Stanford University (Stanford; formally Leland Stanford Junior University[10]) is a private research college in Stanford, California, adjoining Palo Alto and between San Jose and San Francisco. Its 8,180-section of land (12.8 sq mi; 33.1 km2)[11] grounds is one of the biggest in the United States.[note 1] Stanford additionally has land and offices elsewhere.[7][11]
The college was established in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their exclusive youngster, Leland Stanford Jr., who had kicked the bucket of typhoid fever at age 15 the earlier year. Stanford was a previous Governor of California and U.S. Congressperson; he made his fortune as a railroad mogul. The school conceded its first understudies 125 years back on October 1, 1891,[2][3] as a coeducational and non-denominational organization.
Stanford University battled fiscally after Leland Stanford's demise in 1893 and again after a significant part of the grounds was harmed by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.[14] Following World War II, Provost Frederick Terman upheld staff and graduates' entrepreneurialism to manufacture independent nearby industry in what might later be known as Silicon Valley.[15] The college is likewise one of the top gathering pledges foundations in the nation, turning into the principal school to raise more than a billion dollars in a year.[16]
There are three scholarly schools that have both undergrad and graduate understudies and another four expert schools. Understudies contend in 36 varsity sports, and the college is one of two private establishments in the Division I FBS Pac-12 Conference. It has increased 112 NCAA group championships,[17] the second-most for a college, 483 individual titles, the most in Division I,[18] and has won the NACDA Directors' Cup, perceiving the college with the best general athletic group accomplishment, for 22 sequential years, starting in 1994–1995.[19]
Stanford personnel and graduated class have established an extensive number of organizations that create more than $2.7 trillion in yearly income, proportionate to the tenth biggest economy in the world.[20] It is the institute of matriculation of 30 living very rich people, 17 space travelers, and 20 Turing Award laureates.[note 2] It is additionally one of the main makers of individuals from the United States Congress.[41][42] Sixty Nobel laureates and seven Fields Medalists have been subsidiary with Stanford as understudies, graduated class, workforce or staff.[43]
The college was established in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their exclusive youngster, Leland Stanford Jr., who had kicked the bucket of typhoid fever at age 15 the earlier year. Stanford was a previous Governor of California and U.S. Congressperson; he made his fortune as a railroad mogul. The school conceded its first understudies 125 years back on October 1, 1891,[2][3] as a coeducational and non-denominational organization.
Stanford University battled fiscally after Leland Stanford's demise in 1893 and again after a significant part of the grounds was harmed by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.[14] Following World War II, Provost Frederick Terman upheld staff and graduates' entrepreneurialism to manufacture independent nearby industry in what might later be known as Silicon Valley.[15] The college is likewise one of the top gathering pledges foundations in the nation, turning into the principal school to raise more than a billion dollars in a year.[16]
There are three scholarly schools that have both undergrad and graduate understudies and another four expert schools. Understudies contend in 36 varsity sports, and the college is one of two private establishments in the Division I FBS Pac-12 Conference. It has increased 112 NCAA group championships,[17] the second-most for a college, 483 individual titles, the most in Division I,[18] and has won the NACDA Directors' Cup, perceiving the college with the best general athletic group accomplishment, for 22 sequential years, starting in 1994–1995.[19]
Stanford personnel and graduated class have established an extensive number of organizations that create more than $2.7 trillion in yearly income, proportionate to the tenth biggest economy in the world.[20] It is the institute of matriculation of 30 living very rich people, 17 space travelers, and 20 Turing Award laureates.[note 2] It is additionally one of the main makers of individuals from the United States Congress.[41][42] Sixty Nobel laureates and seven Fields Medalists have been subsidiary with Stanford as understudies, graduated class, workforce or staff.[43]
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