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| Subject: Boston University Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:15 pm | |
| Boston University (BU) is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is historically affiliated[6][7] with the United Methodist Church,[8][9][10] but describes itself as nonsectarian.[11] With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States[12] and one of Boston's largest employers.[13] BU is categorized as an RU/VH Research University (very high research activity) in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.[14] In 2009–2010, BU had research expenditures of $407.8 million, or $553 million if the research led by the Medical School faculty at Boston Medical Center is included.[15] BU is a member of the Boston Consortium for Higher Education.[16] Among its faculty and alumni, BU counts 6 Nobel Prize winners, including Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ph.D. '55), 22 Pulitzer Prize winners, and numerous[quantify] Guggenheim and MacArthur fellows. perfumes for womendue diligence | |
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