“National Academy of Sciences Announces New Members” (news item)

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<p>National</a> Academy of Sciences elects new members</p>

<p>Today, the National Academy of Sciences announced the election of 72 new domestic members. Membership in the National Academy is considered one of the highest distinctions in academia. This year Stanford led the nation with eight new members. Harvard followed with six and Princeton was third with four. </p>

<p>2011 National Academy of Sciences New Members</p>

<p>8---Stanford
6---Harvard
4---Princeton
3---Berkeley, Cornell, UC San Diego, UCLA
2---Columbia, U. of Colorado Boulder, UC Santa Barbara, WUSTL</p>

<p>The Ivies were also represented by Brown and Yale, each of which had one new member.</p>

<p>Princeton’s showing is significant given its lack of a medical school (which always generates many new members) much smaller faculty and broad focus on both the humanities and sciences. Princeton’s honorees were:</p>

<p>Prof. David Gabai, Dept. of Mathematics
Prof. Sara McLanahan, Dept. of Sociology
Prof. Loren Pfeiffer, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Prof. Vincent Poor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering</p>

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<p>Total # of National Academy of Science Faculty Members
(Institutions with 50 or more members)</p>

<p>166---Harvard</p>

<p>[gap]</p>

<p>133---Berkeley
132---Stanford</p>

<p>[gap]</p>

<p>117---MIT</p>

<p>[gap]</p>

<p>80----Princeton</p>

<p>71----Caltech</p>

<p>69----UC San Diego
61----Yale</p>

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<p>Where’d you get Stanford’s 132? This says 137</p>

<p>[Faculty:</a> Stanford University Facts](<a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/about/facts/faculty.html]Faculty:”>http://www.stanford.edu/about/facts/faculty.html)</p>

<p>So it’d be 145.</p>

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<p>[National</a> Academy of Sciences Membership Directory:](<a href=“http://www.nasonline.org/site/Dir/2069473767?pg=rslts]National”>http://www.nasonline.org/site/Dir/2069473767?pg=rslts)</p>

<p>The numbers are taken directly from the website of the National Academy of Sciences reflecting the current institutions of the members. I can’t explain why Stanford would be reporting different numbers. Note that the online directory does not yet show the new members for 2011 which must be added separately.</p>

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<p>Look at UCSD go!!</p>

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<p>^ yeah! I knew that UCSD has continually risen in the ranks for specific programs, but wow–they’ve passed Yale in NAS membership. (Then again, UCSD has a much larger faculty than Yale.)</p>

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<p>The figure from Stanford might be including people at SLAC.</p>

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<p>Stanford has 6 SLAC NAS members, 123 non-SLAC NAS members elected before 2011 and 8 non-SLAC NAS members elected in 2011 for a grand total of 137. The list of NAS representation by university is: </p>

<p>Harvard 166
Stanford 137
Berkeley 133 …</p>