New NAS Member.

[Tararua]

Only 1 (from 120) elected, but obviously better than zero! I'm curious how our NAS membership stacks up against our B1G peers. Anyone have any info on that?

Eileen White Elected as a Member to the National Academy of Sciences

www.rutgers.edu

 

[RUnTeX]

NAS members* (living only) by B1G institution:

IU 8
MSU 10
NU 25
OSU 10
PSU 15
PU 3
RU-NB 23
UIUC 25
UI 3
UMCP 14
UMAA 34
UMTC 18
UNL 2
UW-Mad 33

Rutgers is 5th of 14 in the B1G behind Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois & Northwestern (both tied for 3rd).

*the most recent 2021 elected members are not included

Ref: http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/

 

[Tararua]

Awesome, that's pretty good. Now we set our sights on becoming one of the B1G's elite academic institutions.