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Formerly "D" Cafeteria, the University Room featured the seals of each college or university from several conferences with whom Duke has the greatest athletic relations – Atlantic Coast, Ivy League, Big Ten and Southeastern Conference.
Repository: Duke University Archives. Durham, North Carolina, USA. library.duke.edu/uarchives
Trying to locate this photo at the Duke University Archives? You’ll find it in the Theodore W. "Ted" Minah Records and Papers, box 6.
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia.
RMIT University is an Australian university of technology and design based in Melbourne, Victoria. RMIT was founded in 1887 by grazier, politician and public benefactor the Hon. Francis Ormond—as the Working Men's College of Melbourne.
Colorado State University students and alumni paint The A on the foothills overlooking Fort Collins. August 28, 2021
Harper Library - October 27, 2007
- the architecture of the University of Chicago is based on the Gothic model of Oxford University, England.
Ken Okwuosa,'13, left, congratulates Fiona Flanagan,'15, after the Salve Regina University Commencement Ceremony. Photo by Andrea Hansen/Courtesy of Salve Regina University
Salamanca University, Leon, Spain, 23 April 2008. Founded 1134 and given a Royal Charter to effectively make it a university in 1218 by King Alphonse IX of Leon to match Bologna, Oxford, Cambridge and the Sorbonne. It was officially given the title 'university' by King Alphonse X the Wise in 1254, confirmed in a Papal Bull by Pope Alexande IV in 1255. It is the oldest university in Spain and the third oldest in the world (if you take 1134) still operating. Pictured is the library.
Move-in weekend at Sacred Heart University (Roncalli Hall) - photo by Tracy Deer-Mirek on August 22, 2014
West Midlands Railway Class 172, 172335 arriving into University working 1V29 1456 to Hereford, service had started at Birmingham New Street, taken 5th April 2021
From the May 2016 trip to Thailand and Cambodia:
Preah Khan is a fairly unique site for being one of the lesser-known places in the Angkor complex. It was constructed by Jayavarman VII in the late 12th century (1191 A.D.), with alterations by Jayavarman VIII.
As I mentioned about Ta Prohm being dedicated to Jayavarman’s mother (in that the main deity was sculpted in her likeness), Preah Khan is dedicated to his father Dharanindravarman. The bodhisattva Lokesvara was sculpted in his likeness.
Preah Khan is also a fortunate site in that its main stele was found in situ, so the history of Preah Khan is well-known. It was a city that housed over 1,000 Buddhist teachers (and, as a result, a Buddhist university). It was built on a “lake of blood” as, apparently, this is the site where the Khmers recaptured Angkor from the Chams (a group from Vietnam, may have been Muslim) and the Cham king died here.
In short, this was a university city – and, like all of these sites, it’s pretty much in the jungle now, but in its prime, was a flourishing city with houses, streets and the like – a religious site, and a site with important history for the Khmers. On top of that, its architecturally unique from other Angkor sites in that it’s a round-columned, two-storied building and there are entrance causeways with boundary stones and nagas.
Preah Khan is located on the route out of the north gate of Angkor Thom on the grand circuit, and visiting here will probably take you at least an hour (but not more than two).
Well, this is it. Save for a return flight to Bangkok on Tuesday, May 17 (a formality, really, just to pick up the return flight to China on the 18th…and no shoots on the 17th in Bangkok), Siem Reap/Angkor Wat is the last stop – and the one I was most looking forward to.
The flight over was pretty uneventful, though amusing. At Phnom Penh International Airport, we checked in at the gate, then went outside and hopped on a bus to take us to the plane…which was literally less than 100 meters away. That amused me to no end. A quick, comfortable 45 minute flight on the prop jet later – over completely black terrain; it seems the countryside is either sparsely populated, or electricity is a premium, but we may as well have been flying over a moonless ocean – brought us to Siem Reap (which, I’m glad to say, had lights). Siem Reap is the small town (and it’s basically a tourist/party kind of town where it’s great to go out at night after spending a full day in the sweltering hot sun. It’s about 10 kilometers south of Angkor Wat.
In overview, Angkor Wat is the ancient capital of the Khmer kingdom. What remains today are temples…temples…and temples. Hindu temples. Buddhist temples. They were also a people who were animists, so some temples are reminiscent of that system, too.
The detail of the temples is also fascinating. There are more asparas here than you can shake a stick at. Of the roughly 20,000 asparas, only one is shown smiling (baring teeth, that is). It fascinates – and impresses – me that people have done such extensive research and restoration that they know this. Those are the details, though.
A macro view of the Siem Reap area is just as impressive in that these temples are a study of a civilization close to one thousand years old (yet another jaw-dropping aspect of Angkor: the longevity) and their durability. The earliest temples are over a thousand years old, and the most recent are from the 14th century. (If the guide book I bought is correct, they were all built between 790-1307.) What survives today is all original (though there have been reinforcements with stone – many foreign countries support renovations of specific temples; I recall China and India among them). It’s quite obvious to tell what’s old and what’s new in most cases. However, the restorations are all good and necessary. One last note regarding the longevity of these temples is this: If these stone temples are what remained…how impressive must the society have been who created them? (That’s to say…think of the temples, houses, and all that didn’t survive as they were built of wood; these are simply the temples built by the royals or the aristocracy.)
A tour of modern-day Angkor Wat can be done in one or two fairly vigorous days. However, if you’re looking for any classic shots, you’ll want to spend longer here. (Common sense: the more time here, the more chances for good shots.) For this trip – it may be the only time I come here, though you never know – we arrived on a Saturday night and checked into our hotel (My Home Tropical Garden Villa; $20/night)
Siem Reap feels, at first, like a small dusty outpost of a town. The center of town is about four square blocks of small dive restaurants (and a bar street) and slightly pricier restaurants. There is also a night market street, an art street…all in all, it’s quite nice and has a bit of a party feel to it in addition to the endless souvenir stands you would expect. Though we didn’t go out on Saturday night (since we didn’t get checked in until around 9:30 p.m.), we did get a chance to go on Sunday.
Sunday morning was an awfully early start. Before having left Phnom Penh, I jumped on Facebook and, by chance, found and hired a local tuktuk driver, Mao Khvan, for $25/day. He agreed to pick us up at 4:50 a.m. to catch the sunrise at Angkor Wat.
Now, a quick note on tuktuks: almost every single hotel/hostel/guesthouse probably has tuktuks available for hire. Also, when we were picked up at the airport, the taxi driver offered to drive us for the time we were there. In short…it’s a competitive market, and finding a driver for the day will be no problem. $25 may even be slightly pricy (you could probably find a driver for $15-20), however, I was so impressed with Mao’s service that, if I were to return, I’d gladly hire him again. He wasn’t rude or pushy, provides all the ice water you could possibly want to drink, and though he’s not an “official” guide, he’s very, very knowledgeable and made both days pleasant. I even had him take us to the airport the morning we left, and he brought his wife and daughter to meet us. He’s just a genuinely good and decent guy. (For anyone who goes to Angkor Wat, here’s Mao’s contact info if you want to arrange his services ahead of time: www.facebook.com/maotuktuksiemreap/?fref=ts )
Back to the actual touring itself, Angkor is geared towards tourism and they do it well. You can buy an admission ticket for either one, three, or seven days. ($20, $40, or…$60?). It’s also nice because they don’t have to be used in consecutive days (for the three and seven day passes, obviously). The three days can be used in a given week. The seven day pass, within a month.
Conventionally, two days is enough to see the “main” sites (albeit quickly) in about 8 hours each day. There’s a small loop (which we did the first morning) in which we caught the sunrise (not a great one, but…there was one, and it wasn’t terrible, by any stretch) at Angkor Wat, followed by a quick tour of the grounds – but not the temple itself. Afterwards (we were at Angkor Wat from 5:30 until 7:00 or 8:00, I’d say), we hopped back in the tuktuk and headed over to Ta Prohm, about 15-20 minutes away. Ta Prohm is famous for those who are fans of the Lara Croft Tomb Raider movies. (The first, I think. I’m not, so I don’t recall it vividly.) After those two spots – probably two of the three most famous – we went to the Khmer Country Kitchen for a rather nice, relaxing, and cheap breakfast where we spent an hour with the other two members of our group. Around 10:00, we went to our third stop: Ta Keo Temple. In 40 degree heat (roughly 104F), I was feeling a bit too exhausted to climb the somewhat steep stairs to the top of this temple, but I did enjoy the lower area just as well. From Ta Keo, we made a quick stop at two temples (they form a pair): Thommanon and Chau Say Tevoda for about 20 minutes. Between these three, I’d say we spent about an hour. Our last stop of the morning, around high noon, was the Bayon complex of Angkor Thom. Passing through Bayon’s east gate, we stopped for a few quick pictures before going to the main compound of Bayon, which I would say is the the last of the three most-recognizable places here. We spent a good hour, or a little longer, shooting here after which point we were completely spent. Mao would have gladly taken us back to Angkor for sunset, but we actually decided to call it a day around 1:00. 9 hours in high heat was more than enough.
Back at the hotel, we rested, and I enjoyed myself immensely in the swimming pool. In the early evening, we walked about 600 meters to the “happening” part of town where we wandered the various streets and had a rather nice Khmer dinner. After eating and walking off a rather good dinner, we called it a night and headed back to our room. (For what it’s worth, the afternoon sky clouded over quite a bit and I heard we didn’t miss much as far as sunsets go. Mao also told us the following morning that the sunrise was a wash, as was Tuesday morning’s. Perhaps he was just trying to make us feel good.)
Monday morning we gladly skipped the sunrise and had a late start around…10:00. After a good old-fashioned breakfast of a ham & cheese omelet, Mao came by and we spent the second full day on the large loop. The first stop of the day was at Ba Phuon, a lesser temple just north of Bayon in Angkhor Thom. This was accompanied by quick stops at the adjacent Elephant Terrace and Leper King Terrace. After about an hour in the Ba Phuon area, we rode off to the northeast and stopped at Preah Khan, which was a rather interesting ruins. Another hour or so gone, we continued along the northeastern loop, bypassing Neak Pean (which, following English pronunciation rules, could theoretically be pronounced “neck pain,” which amused me for some reason…). The next stop was a rather small temple named Ta Som on the eastern end of the outer loop. Just down the road from Ta Som, we stopped at the East Mebon temple. When it was constructed, this was an island, only accessible by boat. That, however, was centuries ago. Now, it’s just a very dry, dusty area – with the temple still standing – and it’s hard to imagine it was once surrounded by water. At any rate, it was a quick stop at East Mebon, followed by another nice meal at the Khmer Country Kitchen before we continued with the tour. The next stop on the list was due east of the restaurant (southeast corner of the outer loop, which is really slightly northeast of Angkor Wat). Pre Rup (or Bre Rup) was a fairly photogenic temple. By this point, the heat – also around 40 degrees, just like Sunday – was starting to take a toll, though we still managed to stay out and see all we could. The last “new” temple for us was Banteay Kdei, a citadel that is at the corner of where the inner and outer loop meet on the eastern side of Angkor Wat. Directly across the street from Bnateay Kdei is what should be a nice lake called Sra Srang. A long, rectangular lake, which is also across the street from the Khmer Country Kitchen, it’s now nothing but a dustbowl. Though it’s rainy season now, there’s been so little rain that the lake has completely dried up. (But, please don’t tell any “right”-thinking politicians in my country that global warming is a problem. It certainly isn’t, despite what your eyes see.) After some rather sad contemplation at Sra Srang, we went back to Angkor Wat around 4:00 and were there until 6:30 or so for sundown. However, a boomer of a thunderstorm (light rain, but heavy on thunder & lightning) came through and there wasn’t much to see. However, we did finally get to tour the interior of Angkor Wat, and found that a pretty fitting way to end the initial Siem Reap shoot. From there, we went back to the hotel where we passed out from exhaustion.
The only thing left to do was wake up on Tuesday for a quick 45 minute flight at noon to Bangkok. We concluded the trip as we started it: eating well at a Thai restaurant. Other than that, we just had a quiet night in Bangkok (no shooting at all) and a very early (3:30 a.m.) wake up call for our return flights out of Thailand. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing Thailand again soon.
Doesn't she look like the old Skipper we all know? I love this mold and love this university version of Skipper, she's just perfect!
"A great variety of masks appear in the traditional funeral dances as well as contemporary performances of the Dogon. They represent the entire Dogon universe, including antelopes and gazelles, and animals seen more frequently in the past, such as monkeys, lions, hyenas, and elephants, different species of birds, and reptiles such as the crocodile and serpent. Many masks are meant to stereotype foreigners such as the Fulbe, Bamana, Tuareg, and European. Dogon types appear such as the old man, ritual chief, young man, old woman, hunter, soldier, blacksmith, thief, rascal, and in this case, a diseased person suffering a goiter. This dancer hacks awkwardly at the air with an adze, and the performance draws laughter from the crowd. "
Syracuse University (SU) in Syracuse, NY, is a private research institute, with nationally recognized communications and business administration programs, as well as college basketball, football and lacrosse teams - Go Orange!
Even snow-covered, these pictures show the beautiful 19th century Roman architecture of the campus buildings on "The Hill," some of which are listed in the National Register of Historic Places, mixed with the newer, contemporary buildings, such as Newhouse I and II, which are part of the SI Newhouse School of Public Communications, one of the top ranked communications schools in the country.
Famous SU Alums include: US Vice President Joe Biden; first African-American Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis; Intel Cofounder Arthur Rock; Carmelo Anthony, Forward for the Denver Nuggets; Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, a member of the Saudi royal family; Broadcaster Bob Costas; Washington Redskins Quarterback Donovan McNabb; and Performers Dick Clark, Taye Diggs and Vanessa Williams.
The historic Verlin Pulley Bell Tower on the campus of Miami University. Okay, it looks historic--it was built in 2001! In the background is Bachelor Hall, another "historic" building, built in 1979. It is evident, the Miami University is carefully chiseling its identity through historicist, colonial revival architecture.
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Hanyang University, founded as Dong-A Engineering Institute in 1939 is in Seongdong-gu in Seoul. As well as first class academic facilities the university is also home to the Hanyang University Medical Center on the campus which is spread out over the hilly campus which offers some great views of the surrounding area. Popular with students there are lots of options for eating and drinking in the area between Hanyang University Station and Wangsimni Station.
Accessible from:
Hanyang University Station, Line 2.
The University of Bologna (Italian: Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a university in Bologna, Italy, founded in 1088. As of 2013 the University's crest carries the motto Alma mater studiorum and the date A.D. 1088. The University has about 85,000 students in its 23 schools. It has branch centres in Imola, Ravenna, Forlì, Cesena and Rimini and a branch center abroad in Buenos Aires. It also has a school of excellence named Collegio Superiore di Bologna. It is recognised as the oldest university in continuous operation, considering that it was the first to use the term universitas for the corporations of students and masters which came to define the institution.
Although the collection covers a wide range of subjects, it is particularly well represented in the areas of architecture and art, local history, sports history and history of engineering. It's quite a treasure trove!
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Yanhui Guo has been named the 2019 University Scholar at the University of Illinois Springfield. The annual award is the system’s highest faculty honor. Guo’s reputation as a scholar in his field includes contribution to a new set theory called neutrosophic.