Anne's park
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Berkeley University
View from Memorial Glade of Sather Tower (The Campanile), the center of UC Berkeley. The ring of its bells and clock can be observed from all over campus.
Sather gate and Sather tower (the Campanile) from Sproul Plaza on the UC Berkeley campus
South Hall (1873)
one of the two original buildings of the University of California, still stands on the Berkeley campus History
In 1866, the land comprising the current Berkeley campus was purchased by the private College of California. Because it lacked sufficient funds to operate, it eventually merged with the state-run Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College to form the University of California, the first full-curriculum public university in the state.
The university opened in September 1869. Frederick Billings was a trustee of the College of California and suggested that the college be named in honor of the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkeley.
In 1870 Henry Durant, the founder of the College of California, became the first president. With the completion of North and South Halls in 1873, the university relocated to its Berkeley location with 167 male and 222 female students and held its first classes.
Organization
Berkeley's 130-plus academic departments and programs are organized into 14 colleges and schools.[2] "Colleges" are both undergraduate and graduate, while "Schools" are generally graduate only, though some offer undergraduate majors, minors, or courses.
- College of Chemistry
- College of Engineering
- College of Environmental Design
- College of Letters and Science
- College of Natural Resources
- Graduate School of Education
- Graduate School of Journalism
- Haas School of Business
- Goldman School of Public Policy
- School of Information
- School of Law (Boalt Hall)
- School of Optometry
- School of Public Health
- School of Social Welfare
- UC Berkeley Extension
UC Berkeley does not have a medical school; however, the University of California, San Francisco is a standalone medical school that is located nearby.
University of California, Berkeley | |
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Motto | Latin: Fiat Lux |
Motto in English | Let There Be Light |
Established | March 23, 1868 |
Type | Public |
Endowment | $3.15 billion (June 2011) [1] |
Chancellor | Robert J. Birgeneau |
Undergraduates | 25,530 (Fall 2009)[2] |
Postgraduates | 10,313 (Fall 2009)[2] |
Location | Berkeley, California,United States |
Campus | Urban 6,651 acres (2,692 ha)[3] |
Nobel Laureates | 70[4] |
Colors | Yale Blue California Gold |
Athletics | 27 Varsity Teams NCAA Division I California Golden Bears |
Mascot | Oski the Bear |
Affiliations | AAU IARU Pacific-12 University of California |
Website | berkeley.edu |
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Stanford University
Leland Stanford Junior University
Seal of Stanford University
Motto Die Luft der Freiheit weht
(German)[1]
Motto in English The wind of freedom blows[1]
Established 1891[2]
Type Private
Endowment US$ 16.5 billion(2011)[3]
President John L. Hennessy
Provost John Etchemendy
Academic staff 1,910[4]
Students 15,319
Undergraduates 6,878[5]
Postgraduates 8,441[5]
Location Stanford, California,U.S.
Campus Suburban, 8,180 acres (3,310 ha)[6]
Colors Cardinal red and white
Athletics NCAA Division I(FBS) Pac-12
Nickname Cardinal
Mascot Stanford Tree (unofficial)
Website Stanford.edu
Seal of Stanford University
(German)[1]
Landmarks
Contemporary campus landmarks include the Main Quad and Memorial Church, the Cantor Center for Visual Arts and art gallery, the Stanford Mausoleum and the Angel of Grief, Hoover Tower, the Rodin sculpture garden, the Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden, the Arizona Cactus Garden, the Stanford University Arboretum, Green Library and the Dish. Frank Lloyd Wright's 1937 Hanna-Honeycomb House and the 1919Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover House are both listed on the National Historic Register.
Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover house |
Hoover Tower |
Stanford Memorial Church |
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