Top of the World Ma!

Being a former student at Uppsala University, i regularly get their mailings about progresses that the university has made, and this one is extraordinary.
Not extraordinary in any research sense, on in the sense that it's made the world a better place.
No, it is extraordinary in that it gives me some bragging rights!

What happened was that May of last year, a man from Uppsala University, together with five others, reached the peak of Mt Everest. "But many people have reached that peak", you say, "it's practically a tourist attraction by now.". Right you are, however, how many of you can claim that you have the flag of your university flying at the highest peak of the world? Apart from this man's extraordinary feat of climbing to the top, he also placed a flag there to show everybody who comes after him that Uppsala University is a force to be reckoned with!

Now, I normally don't brag about where I'm from (except that one time), but a man has to have something he's proud of, right?

Harvard

As a former student of Uppsala University, I get their alumni newsletter every so often. It usually contains links to special dissertations, news about the university, and other cool things about the university.
The one I just got in my mailbox has some pretty cool news. It turns out that our principal has signed an agreement with Harvard to create an exchange student program. This would bring Harvard students to us and, more importantly, us to Harvard.
The article (in Swedish) states that this is a very exclusive deal, because Harvard generally doesn't except exchange students from anywhere except the very top universities in the world.
So be the transitive property, that must mean that Uppsala University is one of the very top universities in the world. Even though I can't really agree,based on the education they gave me, it feels good to know that I'm backed by a well renowned university.