<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Not bad for a program that is less than 15 years old!<div class="">Andy<br class=""><div>- - -<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 20, 2018, at 8:37 AM, Miriam Barlow <<a href="mailto:miriam.barlow@gmail.com" class="">miriam.barlow@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">For the first time, QSB appeared in US News and World Report ranked QSB in its best graduate programs in biological sciences. We got a #175 of 235 based on a survey of individuals at peer institutions. Lots of places are not ranked, so being ranked is very good. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline" class=""><a href="https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2018/grad-programs-make-us-news-rankings-debut" class="">https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2018/grad-programs-make-us-news-rankings-debut</a></span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline" class="">To put this in perspective, we rank somewhere below MIT, Stanford and Berkeley, and somewhere above George Mason and Loma Linda. </span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Marjorie is proud! Thanks everyone for doing great things. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Other institutions that got the same ranking are:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><table class="gmail-table-packed gmail-head gmail-table gmail-searchresult gmail-table-lighthead" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;width:756px;margin-bottom:15px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><tbody class=""><tr class="gmail-table_row-odd gmail-table_row-first"><td class="gmail-col0 gmail-col-name" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;border:1px solid rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(252,252,252)"><a class="gmail-schoolname" href="https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/new-mexico-state-university-188030" style="color:rgb(0,94,166);text-decoration:none">New Mexico State University - Department of Biology</a><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Las Cruces, NM</div></td><td class="gmail-col-program_rank" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;border:1px solid rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(252,252,252)"><div class="gmail-rank-tied" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-rankscore-bronze" style="display:inline-block;padding:1px 0px 0px;min-width:2em;border-radius:0px;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:center;font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;line-height:15px;width:35px"><sup style="vertical-align:text-top;font-size:11.9px;line-height:1.2" class="">#</sup>175<span style="padding:1px 0px 0px;line-height:12px;width:35px;display:block;color:white;background:rgb(156,128,58);font-weight:normal;font-size:10px" class="">Tie</span></span></div></td></tr><tr class="gmail-table_row-even"><td class="gmail-col0 gmail-col-name" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;border:1px solid rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(244,244,244)"><a class="gmail-schoolname" href="https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/portland-state-university-209807" style="color:rgb(0,94,166);text-decoration:none">Portland State University - Department of Biology</a><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Portland, OR</div></td><td class="gmail-col-program_rank" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;border:1px solid rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(244,244,244)"><div class="gmail-rank-tied" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-rankscore-bronze" style="display:inline-block;padding:1px 0px 0px;min-width:2em;border-radius:0px;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:center;font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;line-height:15px;width:35px"><sup style="vertical-align:text-top;font-size:11.9px;line-height:1.2" class="">#</sup>175<span style="padding:1px 0px 0px;line-height:12px;width:35px;display:block;color:white;background:rgb(156,128,58);font-weight:normal;font-size:10px" class="">Tie</span></span></div></td></tr><tr class="gmail-table_row-odd"><td class="gmail-col0 gmail-col-name" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;border:1px solid rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(252,252,252)"><a class="gmail-schoolname" href="https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/st-johns-university-195809" style="color:rgb(0,94,166);text-decoration:none">St. John's University - Department of Biological Sciences</a><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Queens, NY</div></td><td class="gmail-col-program_rank" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;border:1px solid rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(252,252,252)"><div class="gmail-rank-tied" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-rankscore-bronze" style="display:inline-block;padding:1px 0px 0px;min-width:2em;border-radius:0px;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:center;font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;line-height:15px;width:35px"><sup style="vertical-align:text-top;font-size:11.9px;line-height:1.2" class="">#</sup>175<span style="padding:1px 0px 0px;line-height:12px;width:35px;display:block;color:white;background:rgb(156,128,58);font-weight:normal;font-size:10px" class="">Tie</span></span></div></td></tr><tr class="gmail-table_row-even"><td class="gmail-col0 gmail-col-name" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;border:1px solid rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(244,244,244)"><a class="gmail-schoolname" href="https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/university-of-alabama-hunstville-100706" style="color:rgb(0,94,166);text-decoration:none">University of Alabama--Hunstville - Department of Biological Sciences</a><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Huntsville, AL</div></td><td class="gmail-col-program_rank" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;border:1px solid rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(244,244,244)"><div class="gmail-rank-tied" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-rankscore-bronze" style="display:inline-block;padding:1px 0px 0px;min-width:2em;border-radius:0px;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:center;font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;line-height:15px;width:35px"><sup style="vertical-align:text-top;font-size:11.9px;line-height:1.2" class="">#</sup>175<span style="padding:1px 0px 0px;line-height:12px;width:35px;display:block;color:white;background:rgb(156,128,58);font-weight:normal;font-size:10px" class="">Tie</span></span></div></td></tr><tr class="gmail-table_row-odd"><td class="gmail-col0 gmail-col-name" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;border:1px solid rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(252,252,252)"><a class="gmail-schoolname" href="https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/university-of-california-merced-445188" style="color:rgb(0,94,166);text-decoration:none">University of California--Merced</a><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Merced, CA</div></td><td class="gmail-col-program_rank" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;border:1px solid rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(252,252,252)"><div class="gmail-rank-tied" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-rankscore-bronze" style="display:inline-block;padding:1px 0px 0px;min-width:2em;border-radius:0px;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:center;font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;line-height:15px;width:35px"><sup style="vertical-align:text-top;font-size:11.9px;line-height:1.2" class="">#</sup>175<span style="padding:1px 0px 0px;line-height:12px;width:35px;display:block;color:white;background:rgb(156,128,58);font-weight:normal;font-size:10px" class="">Tie</span></span></div></td></tr><tr class="gmail-table_row-even"><td class="gmail-col0 gmail-col-name" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;border:1px solid rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(244,244,244)"><a class="gmail-schoolname" href="https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/university-of-louisiana-lafayette-160658" style="color:rgb(0,94,166);text-decoration:none">University of Louisiana--Lafayette - Biology Department</a><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Lafayette, LA</div></td><td class="gmail-col-program_rank" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;border:1px solid rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(244,244,244)"><div class="gmail-rank-tied" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-rankscore-bronze" style="display:inline-block;padding:1px 0px 0px;min-width:2em;border-radius:0px;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:center;font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;line-height:15px;width:35px"><sup style="vertical-align:text-top;font-size:11.9px;line-height:1.2" class="">#</sup>175<span style="padding:1px 0px 0px;line-height:12px;width:35px;display:block;color:white;background:rgb(156,128,58);font-weight:normal;font-size:10px" class="">Tie</span></span></div></td></tr><tr class="gmail-table_row-odd"><td class="gmail-col0 gmail-col-name" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;border:1px solid rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(252,252,252)"><a class="gmail-schoolname" href="https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/university-of-north-texas-health-science-center-228909" style="color:rgb(0,94,166);text-decoration:none">University of North Texas Health Science Center - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences</a><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Fort Worth, TX</div></td><td class="gmail-col-program_rank" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;border:1px solid rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(252,252,252)"><div class="gmail-rank-tied" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-rankscore-bronze" style="display:inline-block;padding:1px 0px 0px;min-width:2em;border-radius:0px;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:center;font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;line-height:15px;width:35px"><sup style="vertical-align:text-top;font-size:11.9px;line-height:1.2" class="">#</sup>175<span style="padding:1px 0px 0px;line-height:12px;width:35px;display:block;color:white;background:rgb(156,128,58);font-weight:normal;font-size:10px" class="">Tie</span></span></div></td></tr><tr class="gmail-table_row-even"><td class="gmail-col0 gmail-col-name" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;border:1px solid rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(244,244,244)"><a class="gmail-schoolname" href="https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/university-of-texas-san-antonio-229027" style="color:rgb(0,94,166);text-decoration:none">University of Texas--San Antonio - Department of Biology</a><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.5;" class="">San Antonio, TX</div></td><td class="gmail-col-program_rank" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;border:1px solid rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(244,244,244)"><div class="gmail-rank-tied" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-rankscore-bronze" style="display:inline-block;padding:1px 0px 0px;min-width:2em;border-radius:0px;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:center;font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;line-height:15px;width:35px"><sup style="vertical-align:text-top;font-size:11.9px;line-height:1.2" class="">#</sup>175<span style="padding:1px 0px 0px;line-height:12px;width:35px;display:block;color:white;background:rgb(156,128,58);font-weight:normal;font-size:10px" class="">Tie</span></span></div></td></tr><tr class="gmail-table_row-odd"><td class="gmail-col0 gmail-col-name" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;border:1px solid rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(252,252,252)"><a class="gmail-schoolname" href="https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/west-virginia-university-238032" style="color:rgb(0,94,166);text-decoration:none">West Virginia University - Department of Biology</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Miriam Barlow</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Founding Faculty and Associate Professor<div class="">Chair, Quantitative and Systems Biology</div><div class="">University of California, Merced</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">209.228.4174</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:miriam.barlow@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">miriam.barlow@gmail.com</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div>
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