Stanford becomes #1 in winning the national medal of science.

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<p>3 Stanford professors to receive national medal of science:</p>

<p>Lubert Stryer - Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2006 winner in biology)</p>

<p>Gordon H. Bower - Stanford, CA (2005 winner in psycology)</p>

<p>Bradley Efron - Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2005 winner in mathematical science).</p>

<p>Now 34 Stanford faculty members have won the nation's highest scientific honor, more than any other university in US. The universities winning most national medal of science are:</p>

<h1>1 Stanford (34 winners)</h1>

<h1>2 Harvard (33 winners)</h1>

<h1>3 Berkeley (24 winners)</h1>

<h1>3 MIT (24 winners)</h1>

<h1>5 Caltech (23 winners)</h1>

<h1>6 Princeton (15 winners)</h1>

<p>See <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jspcntn_id=109741&org=olpa&from=news%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jspcntn_id=109741&org=olpa&from=news&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recipients.cfm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recipients.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>July 17, 2007</p>

<p>President George W. Bush announced the recipients of the nation's highest honors for science and technology, naming the Laureates of the 2006 National Medals of Science and Technology.</p>

<p>The National Science Foundation (NSF) administers the prestigious award program, which was established by Congress in 1959. It honors individuals for pioneering scientific research in a range of fields, including physical, biological, mathematical, social, behavioral and engineering sciences, that enhances our understanding of the world and leads to innovations and technologies that give the United States its global economic edge. </p>

<p>President Bush will present 2006 and 2005 Laureates with National Medals of Science and Technology during a White House awards ceremony on Friday, July 27, 2007. The ceremony will be broadcast via satellite feed for journalists. It will also be available as a live webcast at <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.whitehouse.gov&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p>

<p>The 2006 National Medal of Science Laureates</p>

<p>Hyman Bass - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI</p>

<p>Marvin H. Caruthers - University of Colorado, Boulder, CO</p>

<p>Rita R. Colwell - University of Maryland (College Park, MD), Bethesda, MD</p>

<p>Peter B. Dervan - California Institute of Technology, San Marino, CA</p>

<p>Nina V. Fedoroff - Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA</p>

<p>Daniel Kleppner - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) Belmont, MA</p>

<p>Robert S. Langer - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) Newton, MA</p>

<p>Lubert Stryer - Stanford University, Stanford, CA</p>

<p>The 2005 National Medal of Science Laureates</p>

<p>Jan D. Achenbach - Northwestern University, Evanston, IL</p>

<p>Ralph A. Alpher - The Dudley Observatory, Schenectady, New York</p>

<p>Gordon H. Bower - Stanford, CA</p>

<p>Bradley Efron - Stanford University, Stanford, CA</p>

<p>Anthony S. Fauci - National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC</p>

<p>Tobin J. Marks - Northwestern University, Evanston, IL</p>

<p>Lonnie G. Thompson - Ohio State University, Columbus, OH</p>

<p>Torsten N. Wiesel - The Rockefeller University, New York, NY</p>

<p>Check back for biographical information for each award winner, as well as more information about the National Medal of Science.</p>

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Why don't you normalize them by number of science faculty to give you a legitimate comparison?</p>

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Why don't you normalize them by number of science faculty to give you a legitimate comparison?

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<p>Can not think of another university that can beat Stanford after normalizing by the number of science faculty and staff, except Caltech. Caltech has a chance to be slitely better by this normalized metric. But it's hard to say.</p>

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What's surprising about this? Dude, we're talking about STANFORD here!

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<p>Winning 3 out 16 national medals of science in last 2 years is truely a great achievement for any university. Claiming the #1 spot is something Stanford should be proud of.</p>

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<p>It's not surprising. But on the other hand, considering how young the school is, it's a huge achievement to already beat Harvard.</p>

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<li> Not old but in 1959, Harvard was way ahead.</li>
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