University of Virginia | Wikipedia audio article
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University of Virginia
00:02:26 1 History
00:02:34 1.1 1800s
00:09:46 1.2 1900s
00:15:20 1.3 2000s
00:18:02 2 Grounds
00:18:28 2.1 Academical Village
00:23:44 2.2 Libraries
00:25:21 2.3 Other areas
00:27:26 2.4 Student housing
00:29:08 3 Organization and administration
00:32:26 4 Academics
00:33:33 4.1 Research
00:36:13 4.2 Innovation
00:37:42 4.3 Rankings
00:39:17 4.4 Other recognition
00:40:38 4.5 Admissions and financial aid
00:42:46 5 Student life
00:43:18 5.1 Student-faculty interaction and connections
00:44:59 5.2 Global citizenship initiatives
00:46:54 5.3 Student leadership opportunities
00:47:52 5.4 Secret societies
00:48:26 5.5 Honor system
00:49:37 5.6 Student activities
00:52:36 5.7 Greek life
00:53:50 5.8 Transportation
00:55:00 6 Athletics
00:57:20 6.1 Championships
00:58:37 6.2 Rivalries
01:01:47 6.3 Sponsorship
01:02:03 7 People
01:02:12 7.1 Faculty
01:04:12 7.2 Alumni
01:07:39 8 See also
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- Socrates
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The University of Virginia (U.Va. or UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. The flagship university of Virginia, it is also a World Heritage site of the United States. It was founded in 1819 by Declaration of Independence author and former President Thomas Jefferson. UVA is known for its historic foundations, student-run honor code, and secret societies.
The original governing Board of Visitors included Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. Monroe was the sitting President of the United States at the time of its foundation and earlier Presidents Jefferson and Madison were UVA's first two rectors. Jefferson conceived and designed the original courses of study and Academical Village. As the first elected member to the research-driven Association of American Universities in the American South, since 1904, it remains the only AAU member in Virginia. The university is classified as a Research University with Very High Research by the Carnegie Foundation. Its recent research efforts have been recognized by such scientific media as the journal Science, which credited UVA faculty with two of the top ten global breakthroughs of 2015. UVA faculty and alumni have also founded a large number of companies, such as Reddit, that produce more than $1.6 trillion in annual revenue, equivalent to the 10th-largest economy in the world.UVA offers 121 majors across the eight undergraduate and three professional schools. The historic 1,682-acre (2.6 sq mi; 680.7 ha) campus is internationally protected by UNESCO and has been ranked as one of the most beautiful collegiate grounds in the country. UVA additionally maintains 2,913 acres southeast of the city, at Morven Farm. The university also manages the College at Wise in Southwest Virginia, and until 1972 operated George Mason University and the University of Mary Washington in Northern Virginia.
Virginia student athletes compete in 27 collegiate sports and the Cavaliers lead the Atlantic Coast Conference in men's team NCAA championships with 18, additionally placing second in women's national titles with seven. UVA was awarded the men's Capital One Cup in 2015 after fielding the top overall men's athletics program in the nation.
Yale | Wikipedia audio article
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Yale
00:02:46 1 History
00:02:55 1.1 Early history of Yale College
00:03:05 1.1.1 Origins
00:04:42 1.1.2 Naming and development
00:06:29 1.1.3 Curriculum
00:08:13 1.1.4 Students
00:09:04 1.2 19th century
00:11:10 1.2.1 Sports and debate
00:14:00 1.2.2 Expansion
00:15:58 1.3 20th century
00:16:07 1.3.1 Behavioral sciences
00:17:17 1.3.2 Biology
00:18:29 1.3.3 Medicine
00:19:26 1.3.4 Faculty
00:19:52 1.3.5 History and American studies
00:20:48 1.3.6 Women
00:22:41 1.3.7 Class
00:23:07 1.3.8 Town–gown relations
00:23:51 1.4 21st century
00:30:58 2 Administration and organization
00:31:09 2.1 Leadership
00:32:52 2.2 Staff and labor unions
00:34:37 3 Campus
00:40:29 3.1 Notable nonresidential campus buildings
00:42:29 3.2 Relationship with New Haven
00:43:00 3.2.1 Campus safety
00:44:20 4 Academics
00:44:29 4.1 Admissions
00:46:12 4.2 Collections
00:48:23 4.3 Rankings
00:49:04 4.4 Faculty, research, and intellectual traditions
00:51:35 5 Campus life
00:52:08 5.1 Residential colleges
00:53:56 5.1.1 Calhoun College
00:57:07 5.2 Student organizations
01:00:01 5.3 Traditions
01:01:02 5.4 Athletics
01:04:13 5.4.1 Song
01:05:01 5.4.2 Mascot
01:05:33 6 Notable people
01:05:42 6.1 Benefactors
01:06:51 6.2 Notable alumni and faculty
01:11:37 7 In fiction and popular culture
01:12:38 8 Notes and references
01:12:48 9 Further reading
01:12:57 9.1 Secret societies
01:13:26 10 External links
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- Socrates
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Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine Colonial Colleges chartered before the American Revolution.Chartered by Connecticut Colony, the Collegiate School was established by clergy to educate Congregational ministers. It moved to New Haven in 1716 and shortly after was renamed Yale College in recognition of a gift from British East India Company governor Elihu Yale. Originally restricted to theology and sacred languages, the curriculum began to incorporate humanities and sciences by the time of the American Revolution. In the 19th century, the college expanded into graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first Ph.D. in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887. Its faculty and student populations grew after 1890 with rapid expansion of the physical campus and scientific research.
Yale is organized into fourteen constituent schools: the original undergraduate college, the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and twelve professional schools. While the university is governed by the Yale Corporation, each school's faculty oversees its curriculum and degree programs. In addition to a central campus in downtown New Haven, the University owns athletic facilities in western New Haven, a campus in West Haven, Connecticut and forest and nature preserves throughout New England. The university's assets include an endowment valued at $29.4 billion as of October 2018, the second largest endowment of any educational institution in the world. The Yale University Library, serving all constituent schools, holds more than 15 million volumes and is the third-largest academic library in the United States.Yale College undergraduates follow a liberal arts curriculum with departmental majors and are organized into a social system of residential colleges. Almost all faculty teach undergraduate courses, more than 2,000 of which are offered annually. Students compete intercollegiately as the Yale Bulldogs in the NCAA Division I – Ivy League.
As of October 2018, 61 Nobel laureates, 5 Fields Medalists and 3 Turing award winners have been affiliated with Yale University. In addition, Yale has graduated many notable alumni, including five U.S. Presidents, 19 U.S. Supreme Court Justices, 20 living billionaires and many heads of state. Hundreds of members of Congress and many U.S. diplomats, 78 MacArthur Fellows, 247 Rhodes ...