Yale vs Stanford

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<p>US NEWS graduate school ranking in biology:
Stanford (#1, score=4.9) , Yale (#7, score=4.5).
Roughly speaking, 90% of the deans and directors of the biological science departments in US universities rank Stanford biological science as distinguished, and 10% rank Stanford as strong. In comparison, only 50% of these people rank Yale as distinguished and 50% of these people rank Yale as strong. </p>

<p>Now subfield rankings.</p>

<p>biochemistry: Stanford (#2), Yale (#4)
cell biology: Stanford (#2), Yale (#3)
ecology: Stanford (#5), Yale (#6)
genetics: Stanford (#1), Yale (#8)
immunology: Stanford (#3), Yale (#3)
microbiology: Stanford (#2), Yale (#7)
molecular biology: Stanford (#2), Yale (#7)
neuroscience: Stanford (#2), Yale (#6)</p>

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<p>US NEWS graduate school ranking in biology:
Stanford (#1, score=4.9) , Yale (#7, score=4.5).
Roughly speaking, 90% of the deans and directors of the biological science departments in US universities rank Stanford biological science as distinguished, and 10% rank Stanford as strong. In comparison, only 50% of these people rank Yale as distinguished and 50% of these people rank Yale as strong. </p>

<p>Now subfield rankings.</p>

<p>biochemistry: Stanford (#2), Yale (#4)
cell biology: Stanford (#2), Yale (#3)
ecology: Stanford (#5), Yale (#6)
genetics: Stanford (#1), Yale (#8)
immunology: Stanford (#3), Yale (#3)
microbiology: Stanford (#2), Yale (#7)
molecular biology: Stanford (#2), Yale (#7)
neuroscience: Stanford (#2), Yale (#6)</p>

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<p>NIH pioneer award winners.
See [NIH</a> Director’s Pioneer Award - Award Recipients](<a href=“http://commonfund.nih.gov/pioneer/AwardRecipients.aspx]NIH”>http://commonfund.nih.gov/pioneer/AwardRecipients.aspx)</p>

<p>For those of you interested in ongoing cutting-edge biomedical researches, this link above might helps.</p>

<p>pioneer award winners from Stanford (15 winners in total):
NIH director’s Pioneer award winners
Ajay Chawla, 2009 winner, assistant professor of medicine at Stanford University.
Chang-Zheng Chen, 2009 winner, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University.
Markus W. Covert, 2009 winner, assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford University.
Krishna V. Shenoy, 2009 winner, associate professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering at Stanford University
James K. Chen, 2008 winner, assistant professor of chemical and systems biology at Stanford University
Ricardo Dolmetsch, 2008 winner, assistant professor of neurobiology at Stanford University
Thomas R. Clandinin, 2007 winner, assistant professor of neurobiology at Stanford University.
Mark J. Schnitzer, 2007 winner, assistant professor of biological sciences and applied physics at Stanford
Kwabena A. Boahen, 2006 winner, associate professor of bioengineering at Stanford University
Karla Kirkegaard, 2006 winner, professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine
David A. Relman, 2006 winner, associate professor of microbiology and immunology and of medicine at Stanford University
Karl Deisseroth, 2005 winner, assistant professor in the Department of Bioengineering and the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford University.
Pehr A.B. Harbury, 2005 winner, associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Stanford University School of Medicine
Thomas A. Rando, 2005 winner, is an associate professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine
Stephen R. Quake, 2004 winner, professor of bioengineering at Stanford University</p>

<p>pioneer award winners from Yale (2 winners in total):
Haifan Lin
Tamas L. Horvath, D.V.M., Ph.D.</p>

<p>Based on NIH pioneer award, Harvard is undisputed #1 in winning the award and nurturing award winning Ph.D graduates. Stanford is #2. Yale falls far behind and needs to catch up.</p>

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<p>phantasmagoric: When I would visit, I got a sense that students didn’t much interact with the poorer areas around Palo Alto. Do you get a sense that there’s lots of town-gown relations? What’s the amount of reach out and community service for the typical Stanford student?</p>

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<p>Economics: Stanford #5, yale #6
sociology: Stanford #5, yale #20
english: Stannford #2, yale #2
history: Stanford #1, yale #1
politics: Stanford #1, yale #5
psycology: Stanford #1, yale #3</p>

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<p>It depends on what you mean by “poorer areas.” I’d say that there’s quite a bit of interaction with East Palo Alto, which is much poorer than PA. There are lots of outreach efforts through the Haas Center for Public Service, and there are lots of events outside of Haas that help out EPA (like a hunger program, for which a lot of money is raised by hosting a huge event similar to the Taste of Chicago and similar events). Many students are trying to get a homeless shelter built for those in downtown Palo Alto; you can’t go into downtown without running into at least one homeless person.</p>

<p>I’m not sure about the average amount of involvement for a Stanford student–some are really active, some aren’t.</p>