The University of Coimbra General Library has been in operation since the early 16th century in Portugal. Inventory for the library dating back to as early as 1513 shows that the library at the time already held more than 120 manuscripts. Officially established in 1537, the library today holds more than a million titles, with a separate building for historical Read more...

Radnor High School (RHS), a large suburban school, is located 13 miles west of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A classical public high school, RHS provides students with programs to accelerate their entry into the post-secondary world. The student population includes 23 percent minority students and 11 percent economically disadvantaged students. Graduation requirements are comprised of a traditional slate of 22.5 Carnegie credits Read more...

If you love running and/or training for a marathon and want to join a community of runners who have similar goals, Mile High Run Club should be your new addiction. Mile High Run Club is New York City’s only dedicated treadmill studio. It provides a motivating, fun training experience for beginning and competitive runners and allows runners to train side Read more...

Memorial City Mall opened in 1966 and underwent a major renovation in the early 2000s. Sears, Macy’s, Target, and Dillard’s are among its anchors. Read more...

With 545 licensed beds, the hospital is the flagship of Sanford Health, the largest employer in the Dakotas, with 30 hospitals and a network of clinics serving five states. It changed its name from Sioux Valley Hospitals & Health System in 2007 upon receiving $400 million gift from businessman T. Denny Sanford. In 2010, Sanford recruited 75 physicians, announced plans Read more...

The 1,025-bed hospital is in the middle of a $1 billion redevelopment, scheduled to open in 2012, that will feature 560 private rooms, 33 new ORs and a large ED. It is part of Johns Hopkins Health System, which grew from two to six hospitals in just three years. “We did not go out searching for hospitals,” said Edward D. Read more...

Founded in 1886 by the Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict, St. Cloud Hospital serves a 12-county area with a population of 671,308. The hospital is in the middle of a $225-million construction project, including a nine-floor wing featuring private rooms and new surgery suites, to be completed in 2011. Operating under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church, Read more...

With 473 beds, the medical center is the offspring of the fabled Ochsner Clinic, founded by surgeon Alton Ochsner in the 1942. It is the flagship of Ochsner Health System, which owns eight hospitals after purchasing 165-bed NorthShore Regional Medical Center in Slidell, La., in April 2010. To reduce crowding, the medical center’s ED created a protocol called QTrack separating Read more...

A new 897-bed facility for Northwestern Memorial opened in 1999, located in two towers in Chicago’s posh Streeterville neighborhood. Northwestern Memorial has a medical staff of more than 1,500 physicians who are faculty at Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. The hospital has an Aa2 bond rating from Moody’s Investor Services. Northwestern’s parent, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, opened the $500 Read more...

This institution started in 1904 as a 50-bed convalescent home for women and children. It is now a 502-bed academic medical center affiliated with Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Jersey Shore is part of Meridian Health, a five-hospital system that completed a merger with Bayshore Community Hospital and Health Services in Holmdel, N.J., in Sept. 2010. A $300 million expansion Read more...