<p>I think so too, but I just don’t hear as much noise if you know what I mean. Our faculty affiliations seem to be spotlighted more (either by the institution itself or various media sources). Perhaps brochures and stuff could better highlight some key faculty members. I think I just mean that it seems as if we have faculty members that get a lot more spotlight and press, especially in the social sciences and humanities (and yes, the sciences, which is bound to happen as the place is a huge Health science Center and place for drug discovery). We certainly don’t have nobel prize winners (unless you count the Dalai Lama which I don’t think is fair), but we have about 11-12 national academy members. Not bad. The thing is, we have a really solid amount of faculty that are not part of the national academies that are extremely well-known (Liotta, for example, is not among these, but is responsible for Emtriva). Tretheway isn’t and she just had a HUGE accomplishment that made international press. Salman Rushdie is an very interesting affiliate and faculty member. I am not sure about the teaching/tenure thing. I know that many top 20s emphasize teaching by making the teaching score weighted more heavily than at say, a public institution, but research, especially in the science depts., still weighs a lot more. I do respect places like us and Vandy, that have many science depts. with the lecture track. At Emory, this has created some of the best, more rigorous and innovative environments for learning. I imagine it does the same at Vandy. I mean having a Nobel Laureate is nice, or even an Academy prof., but honestly, a lot of them don’t really teach that well. For example, as far as I know, the prof. who just got national academy of sciences here, does not get great reviews as a microbiology teacher (Bruce Levin). As far as I know, only Frans de waal gets decent reviews among the academy faculty members. I’d rather have someone like Dr. Eisen who is affiliated with various pedagogical initiatives teach my class (he still does scientific research, but is more into teaching, He makes cell biology awesome by relating biological phenomenon to everyday life. A true Liberal arts professor indeed), than Levin.</p>