<p>Truazn, 1996 was more than ten years ago, so Vickrey doesn’t count. 
. But I’ll give you this one - UCSB has only had 6 Laureates since 1998: Finn E. Kydland 2004 (Econ) David J. Gross 2004 (Physics) Frank Wilczek 2004 (Physics) Alan J. Heeger 2000 (Chem) Herbert Kroemer 2000 (Physics) and Walter Kohn 1998 (Chem). Columbia was trailing in 2004, but has pulled ahead with a strong couple of years. (Pamuk reportedly came to Columbia as a visiting professor after he won the prize in 2006, and is planning to return for at least one more year.)</p>
<p><edit> Maybe I threw in the towel too soon. Grubbs is indeed at Cal Tech - he only got his PhD at Columbia. So over 10 years, UCSB 6, Columbia 6 + a temporary visiting prof. Hmm.</edit></p>
<p><re-edit> Oops. Looks like Wilczek is in the same category as Grubbs - did his work in Santa Barbara, but is currently at MIT. Point: Columbia.</re-edit></p>