<p>I don’t know. But the ranking of overall department has gone up. It was like 12th or something like that in 2000. Now it’s 9th. NU’s chemistry faculty have been winning quite a few prestigious awards lately. But to move up, it means NU has to do better relative the those in front. The ones in front of NU may also be making their own moves. We just don’t know well enough.</p>