Florida Atlantic University is a public, coeducational, research university located in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort Pierce at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution. Florida Atlantic serves a seven-county region that has a populace of more than three million people and spans more than 100 miles (160 km) of Florida's eastern coastline. The university opened its doors in 1964 as the first public university in southeast Florida and the first university in the nation to offer only upper-division and graduate level courses. Although initial enrollment was only 867 students, this number increased in 1984 when the university admitted its first undergraduate students. As of 2008, enrollment has grown to approximately 27,000 students representing 139 countries, 48 states and the District of Columbia. In recent years Florida Atlantic has undertaken an effort to increase its academic and research standings while also evolving into a more traditional university. Under the direction of current President Frank T. Brogan, the university has raised admissions standards, increased research funding, built new facilities, and established notable partnerships with major research institutions.
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Roman Emperor Caracalla was assassinated at a roadside near Harran. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracalla
1093:
Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire, one of the largest cathedrals in England, was dedicated by Bishop Walkelin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Cathedral
1341:
Italian scholar and poet Petrarch took the title poet laureate at a ceremony in Rome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrarch
1886:
British Prime Minister William Gladstone introduced the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Government_Bill_1886
1904:
British occultist and writer Aleister Crowley began transcribing The Book of the Law, a Holy Book in Thelema. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Law
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