Nobel Prizes earned by NYC academia

Columbia University
Total: 78 | 58 Science, 18 Humanities, 2 Peace
Such as: Theodore Roosevelt (Peace), 1906, for negotiating the end of the Russo-Japanese War

Rockefeller University
Total: 23 | 23 Science
Such as: Karl Landsteiner (Physiology/Medicine), 1930, father of the modern blood-group classification A, B, AB, O

CUNY
Total: 12 | 10 Science, 2 Humanities
Such as: Gertrude Elion (Medicine), 1988, developed acyclovir for the treatment of herpes, among other meds

NYU
Total: 11 | 7 Science, 3 Humanities, 1 Peace
Such as: Mohamed ElBaradei (Peace), 2005, U.N. watchdog for promoting the peaceful, nonmilitary use of nuclear energy

Cooper Union
Total: 1 | 1 Science
Russell Hulse (Physics), 1993, discovered the first twin-star (binary pulsar) systems—a testing ground for Einstein’s general theory of relativity

SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Total: 1 | 1 Science
Robert Furchgott (Physiology/Medicine), 1998, for research that laid the foundation for the development of Viagra

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