| The university counts among its faculty two Pulitzer Prize winners, three MacArthur Foundation fellows, eight members of the National Academies and four Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators. |
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| Researchers at the Ashton Graybiel Spatial Orientation Laboratory contributed a motion-sickness experiment to a mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. |
| Smart Balance buttery spread was invented by Brandeis nutrition scientists. |
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| Brandeis has been ranked among the top 35 national universities by U.S. News & World Report every year since its inception. It is 31st in the 2007 rankings. |
| Brandeis earned Phi Beta Kappa recognition just 14 years after its founding — faster than any institution of higher education in the country. |
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| The Brandeis University National Women's Committee, with its more than 42,000 members nationwide, is one of the largest and most successful friends-of-a-library organizations. |
| Brandeis has won NCAA team championships in men's soccer and men's cross country. |
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Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt had a long and successful relationship with Brandeis. In addition to serving on the board of trustees, she hosted a public television series on campus, taught International Relations and delivered the university’s first commencement address.
