Universities

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Representation of a university class, 1350s.

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctorate) in a variety of subjects. A university provides both tertiary and quaternary education. The word university is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, roughly meaning "community of masters and scholars".


"Finding Forrester" star Rob Brown has been cast as the lead opposite Dennis Quaid in Universal's "The Express." Brown will play Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win a Heisman Trophy. The athlete, raised in poverty in Pennsylvania coal-mining country, never got to play in the NFL; he was diagnosed with leukemia after being drafted. Quaid



How many times have we watched Mr. Spock take a tricorder reading and furrow his brow? The handheld analytical device has stepped over the boundary between fantasy and reality thanks to researchers at Purdue University.



Contribute your PS3's Cell processing power to aid medical research. Sony has joined with Stanford University in the Folding@home project. The Folding@home icon will be added to the PS3's XMB (media bar) in a Firmware update (1.6) coming at the end of March. Read more in the official announcement from Sony and see a screenshot.



Podcasting news about Princeton University



I had done a post a while back about John Liebler, the lead animator at XVIVO, who created the Inner Life of the Cell for Harvard University. Well here is an interview with David Bolinsky, the founder of XVIVO, giving us an update on what's come about since the successful release of Inner Life of the Cell.



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