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<p>Imagine calculating a table of the ratios of university brand-name prestige divided by research productivity. UChicago would then surely rank as near the bottom, along with state schools such as Wisconsin or Minnesota that are actually research powerhouses but, frankly, are bereft of prestige. I have encountered countless otherwise-well-educated people who think that UChicago is nothing more than a nondescript metro school, similar to the University of San Francisco or CCNY.</p>