What Schools/Universities Do You Attend/Teach At?

[Office_Shredder]

I think the question's pretty self explanatory... I did a quick search to see if a thread like this already existed, but if it does, it has a tricky title to search for (since the only real key words I could think of are study and school, e.g. what school do you go to, and that means I get a lot of false hits)

Anyways, since a lot of people here are either going to school, or teaching at a school, I thought it would be a nice community-building project (hah! now they can't delete the thread... I've proven its use to the forums!) to get a list of where everyone's studying/teaching at.

 

[Danger]

I'm doing neither, near Calgary.

 

[rhuthwaite]

I am about to start study at uni [in New Zealand] I am doing health science - radiation therapy which will probably lead on to medicine at some point. [is that what you wanted to know?]

 

[moose]

Currently I'm a student at Sunrise Mountain High School (there are 3 members, that I know of [including me] who go to this school). Come mid-December, I will be able to tell you where I will be going to College. I'll try to remember about this thread then ;)

 

[matthew baird]

Im attending the Salt Lake Community College now to get my associates. Once I have that I will transfer to the Univerity Of Utah to get my bachelors in Physics. Past that, who knows where the wind will take me.

 

[Kalimaa23]

I'm doing my PhD in theoretical physics at the Dutch speaking Free University of Brussels. I'm also a TA there.

 

[JasonRox]

Brock University, Ontario, Canada.

 

[marlon]

I live in the most beautiful city in Belgium : Ghent but i do my PhD in Leuven at one of the oldest universities in Europe : the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL). My office is not at the KUL though but in IMEC "at the other side of the road" :)

marlon

 

[Astronuc]

In answer to the question - anywhere and everywhere. My mind is constantly working - receiving observations from the world around me and analyzing.

I study at home or at the office, in bed (usually it's difficult for me to fall asleep), in the car (I scribble notes on my palms or forearm), at the computer, in the shower (some of my great ideas/insights pop up when I am showering), in the garden, while taking a walk, . . . anywhere/anytime.

As for bed, I have stacks of books by the bed, where I read before I go to sleep, and then in the dark, I'll often lie there thinking.

 

[Danger]

I have stacks of books by the bed, where I read before I go to sleep, and then in the dark, I'll often lie there thinking.

I was under the impression that your wife is quite attractive. What's going on here?

And it's no wonder that you get so many ideas in the shower; it must take 3 or 4 hours to get the water through all that hair.

 

[scorpa]

Univeristy of Alberta -Edmonton , preprofessional for medical laboratory science

 

[triden]

TRU, British Columbia, Canada. First Year Electronic Engineering - Man it's a big load hehe

 

[J77]

5th year of Postdoc - currently doing Physics in Amsterdam.

 

[Kalimaa23]

I live in the most beautiful city in Belgium : Ghent...

Hang on there... I agree Gent is a nice place but calling it a city is overstating matters a bit

 

[marlon]

Hang on there... I agree Gent is a nice place but calling it a city is overstating matters a bit

lol, it has 250.000 people livin' there...

greets

 

[student85]

Any mexicans in here?

 

[Pyrrhus]

Well, a dominican, here!.

I study at Universidad Iberoamericana in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

 

[AKG]

4th year of my BSc in the Mathematics Specialist program, University of Toronto, Ontario.

 

[chroot]

Stanford University, pursuing a Master's of Electrical Engineering.

- Warren

 

[Schrodinger's Dog]

In my living room and my bedroom,will be starting another complementary part time course in maths to prepare me for a physics degree, which will also be part time.

Oh and here on PF which is also my bedroom, by the wonderous power of the WWW. I live in England, my university though is the Open University(OU) although I've never been there so I don't technically study there.

 

[bazzer82]

Final year BSc Phys student at University of Bath, UK.

 

[Bladibla]

First year chem MSc student, in university of warwick, coventry, UK

 

[Office_Shredder]

In my living room and my bedroom,will be starting another complementary part time course in maths to prepare me for a physics degree, which will also be part time.

Oh and here on PF which is also my bedroom, by the wonderous power of the WWW. I live in England, my university though is the Open University(OU) although I've never been there so I don't technically study there.

One of my tutors works at open university! How do you get a degree from there without ever going there? I know it's supposed to be a weird university, but still...I realized I forgot to mention that I'm doing a math undergrad at oxford university

 

[JasonRox]

One of my tutors works at open university! How do you get a degree from there without ever going there? I know it's supposed to be a weird university, but still...


I realized I forgot to mention that I'm doing a math undergrad at oxford university

I'm guessing online.

 

[Shahil]

Hey guys .. been a while but yaw ..

BScEng (Electronic) at University of KwaZulu Natal in Durban, South Africa ... Apparently the countries (African? Southern Hemispheres?) Best EEC school ...

 

[z-component]

First year B.Sc in Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University.

 

[Anttech]

I live in the most beautiful city in Belgium : Ghent but i do my PhD in Leuven at one of the oldest universities in Europe : the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL). My office is not at the KUL though but in IMEC "at the other side of the road" :)

marlon

Hmmm hate to burst your bubble (and perhaps irritate you) but its only 600 years old. :) Its the oldest in Belgium, and supposedly the oldest extant Catholic university but:

France
Italy
England
Scotland
Poland
Spain
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Czech Republic

All have older Universities in Europe.

http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/List_of_oldest_universities_in_continuous_operation

 

[J77]

The whole old thing's weird...

Don't Oxford claim to have handed out the first degree in some official way of some 'academic' subject?

The Belgian ones are old because they handed out qualifications in brewing, iirc.

 

[Anttech]

Oxford was founded in the 1100's So its about 300 years older. Belgium didnt even exist in the 1400 so its debatable whether the old Universities in Belgium are of Belgium origins. IIRC it was called South Netherlands (South low lands) in those days.

You are quite possibly right, I am not sure. There is definitely a rigorous definition to what constitutes a university from a historic perceptive

 

[marlon]

Oxford was founded in the 1100's So its about 300 years older.

I never said KUL was the oldest

Belgium didnt even exist in the 1400 so its debatable whether the old Universities in Belgium are of Belgium origins.

LOL, you do see the "contradictio in terminis" in your own sentence here, right ?

marlon

 

[Anttech]

I never said KUL was the oldest

I never said you did, but you did say it was 'one' of the oldest in Europe. Which it isn't really, that was my point.

LOL, you do see the "contradictio in terminis" in your own sentence here, right ?

Nope I dont... If the University of Constantinople was still around, it would be in turkey, but of Hellenic Origins. Same goes for a University in Leuven, it could be argued that it is actually of Dutch Origins. That was my point. :)

 

[J77]

...it could be argued that it is actually of Dutch Origins. That was my point. :)

The whole thing's very blurred: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Countries

 

[Anttech]

yeap suppose so, thus the Identity crises you see in Many a place in Belgium. Looks like KUL was started around the time of the Burgundian Netherlands rule over Leuven, which were actually from the French Royal house. I suppose we can just say they were Netherlandish. hehe.

So KUL is the oldest "Netherlandish" Uni

 

[marlon]

I never said you did, but you did say it was 'one' of the oldest in Europe. Which it isn't really, that was my point.

Well, it is one of the oldest Catholic niversities, so YES it is.

Nope I dont... If the University of Constantinople was still around, it would be in turkey, but of Hellenic Origins. Same goes for a University in Leuven, it could be argued that it is actually of Dutch Origins. That was my point. :)

Well, your point there was wrong because you say "KUL is NOT a Belgian university because Begium did not exist back then. So we wonder if this university has Belgian roots". Well since Belgium did not yet exist how can you wonder about the Belgium roots ? This is the same error as saying that the KUL is a "Nederlandish" uni because you take a name that is assigned to a country we all know NOW but it was not the same "country" at the moment of origin. Besides, back then, this region was NOT just called "Nederlandish". That is your mistake as well.

regards
marlon

 

[marlon]

yeap suppose so, thus the Identity crises you see in Many a place in Belgium.

LOL

Clearly you dont' know Belgium, but why does tha not surprise me ? LOL again.

But don't worry, i know what you are trying to do here...

Looks like KUL was started around the time of the Burgundian Netherlands rule over Leuven, which were actually from the French Royal house.

LOL

I suggest you start looking up who or what "house" founded the KUL because you are way off. It even surprises me you never mentioned the Catholic Church.

marlon

 

[Anttech]

Well, your point there was wrong because you say "KUL is NOT a Belgian university because Begium did not exist back then.

That maybe what you think, or would like to think, or perhaps even project onto me as what I said. However if you just go up a bit and read what I said you will see that I didnt say that!

Just to remind you:

Belgium didnt even exist in the 1400 so its debatable whether the old Universities in Belgium are of Belgium origins.

Same goes for a University in Leuven, it could be argued that it is actually of Dutch Origins. That was my point

Quite a stark contrast, to what you said I said. That is your mistake :)

So we wonder if this university has Belgian roots". Well since Belgium did not yet exist how can you wonder about the Belgium roots ?

See above

This is the same error as saying that the KUL is a "Nederlandish" uni because you take a name that is assigned to a country we all know NOW but it was not the same "country" at the moment of origin

Not a country a people. The Flems of modern and The Netherlands have common origin. The peoplke whom roamed in the lowlands were called netherlandish (low lands).

Clearly you dont' know Belgium, but why does tha not surprise me ? LOL again.

Living and working in Brussels for 2.5 years has given me 1st hand experience of Belgium. A Bastardised country of Wallonia and Flanders, two people with little in common, in the hell pit (first world war battle field) of Europe. Were the Taxes reach 55% of Income because the National debt is 96% of GDP Due to the Marshal plan, and other international Debts. A federal country be necessity and a Langauge Barrier larger than the Berlin Wall.

But its not all bad, the people here are nice in general. But what I never understood is Belgium IS the fronter between the Northern and Southern European Cultures it should be a place of meeting, mixing. But it doesn't seem like that.

Anyway, don't take it as an insult, its just an observation from a Foreigner in Belgium ;)

 

[marlon]

That maybe what you think, or would like to think, or perhaps even project onto me as what I said. However if you just go up a bit and read what I said you will see that I didnt say that!

"Belgium didnt even exist in the 1400 so its debatable whether the old Universities in Belgium are of Belgium origins"

If it is not yet clear : "ARE OF BELGIUM ORIGINS..."

See what i mean ?

See above
Not a country a people. The Flems of modern and The Netherlands have common origin. The peoplke whom roamed in the lowlands were called netherlandish (low lands).

This true but irrelevant. The point is that you make references to entities that exist both nowaydays and in the past, but that did NOT have the meaning as they have today.

Living and working in Brussels for 2.5 years has given me 1st hand experience of Belgium. A Bastardised country of Wallonia and Flanders, two people with little in common, in the hell pit (first world war battle field) of Europe. Were the Taxes reach 55% of Income because the National debt is 96% of GDP Due to the Marshal plan, and other international Debts. A federal country be necessity and a Langauge Barrier larger than the Berlin Wall.

LOL, living and working 26 years has given me even better experience of Belgium and what you say is UNTRUE. But again, i knew this is what you actually wanted to say and that is why i wrote "i know what you are trying to do here" just a few posts ago. Besides, if it is all that bad, why are YOU here ? We sure as hell dont' need you here but your company is HERE and wanted you to be HERE. That's the reality and that is all there is to it.

Bye bye

marlon

 

[Office_Shredder]

Well, this really got off topic :/

 

[turbo]

I studied at the University of Maine at Orono - a land-grant college with a pretty demanding Engineering school. Nowadays I can study from home. Like Astronuc (another old guy) I get some of my best ideas while doing things unrelated to stuff I'm working on, like sitting in a tree stand waiting for some (lucky) deer to come along, or riding my motorcycle. Often, I have no handy way to record the ideas, so I just go over them mentally until I've got a really detailed conceptual image of them.