U.S. News & World Report Ranks TSRI Among Top
Graduate Schools
By Mika Ono
and Jason Socrates
Bardi
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) is ranked among the
best graduate schools in the country, according to the April
15 edition of U.S. News & World Report.
The publication ranks TSRI sixth overall in chemistry—and
second in the specialty of organic chemistry. TSRI is rated
ninth overall in the biological sciences, and sixteenth in
the specialty of biochemistry.
"Scripps has emerged on the scene to become one of the
best graduate schools in both biology and chemistry,"
says Jeffery Kelly, vice president for academic affairs and
dean of graduate studies. "The rankings are a tribute
to both Bernie [Gilula, first dean of the graduate program,]
and Richard [Lerner, president of TSRI,] and their vision
of how research and education should be fully integrated."
TSRI's distinguished graduate program is only 13 years old.
In 1989, TSRI launched the Macromolecular and Cellular Structure
and Chemistry (MCSC) Program, building on the institute's
strengths in the integration of cell and molecular biology,
structure, and chemistry. Three years later, TSRI founded
the Chemistry Program, drawing on its newly assembled chemistry
faculty with an outstanding record in chemical, biological,
and structural research. To date, the programs have graduated
some 120 students.
The U.S. News & World Report periodically reviews
schools, including undergraduate institutions and community
colleges, across the country. According to The Wall Street
Journal, this "U.S. News roundup is considered
in the heavyweight camp." The rankings published two
years ago put TSRI eighth in chemistry and tenth in the biological
sciences. The new list moves TSRI higher in both categories.
The latest U.S. News & World Report rankings were
based on a survey of academics in each field conducted during
the fall of 2001. The questionnaires, sent to department heads,
deans, directors of graduate studies and other individuals
in each discipline, asked individuals to rate the quality
of the program at each institution. In addition, respondents
were asked to nominate programs that had excellent offerings
in certain specialty areas. Those programs that received seven
or more nominations were listed, in order of the number of
nominations received.
Out of 89 schools, the publication rated the top graduate
programs in chemistry as follows:
| 1. |
University of California at Berkeley |
| 2. |
California Institute of Technology |
| |
Harvard University |
| |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 5. |
Stanford University |
| 6. |
The Scripps Research Institute |
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 8. |
Columbia University |
| |
Cornell University |
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University of Wisconsin at Madison |
Out of 139 schools, the publication rated top graduate programs
in the biological sciences as follows:
| 1. |
Stanford University |
| 2. |
Harvard University |
| |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
| |
University of California at Berkeley |
| 5. |
California Institute of Technology |
| |
Johns Hopkins University |
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University of California at San Francisco |
| 8. |
Rockefeller University |
| 9. |
Princeton University |
| 10. |
The Scripps Research Institute |
| |
Yale University |
The
U.S. News & World Report
website also posts a list of the top five schools in organic
chemistry.
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