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Carnegie Mellon University
(Encyclopedia) Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial…Wagga Wagga
(Encyclopedia) Wagga WaggaWagga Waggawŏgˈə wŏgˈə [key], city (2016 pop. 62,385), New South Wales, SE Australia, on the Murrumbidgee River. It is the center of an agricultural district with food-…Sisters of Charity
(Encyclopedia) Sisters of Charity, in the Roman Catholic Church, name of many independent communities of women. Most of them owe their origin to the institute of St. Vincent de Paul, founded (1634)…Salamanca, University of
(Encyclopedia) Salamanca, University of, at Salamanca, Spain; founded 1218 by Alfonso IX of León, reorganized 1254 by Alfonso X of Castile and León. It has faculties of philosophy, philology,…Gross, Samuel David
(Encyclopedia) Gross, Samuel David, 1805–84, American surgeon, b. near Easton, Pa., M.D. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1828. He taught at the medical colleges of several universities and…Ireland, National University of
(Encyclopedia) Ireland, National University of, founded 1908 to provide higher education for Irish Roman Catholics. It consists of three colleges: University College, Galway; University College, Cork…Chapra
(Encyclopedia) Chapra Chapra chäˈprə [key], city, Bihar state, NE India, on the Ghaghara River near its…Khulna
(Encyclopedia) KhulnaKhulnak&oobreve;lˈnə [key], town (1991 est. pop. 1,001,825), SW Bangladesh, in the Ganges delta. It is a river port and the trade and processing center for the products of…Kyoto University
(Encyclopedia) Kyoto University, at Kyoto, Japan; founded 1897 as Kyoto Imperial Univ., renamed 1947. With 10 faculties, 17 graduate schools, and 13 research institutes, it is one of Japan's leading…British Columbia, University of
(Encyclopedia) British Columbia, University of, at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; chartered 1908, opened 1915. It has faculties of arts, science, graduate…Trending
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