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The University of Coimbra is one of the oldest universities in continuous operation in the world
In 2013 UNESCO declared the university a World Heritage Site
History of Sharda University Neelum Valley Azad Kashmir. Sharada Peeth was the famous temple in Kashmir on the banks of Kishenganga river (also known as Neelum in Pakistan administered Kashmir). ... Before partition pandits from all over India came to visit this temple for pilgrimage in Gurais.
California, USA
Stanford was founded by a railroad magnate, U.S. Senator, former Governor of California Leland Stanford, and his wife, Jane Stanford.
From an architectural point of view, the Stanfords wanted their university to look different and sought to emulate the style of English university buildings. They specified in the founding grant that the buildings should "be like the old adobe houses of the early Spanish days; they will be one-storied; they will have deep window seats and open fireplaces, and the roofs will be covered with the familiar dark red tiles." Stanford University’s original campus opened in 1891, was designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, best known for co-designing New York City's Central Park. Olmsted's design for Stanford featured a grand, open quadrangle surrounded by low-rise buildings in a Mission Revival style, which became a defining architectural feature of the campus. The main buildings were designed by Charles Allerton Coolidge of the Boston architectural firm Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge, under Olmsted’s guidance.
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One Canada
Design Team: University of Guelph, School of Environmental Design & Rural Development – Alex Feenstra, Megan Haralovich, Zhengyang Hua, Noah Tran, Haley White & Connor Winrow, Lead by Assistant Professor Afshin Ashari and Associate Professor Sean Kelly (Canada)
Description
The Indigenous Peoples in Canada are an inspirational example of resilience due to their ability to withstand adversity and persevere through generations of oppressive colonial policies. Historic injustices persist, including the effects of cultural genocide from the residential school system of Canada. Here we symbolize bridging the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples through gathering. Accomplished through the support of the seven grandfather teachings, represented by the seven rings of the installation, that originated with the Anishnabae Peoples, passed down through generations that ensures the survival of all Indigenous Peoples: Wisdom, Love, Respect, Bravery, Honesty, Humility, and Truth. Orange represents the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, and the reality that the support of non-Indigenous Peoples, as Indigenous Peoples assert rights to self-determination, will strengthen relations and begin to redress the historic wrongs. Orange is displayed in the ropes where the pattern pays homage to the creation of drums, where the ropes were weaved to honour culture. The installations flow towards the lifeguard stand reinforces the strengthening of the relationship and that the protection of Canada hinges on the unity between peoples. We aim to symbolize movement to a new relationship, one based on mutual respect that honours Indigenous treaties and rights. The road forward is long and nonlinear, but we commit to take the journey together.
These are not the original works, rather casts of them.
February 25, 2021
University of Missouri Art & Archeology Museum
Columbia, Missouri
Darmstadt Technical University
The last roll I shot was underexposed, so I shot this roll of TriX 400 at 200 ISO, but it came out a bit too light.
Zeiss Ikon Tenax II (1938-1939) with Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 1:2.8 f=4cm
Kodak 400TX black & white negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
How did we end up at Maynooth University? Well, in August 2023, Daria and I embarked on our Irish adventure, stepping onto the Emerald Isle for the first time. Our journey began in Dublin, moving on to the iconic Cliffs of Moher. Throughout our trip, the weather kept us on our toes with sudden rain showers and brief moments of sunshine, challenging me in capturing my ideal photographs.
Find the whole blog entry on: sumfinity.com/photos/ireland/maynooth/maynooth-university/
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Blood pressure testing was amongst many other activities visitors were involved in.
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The University of Adelaide Open Day 2008
Photographs courtesy of Michael Mullan Photography
The University of al-Qarawiyyin, also written Al Quaraouiyine or Al-Karaouine (Arabic: جامعة القرويين; Berber: ⵜⵉⵎⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ ⵏ ⵍⵇⴰⵕⴰⵡⵉⵢⵢⵉⵏ; French: Université Al Quaraouiyine), is a university located in Fez, Morocco. It is the oldest existing, continually operating and the first degree awarding educational institution in the world according to UNESCO and Guinness World Records[5][6] and is sometimes referred to as the oldest university.[7] The Al Quaraouiyine mosque-religious school / college was founded by Fatima al-Fihri in 859 with an associated school, or madrasa, which subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the historic Muslim world. It was incorporated into Morocco's modern state university system in 1963.
Education at Al Quaraouiyine University concentrates on the Islamic religious and legal sciences with a heavy emphasis on, and particular strengths in Classical Arabic grammar/linguistics and Maliki law, although a few lessons on other non-Islamic subjects such as French, English are also offered to students. Teaching is delivered in the traditional method, in which students are seated in a semi-circle (halqa) around a sheikh, who prompts them to read sections of a particular text, asks them questions on particular points of grammar, law, or interpretation, and explains difficult points. Students from all over Morocco and Islamic West Africa attend the Qarawiyyin, although a few might come from as far afield as Muslim Central Asia. Even Spanish Muslim converts frequently attend the institution, largely attracted by the fact that the sheikhs of the Qarawiyyin, and Islamic scholarship in Morocco in general, are heirs to the rich religious and scholarly heritage of Muslim al-Andalus.
Most students at the Qarawiyyin range from between the ages of 13 and 30, and study towards high school-level diplomas and university-level bachelor's degrees, although Muslims with a sufficiently high level of Arabic are also able to attend lecture circles on an informal basis, given the traditional category of visitors "in search of [religious and legal] knowledge" ("zuwwaar li'l-talab fii 'ilm"). In addition to being Muslim, prospective students of the Qarawiyyin are required to have memorized the Qur'an in full as well as several other shorter medieval Islamic texts on grammar and Maliki law, and in general to have a very good command of Classical Arabic. It is a common misconception that the university is open only to men, however, it is open to both men and women.
The University of Vilnius was founded in 1579 by King of Poland Stefan Batory. Its first rector was a prominent Polish Jesuit Piotr Skarga. Its architecture represents all major styles including Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Classicism.
The new university surrounded by the old steel production past of Esch Alzette City. Blast furnaces A&B have been restored as museums. The last symbolic pour took place on 31 July 1997 at blast furnace B in Esch-Belval, marking the end of an era that had lasted more than 125 years. In August 1996, the most modern blast furnace C was sold to the Chinese steel manufacturer Cunming Iron and Steel Group Co. Ltd and transferred to Kungang in China's Yunnan province, where it is still in production. In 1973, shortly before the crisis, the steel industry in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg employed more than 27,000 people, was the country's main source of revenue and produced 6.5 million tonnes of steel a year. The traditional system has since been replaced by electric furnaces in which scrap metal is melted by an electric arc passing through it. Annual production is now around 2 million tonnes, and the sector now employs just 3,500 people.