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17 hours ago · Pluto ( minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most- massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume, by a small margin, but is less massive than Eris.
17 hours ago · Northeastern University (NU or NEU) is a private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1898, it was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association as an all-male institute before being incorporated as Northeastern College in 1916, gaining university status in 1922.
- 36,806 (2022)
- Paws the Husky
- Large City, 73 acres (30 hectares)
- Joseph E. Aoun
17 hours ago · The University of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA) [1] is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School which later evolved into San José State University.
- Large city, 467 acres (189 ha)
- Joe Bruin, Josephine Bruin
- 47,518 (Fall 2021)
- "Let there be light"
17 hours ago · Purdue University. / 40.42500°N 86.92306°W / 40.42500; -86.92306. Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. [8] The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money to establish a college ...
- May 6, 1869; 154 years ago
- 50
- 50,884 (Fall 2022)
- 44
17 hours ago · Website. www .gwu .edu. The George Washington University ( GW or GWU) is a private federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 as Washington, D.C.'s first university by the United States Congress. GW is one of nation's six federally chartered universities.
- Large city, 43 acres (17 ha)
- 26,457 (2021)
- George
17 hours ago · Corpus Christi ( / ˌkɔːrpəs ˈkrɪsti / KOR-pəs KRIS-tee; Latin for ' Body of Christ ') is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County [5] with portions extending into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties.
- 7 ft (2 m)
- Body of Christ
17 hours ago · WASHINGTON, D. C. - Seventy years ago this month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its milestone Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas ruling that declared racially segregated public schools ...
