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5 days ago · University of Denver, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Denver, Colorado, U.S. Though the university is supported by the United Methodist Church, it maintains a nonsectarian approach to education. It is known for its business school and international studies program, and it offers both undergraduate and graduate degree ...
1 day ago · Regents Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Arizona: Robert A. Baker: BA 1948, MA 1949: Professor of Psychology at the University of Kentucky; UFO skeptic: William M. Bass: MS 1956: Professor of Forensic Anthropology at the University of Tennessee: George Billman: PhD 1980: Professor of physiology at The Ohio State University ...
5 days ago · O.J. Simpson (born July 9, 1947, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died April 10, 2024) was an American collegiate and professional football player who was a premier running back, known for his speed and elusiveness. His success on the field led to a career in film and television. In 1994, however, Simpson was charged with murdering his ex-wife ...
5 days ago · Thomas Carlyle (born December 4, 1795, Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland—died February 5, 1881, London, England) was a Scottish historian and essayist, whose major works include The French Revolution, 3 vol. (1837), On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (1841), and The History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the ...
5 days ago · The Royal Bangkok Golf Club (1890) was first housed in an ancient temple. Golf came to China when the Shanghai Golf Club was formed in 1896, until which time the game was apparently unknown outside Hong Kong. The Japanese a few years later constructed a course at Kōbe. The Tokyo Golf Club was founded in 1914.
4 days ago · A marine science centre is located on Santa Catalina Island. The University of Southern California was incorporated by the Methodist Episcopal church in 1880; it opened the same year. After his arrival in 1917, philosopher Ralph Tyler Flewelling established USC as a bastion of personalism. In the 1920s the university created one of the country ...
2 days ago · Columbia University, major private institution of higher education in New York, New York, U.S. It is one of the eight Ivy League schools, widely regarded for their high academic standards, selectivity in admissions, and social prestige. Founded in 1754 as King’s College, it was renamed Columbia College when it reopened in 1784 after the ...
