Penn PhD wins 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

<p>Ei-ichi Negishi (Japanese National)</p>

<p>Ei-ichi</a> Negishi - Purdue University Department of Chemistry</p>

<p>Richard Heck (U.S. National)</p>

<p>U. Delaware</p>

<p>Akira Suzuki (Japanese National)</p>

<p>Purdue</p>

<p>wow! Nice.</p>

<p>How many nobels is that now? And how many of those are in the last 15 years (a more useful view of a school than how many it won from 85 years ago)</p>

<p>So according to the UPenn website, I believe that, since 1985, 11 people associated with Penn have won the nobel prize. </p>

<p>You can go here for the info: [Nobel</a> Laureates at Penn](<a href=“http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/notables/awards/nobel.html]Nobel”>http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/notables/awards/nobel.html)</p>

<p>In terms of its peers, Penn seems to be pretty much right in line with the other big research universities. </p>

<p>I did a quick count by looking up the nobel laureates at some other big universities, and since 1985, here are some stats:</p>

<p>Cornell: 13 nobel laureates</p>

<p>[Cornell</a> Nobel Laureates](<a href=“Home | Cornell Chronicle”>Home | Cornell Chronicle)</p>

<p>Harvard: 15 nobel laureates</p>

<p>[Nobel</a> laureates | The Harvard Guide](<a href=“http://news.harvard.edu/guide/content/nobel-laureates]Nobel”>Nobel laureates donate prize money to research fund – Harvard Gazette)</p>

<p>Chicago: 32 laureates</p>

<p>[Nobel</a> Laureates | The University of Chicago](<a href=“Page Not Found | University of Chicago”>Page Not Found | University of Chicago)</p>

<p>Columbia: 26 laureates</p>

<p>[Columbia</a> University Nobel Laureates](<a href=“http://www.c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/nobel_laureates/by_year.html]Columbia”>Columbia University Nobel Laureates)</p>

<p>Also, I think all schools count “winners” as those individuals who have either graduated from the school or have served on a faculty at the school. </p>

<p>So it seems as if UPenn has fared pretty well? According to wiki, Penn has 27 nobel laureates total, and more than a third of those winners have come from the past 25 years, so that seems pretty good. </p>

<p>An expansive list of nobel laureates listed by university affiliation can be found here:</p>

<p>[List</a> of Nobel laureates by university affiliation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates_by_university_affiliation]List”>List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>The big producers in the US seem to be Columbia, Chicago, and MIT. Harvard, Berkeley, and Stanford also seem to enjoy a significant share of the nobel laureates.</p>