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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Oxbridge rivalry |  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - Myths and legendsThere are a number of popular myths associated with Cambridge University and its history, some of which should be taken less seriously than others.
One famous myth relates to Queens' College's so-called Mathematical Bridge (pictured right), which was supposedly constructed by Sir Isaac Newton to hold itself together without any bolts or screws. It was also supposedly taken apart by inquisitive students who were then unable to reassemble it without the use of bolts. The story is false, as the bridge was erected 22 years after Newton's ...
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - AdmissionUndergraduate admission to Cambridge colleges used to depend on knowledge of Latin and Ancient Greek, subjects taught principally in the United Kingdom at fee-paying schools, called public schools. This tended to mean that students came predominantly from members of the British social elite. The admission process was changed and modernized in the 1960s. Aspiring students are now usually expected to be predicted at least 3 A-grade A-level qualifications relevant to the undergraduate course they are applying for. In addition to predicted grade ...
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - MiscellaneousBuilding on its reputation for science and technology, Cambridge has a partnership with MIT in the United States, the Cambridge-MIT Institute. The university is also closely linked with many of the high-tech businesses in and around Cambridge, which form the area known as Silicon Fen. Cambridge businesses and the university have also been financially supported by several prominent figures in the technology world, including Gordon Moore of Intel Corporation and Bill Gates of Microsoft. In 2000, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation set up the ...
See also:University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - General information, University of Cambridge - History, University of Cambridge - Research and Teaching, University of Cambridge - Admission, University of Cambridge - Sports and recreation, University of Cambridge - Myths and legends, University of Cambridge - Miscellaneous, University of Cambridge - Colleges, University of Cambridge - Cambridge University in literature & popular culture, University of Cambridge - Fiction, University of Cambridge - Non-fiction, University of Cambridge - Selected notable alumni, University of Cambridge - University activities, University of Cambridge - History and traditions, University of Cambridge - Societies and leisure activities, University of Cambridge - Organisations and institutions associated with the university Read more here: » University of Cambridge: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - Miscellaneous |
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - Sports and recreationThere is a long tradition at Cambridge of student participation in sports and recreational pursuits. Rowing is a particularly popular sport and there are competitions between colleges (notably the bumps races) and against Oxford (the Boat Race). There are also Varsity matches against Oxford in many other sports, including rugby, cricket, chess and tiddlywinks. Representing the university in certain sports entitles the athlete to apply for a Cambridge Blue at the discretion of a Blues Committee consisting of the captains of the thirtee ...
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Yale University - Residential colleges.
Yale has a system of 12 residential colleges, instituted in 1933 through a grant by Yale graduate Edward S. Harkness, who admired the college systems at Oxford and Cambridge. Each college has a carefully constructed support structure for students, including a Dean, Master, affiliated faculty, and resident Fellows. Each college also features distinctive architecture, secluded courtyards, and facilities ranging from libraries to squash courts to darkrooms. While each college ...
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - Yale University - Yale people of noteNineteen Nobel laureates are affiliated with the university.
Yale University - Benefactors.
Yale has had many financial supporters, but some stand out by the magnitude of their contributions. Among those who have made large donations commemorated at the university are:
Edward S. Harkness
William Harkness
Paul Mellon
John William Sterling
Payne Whitney
See also: Yale University, Yale University - History, Yale University - Yale and Politics in the Modern Era, Yale University - Heads of Collegiate School Yale College and Yale University, Yale University - Intellectual schools, Yale University - Collections, Yale University - Yale architecture, Yale University - Notable nonresidential campus buildings, Yale University - Campus life, Yale University - Residential colleges, Yale University - Sports, Yale University - Life in New Haven, Yale University - Student organizations, Yale University - Community service organizations, Yale University - Political organizations, Yale University - Musical groups, Yale University - A cappella singing groups, Yale University - Theatrical organizations, Yale University - Secret societies, Yale University - Other organizations, Yale University - Yale people of note, Yale University - Benefactors, Yale University - Famous alumni, Yale University - Famous professors, Yale University - Miscellany, Yale University - Criticism of Yale, Yale University - Crime, Yale University - Yale in fiction and popular culture, Yale University - Points of interest Read more here: » Yale University: Encyclopedia II - Yale University - Yale people of note |
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - Yale University - MiscellanyYale students claim to have invented Frisbee, by tossing around empty pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company. Another traditional Yale game was bladderball, played between 1954 and 1982.
Yale's Central Campus in downtown New Haven is 260 acres. An additional 500 acres (2 km²) comprises the Yale golf course and nature preserves in rural Connecticut and Horse Island.[47]
Yale's Handsome Dan is believed to be the first live college mascot in America.
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See also:Yale University, Yale University - History, Yale University - Yale and Politics in the Modern Era, Yale University - Heads of Collegiate School Yale College and Yale University, Yale University - Intellectual schools, Yale University - Collections, Yale University - Yale architecture, Yale University - Notable nonresidential campus buildings, Yale University - Campus life, Yale University - Residential colleges, Yale University - Sports, Yale University - Life in New Haven, Yale University - Student organizations, Yale University - Community service organizations, Yale University - Political organizations, Yale University - Musical groups, Yale University - A cappella singing groups, Yale University - Theatrical organizations, Yale University - Secret societies, Yale University - Other organizations, Yale University - Yale people of note, Yale University - Benefactors, Yale University - Famous alumni, Yale University - Famous professors, Yale University - Miscellany, Yale University - Criticism of Yale, Yale University - Crime, Yale University - Yale in fiction and popular culture, Yale University - Points of interest Read more here: » Yale University: Encyclopedia II - Yale University - Miscellany |
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - Yale University - Student organizationsThe Yale Political Union, the oldest student political organization in the United States, is often the largest organization on campus, and is advised by alumni political leaders such as John Kerry, Gerald Ford, and George Pataki. The Yale Daily News, the oldest daily college newspaper in the United States, has been a forum for opinion since 1878, and counts among its former chairmen Sargent Shriver, Joseph Lieberman, William F. Buckley, Jr., and Strobe Talbott. Dwight Hall, an independent, non-profit community service organization, oversees more than 2,000 Yale undergraduates working on ...
See also:Yale University, Yale University - History, Yale University - Yale and Politics in the Modern Era, Yale University - Heads of Collegiate School Yale College and Yale University, Yale University - Intellectual schools, Yale University - Collections, Yale University - Yale architecture, Yale University - Notable nonresidential campus buildings, Yale University - Campus life, Yale University - Residential colleges, Yale University - Sports, Yale University - Life in New Haven, Yale University - Student organizations, Yale University - Community service organizations, Yale University - Political organizations, Yale University - Musical groups, Yale University - A cappella singing groups, Yale University - Theatrical organizations, Yale University - Secret societies, Yale University - Other organizations, Yale University - Yale people of note, Yale University - Benefactors, Yale University - Famous alumni, Yale University - Famous professors, Yale University - Miscellany, Yale University - Criticism of Yale, Yale University - Crime, Yale University - Yale in fiction and popular culture, Yale University - Points of interest Read more here: » Yale University: Encyclopedia II - Yale University - Student organizations |
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - Research and TeachingThe University has research departments and teaching faculties in most academic disciplines. Traditionally, Cambridge tends to have a slight bias towards more scientific subjects, but it also has a number of very strong humanities and social science faculties. Cambridge has a distinctive supervision system (with a teacher-student ratio varying between one-to-one and one-to-three) for the teaching of undergraduates (typically by academic staff, and often by graduate students in the larger subjects), very similar to the tutorial system at Oxfo ...
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University of Cambridge - Fiction.
The film version of James Bond was an Oriental Studies graduate from Cambridge and fluent in Japanese.
Will Bailey, a White House staffer on The West Wing, a US television drama series, is a "former president of the Cambridge Union on a Marshall Scholarship".
Chaucer's The Reeve's Tale takes place at Soler Halle - another name for King's Hall, which later became part of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Porterhouse Blue and ...
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - Yale University - Yale architectureMost of Yale's buildings, constructed in the Gothic architecture style, were built during the period 1917-1931. Stone sculpture built into the walls of the buildings make this apparent; they portray contemporary college personalities such as a writer, an athlete, a tea-drinking socialite, and a student who has fallen asleep while reading. Similarly, the decorative friezes on the buildings depict contemporary scenes such as policemen chasing a robber and arresting a prostitute (on the wall of the Law School), or a student relaxing with a mug ...
See also:Yale University, Yale University - History, Yale University - Yale and Politics in the Modern Era, Yale University - Heads of Collegiate School Yale College and Yale University, Yale University - Intellectual schools, Yale University - Collections, Yale University - Yale architecture, Yale University - Notable nonresidential campus buildings, Yale University - Campus life, Yale University - Residential colleges, Yale University - Sports, Yale University - Life in New Haven, Yale University - Student organizations, Yale University - Community service organizations, Yale University - Political organizations, Yale University - Musical groups, Yale University - A cappella singing groups, Yale University - Theatrical organizations, Yale University - Secret societies, Yale University - Other organizations, Yale University - Yale people of note, Yale University - Benefactors, Yale University - Famous alumni, Yale University - Famous professors, Yale University - Miscellany, Yale University - Criticism of Yale, Yale University - Crime, Yale University - Yale in fiction and popular culture, Yale University - Points of interest Read more here: » Yale University: Encyclopedia II - Yale University - Yale architecture |
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - CollegesThe University of Cambridge currently has 31 colleges, of which three admit only women (New Hall, Newnham and Lucy Cavendish). The remaining 28 are mixed, Magdalene being the last all-male college to admit women in 1988. Two colleges admit only postgraduates (Clare Hall and Darwin), and four more admit mainly mature students or graduate students (Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish, St Edmund's and Wolfson). The other 25 colleges admit mainly undergraduate students, but also postgraduates following courses of study or research. Although various coll ...
See also:University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - General information, University of Cambridge - History, University of Cambridge - Research and Teaching, University of Cambridge - Admission, University of Cambridge - Sports and recreation, University of Cambridge - Myths and legends, University of Cambridge - Miscellaneous, University of Cambridge - Colleges, University of Cambridge - Cambridge University in literature & popular culture, University of Cambridge - Fiction, University of Cambridge - Non-fiction, University of Cambridge - Selected notable alumni, University of Cambridge - University activities, University of Cambridge - History and traditions, University of Cambridge - Societies and leisure activities, University of Cambridge - Organisations and institutions associated with the university Read more here: » University of Cambridge: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - Colleges |
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - Yale University - MiscellanyYale students claim to have invented Frisbee, by tossing around empty pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company. Another traditional Yale game was bladderball, played between 1954 and 1982.
Yale's Central Campus in downtown New Haven is 260 acres. An additional 500 acres (2 km²) comprises the Yale golf course and nature preserves in rural Connecticut and Horse Island.[46]
Yale's Handsome Dan is believed to be the first live college mascot in America.
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See also:Yale University, Yale University - History, Yale University - Heads of Collegiate School Yale College and Yale University, Yale University - Intellectual schools, Yale University - Collections, Yale University - Yale architecture, Yale University - Notable nonresidential campus buildings, Yale University - Campus life, Yale University - Residential colleges, Yale University - Sports, Yale University - Life in New Haven, Yale University - Student organizations, Yale University - Community service organizations, Yale University - Political organizations, Yale University - Musical groups, Yale University - A cappella singing groups, Yale University - Theatrical organizations, Yale University - Secret societies, Yale University - Other organizations, Yale University - Yale people of note, Yale University - Benefactors, Yale University - Famous alumni, Yale University - Famous professors, Yale University - Miscellany, Yale University - Criticism of Yale, Yale University - Crime, Yale University - Yale in fiction and popular culture, Yale University - Points of interest Read more here: » Yale University: Encyclopedia II - Yale University - Miscellany |
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - Myths and legendsThere are a number of popular myths associated with Cambridge University and its history, some of which should be taken less seriously than others.
One famous myth relates to Queens' College's so-called Mathematical Bridge (pictured right), which was supposedly constructed by Sir Isaac Newton to hold itself together without any bolts or screws. It was also supposedly taken apart by inquisitive students who were then unable to reassemble it without the use of bolts. The story is false, as the bridge was erected 22 years after Newton's ...
See also:University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - General information, University of Cambridge - History, University of Cambridge - Research and Teaching, University of Cambridge - Admission, University of Cambridge - Sports and recreation, University of Cambridge - Myths and legends, University of Cambridge - Miscellaneous, University of Cambridge - Colleges, University of Cambridge - Cambridge University in literature & popular culture, University of Cambridge - Fiction, University of Cambridge - Non-fiction, University of Cambridge - Selected alumni, University of Cambridge - University activities, University of Cambridge - History and traditions, University of Cambridge - Societies and leisure activities, University of Cambridge - Organisations and institutions associated with the university Read more here: » University of Cambridge: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - Myths and legends |
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - MiscellaneousBuilding on its reputation for science and technology, Cambridge has a partnership with MIT in the United States, the Cambridge-MIT Institute. The university is also closely linked with many of the high-tech businesses in and around Cambridge, which form the area known as Silicon Fen. Cambridge businesses and the university have also been financially supported by several prominent figures in the technology world, including Gordon Moore of Intel Corporation and Bill Gates of Microsoft. In 2000, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation set up the ...
See also:University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - General information, University of Cambridge - History, University of Cambridge - Research and Teaching, University of Cambridge - Admission, University of Cambridge - Sports and recreation, University of Cambridge - Myths and legends, University of Cambridge - Miscellaneous, University of Cambridge - Colleges, University of Cambridge - Cambridge University in literature & popular culture, University of Cambridge - Fiction, University of Cambridge - Non-fiction, University of Cambridge - Selected alumni, University of Cambridge - University activities, University of Cambridge - History and traditions, University of Cambridge - Societies and leisure activities, University of Cambridge - Organisations and institutions associated with the university Read more here: » University of Cambridge: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - Miscellaneous |
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - HistoryRoger of Wendover wrote that Cambridge University could trace its origins to a crime committed in 1209. Although not always a reliable source, the detail given in his contemporaneous writings lends them credence. Two Oxford scholars were convicted of the murder or manslaughter of a woman and were hanged by the town authorities with the assent of the King. In protest at the hanging, the University of Oxford went into voluntary suspension, and scholars migrated to a number of other locations, including the pre-existing school at Cambridge (Cam ...
See also:University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - General information, University of Cambridge - History, University of Cambridge - Research and Teaching, University of Cambridge - Admission, University of Cambridge - Sports and recreation, University of Cambridge - Myths and legends, University of Cambridge - Miscellaneous, University of Cambridge - Colleges, University of Cambridge - Cambridge University in literature & popular culture, University of Cambridge - Fiction, University of Cambridge - Non-fiction, University of Cambridge - Selected notable alumni, University of Cambridge - University activities, University of Cambridge - History and traditions, University of Cambridge - Societies and leisure activities, University of Cambridge - Organisations and institutions associated with the university Read more here: » University of Cambridge: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - History |
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - AdmissionUndergraduate admission to Cambridge colleges used to depend on knowledge of Latin and Ancient Greek, subjects taught principally in the United Kingdom at fee-paying schools, called public schools. This tended to mean that students came predominantly from members of the British social elite. The admission process was changed and modernized in the 1960s. Aspiring students are now usually expected to be predicted at least 3 A-grade A-level qualifications relevant to the undergraduate course they are applying for. In addition to predicted grade ...
See also:University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - General information, University of Cambridge - History, University of Cambridge - Research and Teaching, University of Cambridge - Admission, University of Cambridge - Sports and recreation, University of Cambridge - Myths and legends, University of Cambridge - Miscellaneous, University of Cambridge - Colleges, University of Cambridge - Cambridge University in literature & popular culture, University of Cambridge - Fiction, University of Cambridge - Non-fiction, University of Cambridge - Selected alumni, University of Cambridge - University activities, University of Cambridge - History and traditions, University of Cambridge - Societies and leisure activities, University of Cambridge - Organisations and institutions associated with the university Read more here: » University of Cambridge: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - Admission |
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - HistoryRoger of Wendover wrote that Cambridge University could trace its origins to a crime committed in 1209. Although not always a reliable source, the detail given in his contemporaneous writings lends them credence. Two Oxford scholars were convicted of the murder or manslaughter of a woman and were hanged by the town authorities with the assent of the King. In protest at the hanging, the University of Oxford went into voluntary suspension, and scholars migrated to a number of other locations, including the pre-existing school at Cambridge (Cam ...
See also:University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - General information, University of Cambridge - History, University of Cambridge - Research and Teaching, University of Cambridge - Admission, University of Cambridge - Sports and recreation, University of Cambridge - Myths and legends, University of Cambridge - Miscellaneous, University of Cambridge - Colleges, University of Cambridge - Cambridge University in literature & popular culture, University of Cambridge - Fiction, University of Cambridge - Non-fiction, University of Cambridge - Selected alumni, University of Cambridge - University activities, University of Cambridge - History and traditions, University of Cambridge - Societies and leisure activities, University of Cambridge - Organisations and institutions associated with the university Read more here: » University of Cambridge: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - History |
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - Research and TeachingThe University has research departments and teaching faculties in most academic disciplines. Traditionally, Cambridge tends to have a slight bias towards more scientific subjects, but it also has a number of very strong humanities and social science faculties. Cambridge has a distinctive supervision system (with a teacher-student ratio varying between one-to-one and one-to-three) for the teaching of undergraduates (typically by academic staff, and often by graduate students in the larger subjects), very similar to the tutorial system at Oxfo ...
See also:University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - General information, University of Cambridge - History, University of Cambridge - Research and Teaching, University of Cambridge - Admission, University of Cambridge - Sports and recreation, University of Cambridge - Myths and legends, University of Cambridge - Miscellaneous, University of Cambridge - Colleges, University of Cambridge - Cambridge University in literature & popular culture, University of Cambridge - Fiction, University of Cambridge - Non-fiction, University of Cambridge - Selected alumni, University of Cambridge - University activities, University of Cambridge - History and traditions, University of Cambridge - Societies and leisure activities, University of Cambridge - Organisations and institutions associated with the university Read more here: » University of Cambridge: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - Research and Teaching |
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - CollegesThe University of Cambridge currently has 31 colleges, of which three admit only women (New Hall, Newnham and Lucy Cavendish). The remaining 28 are mixed, Magdalene being the last all-male college to admit women in 1988. Two colleges admit only postgraduates (Clare Hall and Darwin), and four more admit mainly mature students or graduate students (Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish, St Edmund's and Wolfson). The other 25 colleges admit mainly undergraduate students, but also postgraduates following courses of study or research. Although various coll ...
See also:University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - General information, University of Cambridge - History, University of Cambridge - Research and Teaching, University of Cambridge - Admission, University of Cambridge - Sports and recreation, University of Cambridge - Myths and legends, University of Cambridge - Miscellaneous, University of Cambridge - Colleges, University of Cambridge - Cambridge University in literature & popular culture, University of Cambridge - Fiction, University of Cambridge - Non-fiction, University of Cambridge - Selected alumni, University of Cambridge - University activities, University of Cambridge - History and traditions, University of Cambridge - Societies and leisure activities, University of Cambridge - Organisations and institutions associated with the university Read more here: » University of Cambridge: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - Colleges |
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|  |  |  | Oxbridge rivalry: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - Sports and recreationThere is a long tradition at Cambridge of student participation in sports and recreational pursuits. Rowing is a particularly popular sport and there are competitions between colleges (notably the bumps races) and against Oxford (the Boat Race). There are also Varsity matches against Oxford in many other sports, including rugby, cricket, chess and tiddlywinks. Representing the university in certain sports entitles the athlete to apply for a Cambridge Blue at the discretion of a Blues Committee consisting of the captains of the thirtee ...
See also:University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - General information, University of Cambridge - History, University of Cambridge - Research and Teaching, University of Cambridge - Admission, University of Cambridge - Sports and recreation, University of Cambridge - Myths and legends, University of Cambridge - Miscellaneous, University of Cambridge - Colleges, University of Cambridge - Cambridge University in literature & popular culture, University of Cambridge - Fiction, University of Cambridge - Non-fiction, University of Cambridge - Selected alumni, University of Cambridge - University activities, University of Cambridge - History and traditions, University of Cambridge - Societies and leisure activities, University of Cambridge - Organisations and institutions associated with the university Read more here: » University of Cambridge: Encyclopedia II - University of Cambridge - Sports and recreation |
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