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A randomish compilation of information....
*Did you know that 16,580 bananas are eaten each week in Boston University dining rooms?
*There is more than 52,000 square feet of bathroom space in Boston University´s largest residences.
*Each year, Mugar Memorial Library, the main research library at Boston University, receives nearly 90,000 requests for assistance at its reference desk.
*The Career Resource Library in the Office of Career Services houses many sources of information for finding jobs, including more than 80,000 job listings and information about local, regional, national, and international internships.
*Sheldon Glashow, Nobel Laureate in physics, joined the faculty of Boston University Fall 2000 with joint appointments in UNI and Physics. other Nobel Laureates include Elie Wiesel, Saul Bellow, and Derek Walcott.
*Boston University had the first university-based program in music in the United States.
*Special Collections at Boston University´s Mugar Library include original works and papers of Abraham Lincoln, Robert Frost, and Theodore Roosevelt.
*On average, about 24,000 pieces of mail each day are delivered to Boston University offices and departments. There are 20,000 pieces of outgoing mail each day. All of it is delivered and processed by Campus Mail Services. Also, each day about 200,000 e-mail messages are delivered here @bu.
*Astronomy was the first science taught at Boston University. The Judson Boardman Coit Observatory, free and open to the public every Wednesday evening, boasts a 6.5-inch refractor, a 12-inch reflector, and a 14-inch and several 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes.
*Barnes & Noble at Boston University, the University bookstore, carries 150,000 titles on five floors.
*Campus Dining Services at Boston University serves more than 5 million meals each year. (Now that´s a lot of food!)
*There are 177 soda and juice machines and 60 food vending machines, all for your snacking enjoyment.
*The Boston University Bridge (connecting Boston to Cambridge, across the Charles River) is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane. (Figure that one out!)
TOTAL NUMBERS OF A VARIETY OF THINGS:
Degrees Awarded - 2000/2001
Certificate/Diploma
11
Associate
8
Bachelor's
3,484
Postbachelor's Certificate
0
Master´s
2,922
Post-Master's
60
Doctoral
304
First Professional (Law, M.D., etc.)
604
First Professional Certificate
0
Total
7,393
The Campus-
Total Area
132
acres
Number of Buildings
343
Number of Classrooms
457
Number of Laboratories
1,602
Capacity of On-Campus Housing
10,776
residents
Parking
Garage
686
spaces
Outdoor lots
1,282
spaces
Total Parking
1,968
spaces
Faculty
Full-Time
2,350
Part-Time
933
Total Faculty
3,283
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