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  2. Ca' Foscari University of Venice - Wikipedia

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    unive .it. Ca' Foscari University of Venice ( Italian: Università Ca' Foscari Venezia ), or simply Ca' Foscari, is a public research university and business school in Venice, Italy. Since its foundation in 1868, it has been housed in the Venetian Gothic palace of Ca' Foscari, from which it takes its name. The palace stands on the Grand Canal ...

  3. Rice University - Wikipedia

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    Rice University. /  29.71694°N 95.40278°W  / 29.71694; -95.40278. Rice University, formally William Marsh Rice University, is a private research university in Houston, Texas, United States. It sits on a 300-acre campus adjacent to the Houston Museum District and the Texas Medical Center .

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    The double sovereign is a gold coin of the United Kingdom with a nominal value of two pounds sterling (£2). It features the reigning monarch on its obverse and, most often, Benedetto Pistrucci 's depiction of Saint George and the Dragon on the reverse (pictured). It was rarely issued in the first century and a half after its debut in 1820 ...

  5. University of Ghana - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.ug.edu.gh. The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, [3] Ghana. It is the oldest public university in Ghana. The university was founded in 1948 [4] as the University College of the Gold Coast [5] [6] in the British colony of the Gold Coast.

  6. List of U.S. states and territories by area - Wikipedia

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    The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska. Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.

  7. University of California, Berkeley - Wikipedia

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    The University of California, Berkeley ( UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) [10] [11] is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkeley, it is the state's first land-grant university and the founding campus of the University of ...

  8. University of Phoenix - Wikipedia

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    University of Phoenix. University of Phoenix [3] ( UoPX) is a private for-profit university headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. [a] Founded in 1976, the university confers certificates and degrees at the certificate, associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree levels.

  9. Stanford University - Wikipedia

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    Stanford University was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford, dedicated to the memory of Leland Stanford Jr., their only child. The institution opened in 1891 on Stanford's previous Palo Alto farm. The Stanfords modeled their university after the great Eastern universities, specifically Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.