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1 day ago · Columbia College lays off 70 faculty and staff members, citing declining enrollment and budget troubles. People walk past the Columbia College campus center building at 600 S. Michigan Ave. in ...
2 hours ago · University of Chicago law professor, United States Senator, first African-American President of the Harvard Law Review, and 44th President of the United States of America: Ida Platt (1862–1939) First African-American woman licensed to practice law in Illinois, and the third in the United States Charlotte E. Ray (1850–1911)
1 day ago · History Early history Robert Rollock, Regent (1583–1586) and first principal (1586–1599) of the University of Edinburgh In 1557, Bishop Robert Reid of St Magnus Cathedral on Orkney made a will containing an endowment of 8,000 merks to build a college in Edinburgh. Unusually for his time, Reid's vision included the teaching of rhetoric and poetry, alongside more traditional subjects such as philosophy. However, the bequest was delayed by more than 25 years due to the religious revolution ...
