The International Symposium on Nuclear Structure Physics (NP2001) was held in Gottingen Germany, March 5-8, 2001. The aim of the Symposium was to discuss recent achievements and new initiatives for research in nuclear structure and to celebrate the career of Peter von Brentano. NP2001 covered a broad range of exciting topics, including collective and proton-neutron excitations, phase transitions in nuclei, isospin, properties at high and low angular momentum, recent developments of nuclear theory, studies of exotic nuclei far off stability, and the latest technological advances in detector design. In all these fields, Peter von Brentano has been at the forefront of research. NP2001 honors his outstanding contributions
