U of C doesn't deserve 78 noble laureates.

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<p>There is some problem in the the University's method of counting nobel laureates. Faculty with only a few years exprience in Chicago are counted in. Even visiting professors and research associates are also counted.</p>

<p>I think the real number for the University is a bit above 50 after reviewing the list in the following address:</p>

<p><a href="http://www-news.uchicago.edu/resources/nobel/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www-news.uchicago.edu/resources/nobel/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Is Chicago the only school that counts visiting professors and research associates in its total Nobel prize count? If not, I don't see what the problem is.</p>

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<p>Can you give me another example among Chicago's counterparts?</p>

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<p>Most universities and colleges seem to count Nobel laureates the same way -- If they have ANY connection at all to the school -- if they were on campus more than a few weeks -- the school counts them so they can have "bragging rights.". Look at Edward Prescott, the most recent Nobel prize winner in Economics. I've seen him mentioned on at least 3 different websites: CMU counts him (he received his Ph.D there), U of Minn counts him (he was on their faculty for 20 years) and ASU counts him (he had been there for just about one year when he won the award). If you look into it, you'll find other examples.</p>

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<p>CMU and UMN deserve the reward. But ASU cannot, just as Chicago cannot either.</p>

<p>Anyway, these three schools are not Chicago's counterparts.</p>

<p>Look at the ways that Harvard and Princeton adopted, you will surely find some differeces. Less numbers win these schools more veneration than Chicago for their candor.</p>

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<p>How about MIT, with 59 claimed Laureates, including alumni, staffers of the old MIT Radiation Lab, and even post-docs (i.e. Thomas Cech).</p>

<p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/special/nobels.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/special/nobels.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>How about Caltech, which claims people like Mossbauer, a former research fellow as a Laureate?</p>

<p><a href="http://pr.caltech.edu/events/caltech_nobel/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://pr.caltech.edu/events/caltech_nobel/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Nobel prize is a great PERSONAL acheivement. It's sad how varaious schools try to get themselves overrated using their tenuous connection with the winner. That's why people shouldn't be obssessed about it. It means almost nothing to the quality of the education u'd get. The marketing scheme used by many schools these days is pretty disgusting. At least Stanford gave a discussion on the controversies and explain how it claimed them (Stanford claims only 17). Most other schools just gave the tallying when they know so well the numbers are inflated.</p>

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<p>worried mom,</p>

<p>Swarthmore also claims Prescott as his undergraduate degree is from there. So at least 4 colleges 'claim' him.</p>

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<p>Not sure if I understand why ASU shouldn't claim Prescott as he is currently employed there. That's where you get the most benefit of a noble laureate, as he brings the funding and the projects, not to mention the fame, to the university.</p>

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<p>Lucifer, um, why are you harping on this issue? Seems rather inane...</p>

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<p>U of C inflates the Nobel Laureates to make up for the lack of grade inflation...</p>

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<p>this debate is worthless, look at Frank Wilczek, nobel in physics this year, he's been at MIT for two years maybe, are we accusing MIT of recruiting nobelers in anticipation of the award, every place counts the same.</p>