdS/CFT correspondence / Eric D'Hoker and Daniel 2. Freedman -- Perturbative string theory and Ramond-Ramond Flux / Louise Dolan -- Special holonomy in string theory and M-theory / Steven S. Gubser -- Phenomenology of extra dimensions / JoAnne L. Hewett -- Weak scale supersymmetry -- A top-motivated-bottom-up approach / Gordon L. Kane -- Recent developments in cosmology / Andrew R. Liddle -- Lectures on heterotic M-theory / Burt A. Ovrut -- Color superconductivity / Krashna Rajagopal -- Grand unification, Higgs bosons, and baryogenesis / Marc Sher -- Collider experiment: strings, branes and extra dimensions / Maria Spiropulu -- An unorthodox introduction to supersymmetric gauge theory / Matthew J. Strassler -- D-Branes, tachyons, and string field theory / Washington Taylor and Barton Zwiebach -- Introduction to model building in heterotic M-theory / Daniel Waldram