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Located in Silicon Valley, the epicenter of the tech world, Stanford University is a private research university ranked at No. 3 this year. The school is known for its strength in research and successful alumni. Railroad magnate Leland Stanford founded the school in 1885. Stanford boasts more than 5,300 externally sponsored research projects with a total budget of over $1.3 billion. About 53% of freshmen receive grants from the school averaging more than $39,000. The university has produced a number of leaders in government and finance, including U. More »
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Bank Of The West 2015 Philanthropy Awards
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Why The Carbon 'Divestment' Craze Just Doesn't Make Sense
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Starfire Energy is picking up where the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry left off.The Aurora, Colorado-based company has received a $1.4 million grant from ARPA-E, the research agency in the Department of Energy that seeks to seed leapfrog innovations at universities and private companies, to further develop an read »- Stanford, CA
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