From The Times:
Oxford and Cambridge are among the world’s top ten universities, according to a new global ranking published today.
They were fifth and sixth respectively in the league table of the world’s 200 best universities. Harvard, which boasts an endowment of nearly $23billion (12.7billion pounds), was first in the list produced by The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES).
American institutions occupied seven of the top ten places, with Oxbridge the highest-ranked outside the United States.
London’s position as a centre of global educational significance was confirmed with four institutions in the top 50. The London School of Economics was 11th, Imperial College 14th, University College London 34th, and the School of Oriental and African Studies 44th.
And a special mention about the California Republic:
California also scored highly, with the University of California, Berkeley, in second place, the California Institute of Technology, fourth, and Stanford seventh.
And yes, that is a Beaver on our school crest. Our mascot is the Beaver. Our school paper is “The Beaver”…one of our bars is “The Beaver’s Retreat.”
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From Ryan Hughes:
Cal Tech and MIT also have beavers as mascots.
From Jackie Viernes:
The beaver was the unofficial mascot of Cal Poly’s Cerro Vista apartments. Go visit Beaver Bay and Beaver Bay Bridge.
From Erin:
The best part of the Beaver Retreat is that it is actually decorated with pictures of beavers- photographs of them. Classic