<div dir="ltr">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><br></div><div><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"><a href="https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2018/grad-programs-make-us-news-rankings-debut">https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2018/grad-programs-make-us-news-rankings-debut</a></span><br></div><div><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"><br></span></div><div><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">To put this in perspective, we rank somewhere below MIT,  Stanford and Berkeley, and somewhere above George Mason and Loma Linda.  </span></div><div><br></div><div>Marjorie is proud!  Thanks everyone for doing great things.  </div><div><br></div><div>Other institutions that got the same ranking are:</div><div><br></div><div><table class="gmail-searchresult gmail-head gmail-table gmail-table-packed 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><tr class="gmail-table_row-first gmail-table_row-odd"><td class="gmail-col-name gmail-col0" 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><p class="gmail-citystate" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.5">Las Cruces, NM</p></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">#</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">Tie</span></span></div></td></tr><tr class="gmail-table_row-even"><td class="gmail-col-name gmail-col0" 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><p class="gmail-citystate" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.5">Portland, OR</p></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:ini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