A year ago, the university’s new name was “Cambridge University”.But today, the name is “The University of Cambridge”.It’s a clear reference to the university of Cambridge, a town in south-east England.The university’s motto, “A Commonwealth that leads,” is an iconic quote from Winston Churchill, who led Britain to victory in World War I. In the…
In the US, universities and research institutes are looking to make sure that their existing infrastructure can be used for new and exciting research, but there is a significant difference between being in a university and in a research institute.A research institute is an organisation that is run by academics who work on the research…
When Stanford University entered the poker world in the late 1990s, the school was already well known for its athletic programs.The school had won a national championship in football a decade earlier and was widely regarded as one of the best in the nation.But a group of Stanford players was more than just an elite…