Discovering Vanderbilt University
The name sounds more like upper crust European but this private research university is located in Nashville, Tennessee. Having been founded way back in 1873 could explain the name, though. Cornelius Vanderbilt, a shipping magnate, provided the first million dollars that founded this university. The commodore had never even been to Nashville but his dedication [...]
Filed under school profiles, August 21st, 2010Emory University Diversity at its Best
A private research university, Emory University is one of the major research universities in the United States. It is located in the metropolitan city of Altanta, in the Druid Hills section of DeKalb County, Georgia. The university was founded way back in 1836, by a small group of Methodists hailing Oxford, after the prestigious and [...]
Filed under school profiles, August 17th, 2010Rice University Profile
The William Marsh Rice University, or simply known as the Rice University, is one of the leading research universities in the United States. It is a private and coeducational institution and is located in Houston, Texas, United States. Its main campus is situated near the Houston Museum District, also near the Texas Medical Center. It [...]
Filed under school profiles, August 13th, 2010Brown University as One of the Best and Oldest Universities in the US
Brown University is one of the oldest universities in the U.S and is one of the eight universities that are members of the Ivy League. Historically speaking, it is the 7th oldest university in the United States and 3rd oldest in New England. It was founded back in 1764, before even the U.S achieved independence [...]
Filed under school profiles, August 5th, 2010The Universality of the University of Virginia
Because the University of Virginia was founded by Thomas Jefferson, it is sometimes called Mr. Jefferson’s University or even The University. The institution was first conceived in 1800. However, it was established 19 years later. One of its other claims to fame, aside from having been founded by a US President, is that it has [...]
Filed under school profiles, July 4th, 2010Georgetown University Competence Plus Religiosity
Georgetown University was founded way back in the eighteenth century. The Jesuit private university was founded by Father John Carroll in 1789. Though the school struggled through its early years, it managed to branch out and became a university after the American Civil War. Patrick Francis Healy was the first to lead the university as [...]
Filed under school profiles, June 26th, 2010Profiling the University of California Berkeley
The University of California has ten major campuses and the one at Berkeley is the oldest. The University of California-Berkeley sits on the land bought by the private College of California in 1866. The college that was formed, however, could not operate on its own because it lacked funds. It had to be merged with [...]
Filed under school profiles, June 10th, 2010Getting Accepted into Notre Dame
Though the school is popularly known as simply Notre Dame, the formal name is University of Notre Dame du Lac. Notre Dame being French for Our Lady already reveals the fact that the university is Catholic. It is also a university that is focused on research. The university is located in St. Joseph County in [...]
Filed under school profiles, June 2nd, 2010