Research University Rankings

Here is a nice compendium of fun facts about research Universities:

http://mup.asu.edu/research_data.html

One thing the surprised me is that in 2005, my old University, Wisconsin-Madison, raised half-a-billion dollars, placing it second among all universities in the US.

I am not surprised that people show the place a lot of love--it is a very wonderful place that I think has transformed many lives for the better. But I am curious as to how it happened to have such a great year.