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5 days ago · The New Encyclopedia Britannica by Encyclopaedia Britannica (Compiled by) Call Number: AE5 .E363 2010. ISBN: 9781593398378. Publication Date: 2009-09-01. Almost every student, faculty member, and librarian knows from experience how valuable Wikipedia can actually be when looking for quick background information about almost any topic.
5 days ago · Alan J. Rocke. Stanislao Cannizzaro was an Italian chemist who was closely associated with a crucial reform movement in science. Cannizzaro, the son of a magistrate, studied medicine at the universities in Palermo and Naples and then proceeded to Pisa to study organic chemistry with Raffaele Piria, the finest.
2 days ago · Encyclopedia of Russian History (4 vols.). New York: Macmillan Library Reference. Ukraine. Encyclopedia of Ukraine (University of Toronto Press, 1984–1993) 5 vol; partial online version, from Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies; English language translations of primary sources. Heifetz, E. (1921).
3 days 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 · During its first two centuries the college was gradually liberated, first from clerical and later from political control, until in 1865 the university alumni began electing members of the governing board. During his long tenure as Harvard’s president (1869–1909), Charles W. Eliot made Harvard into an institution with national influence.
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3 days ago · The University of Johannesburg has an arts centre, comprising a 436-seat theatre, an art gallery and rehearsal studios where the UJ Arts Academy rehearses. This academy consists of the University of Johannesburg Choir (conducted by Renette Bouwer and Sidumo Jacobs), the UJ Drama Company, the UJ Dance Company and the UJ Song and Dance Company.
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 ...
