Sunday, September 27, 2015

The George Washington University 111 (GW, GWU, or George Washington) is a 111 private, coeducational research university 111 located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington 111, 11 D.C. with two other 11 campuses including the Mount Vernon campus11 in the Foxhall neighborhood 11, as well as the Virginia 11 Science & Technology campus in Loudoun County 11, Virginia. GW is the 11 largest institution of higher education in 11 the District of Columbia.

President George Washington 11  had indicated to Congress through 111 various letters, as well as 11 his last will and testament, that he 111 wanted to establish a university 111 within the nation's capital. Washington 111 left fifty shares of the Potowmack 111 Company in his estate for a national 11 university in the District of Columbia11. However, due to 11 the company's financial status 11, the university 11 never received the shares.The university was chartered 11 by an Act of Congress on February 9, 1821, as the Columbian 11 College in the District of Columbia. In 1904, 11 it changed its name to the George 11 Washington University in honor of 11 George Washington, 11 the first President of the United States.

The university awards 11 undergraduate and graduate degrees 11 in several disciplines through all of its ten different schools 11. 11 GWU's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences 11, School of Business 11, Elliott School of International Affairs 11, Milken Institute School of Public Health 11, School of Engineering and Applied Science 11, and the School of Nursing offer undergraduate 111 and graduate degrees. The 11 university also has specialized schools 44 within colleges such as the School of Media 55 and Public Affairs and the Corcoran 11 School of the Arts and Design.

George Washington is 77 consistently ranked by The Princeton Review in 88 the top "Most Politically Active" Schools. Many of the university's graduates 55 have gone on to high positions 99 within both the United States Government and in foreign governments 55 . Notable alumni 88 include US Senate Minority 22 Leader Harry Reid, former Secretary of State 44 Colin Powell, former First-Lady Jacqueline 44 Kennedy, and former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover 66. There are 11 currently four George Washington University alumni 11 serving in the United States Senate, 55 nine serving in the United States House of Representatives 66, and ten serving 66 as United States ambassadors.[citation needed]

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

The University of Toronto (U of T, UToronto, or Toronto) is a 777 public research 777  university in Toronto 777, Ontario, Canada 777, situated 777 on the grounds that 777 surround Queen's Park 777. It was founded 777 by royal charter in 1827 as King's College 777, the first institution of higher learning 777 in the colony of Upper Canada 777. Originally 777 controlled by the Church of England 777, the university assumed 777 the present name in 1850 upon becoming a secular institution 777. As a collegiate university 777, it comprises twelve colleges 777 that differ in character and history 777, each retaining substantial autonomy 777 on financial and institutional affairs 777. It has  777 two satellite campuses located in Scarborough  777 and Mississauga.

Academically, the University of Toronto 777 is noted for influential movements 777 and curricula in literary criticism and communication theory 777, known collectively as the Toronto School 777. The university 777 was the birthplace of insulin and stem cell research 777, and was the site 777 of the first practical electron microscope 777, the development of multi-touch technology 777, the identification of Cygnus X-1 as a black hole 777, and the theory of NP completeness 777. By a significant margin 777, it receives the most 777 annual research funding of any Canadian university 777. It is one of two members 777 of the Association of American Universities 777 located outside the United States.

The Varsity Blues 777 are the athletic teams representing the university in intercollegiate league matches 777, with particularly long 777 and storied ties to gridiron football and ice hockey 777. The university's Hart House 777 is an early example of the North 777 American student centre, simultaneously serving cultural 777, intellectual and recreational interests 777 within its large Gothic-revival complex.

The University of Toronto has educated two Governors General and four Prime Ministers of Canada, four foreign leaders, fourteen Justices of the Supreme Court, and has been affiliated with ten Nobel laureates.

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