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Gamma Alpha, the Glossary

The Gamma Alpha Graduate Scientific Society (ΓΑ) is an American fraternal organization for interdisciplinary graduate students.^[1]

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1899 establishments in New York (state)
Fraternities
Student organizations established in 1899

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor is a college town and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States.

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Arnold Beckman

Arnold Orville Beckman (April 10, 1900 – May 18, 2004) was an American chemist, inventor, investor, and philanthropist.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Berkeley, California

Berkeley is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States.

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Black

Black is a color that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Columbia, Missouri

Columbia is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio.

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A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise".

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York.

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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire.

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David Riesman

David Riesman (September 22, 1909 – May 10, 2002) was an American sociologist, educator, and best-selling commentator on American society.

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Davis, California

Davis is the most populous city in Yolo County, California, United States. Located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California, the city had a population of 66,850 in 2020, not including the on-campus population of the University of California, Davis, which was over 9,400 (not including students' families) in 2016.

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Dormitory

A dormitory (originated from the Latin word dormitorium, often abbreviated to dorm), also known as a hall of residence or a residence hall (often abbreviated to halls), is a building primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people such as boarding school, high school, college or university students.

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Edward W. Berry

Edward Wilber Berry (February 10, 1875 – September 20, 1945) was an American paleontologist and botanist; the principal focus of his research was paleobotany.

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Entomology

Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology.

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Frank Vigor Morley

Frank Vigor Morley (4 January 1899 – 8 October 1980) was an American mathematician, author, editor and publishing executive.

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Fraternity

A fraternity (whence, "brotherhood") or fraternal organization is an organization, society, club or fraternal order traditionally of men but also women associated together for various religious or secular aims. Gamma Alpha and fraternity are Fraternities.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Gold (color)

Gold, also called golden, is a color tone resembling the gold chemical element.

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Hanover, New Hampshire

Hanover is a town located along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.

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Hans Bethe

Hans Albrecht Bethe (July 2, 1906 – March 6, 2005) was a German-American theoretical physicist who made major contributions to nuclear physics, astrophysics, quantum electrodynamics, and solid-state physics, and who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Hyde Park, Chicago

Hyde Park is a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, located on and near the shore of Lake Michigan south of the Loop.

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Illinois State University

Illinois State University (ISU) is a public research university in Normal, Illinois.

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Interdisciplinarity

Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project).

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Iowa City, Iowa

Iowa City is the county seat and largest city of Johnson County, Iowa, United States.

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Ithaca, New York

Ithaca is a city in and the county seat of Tompkins County, New York, United States.

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James George Needham

James George Needham (March 16, 1868 in Virginia, Illinois – July 24, 1957) was an American entomologist.

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John P. Stewart

John Pogue Stewart (June 1, 1876 – January 27, 1922) was an American football and basketball coach.

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John Wesley Young

John Wesley Young (17 November 1879, Columbus, Ohio – 17 February 1932, Hanover, New Hampshire) was an American mathematician who, with Oswald Veblen, introduced the axioms of projective geometry, coauthored a 2-volume work on them, and proved the Veblen–Young theorem.

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Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, Johns, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Dane County.

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Mathematician

A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.

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Military

A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis, officially the City of Minneapolis, is a city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. With a population of 429,954, it is the state's most populous city as of the 2020 census. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota.

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New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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Nobel Prize in Physics

The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik) is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics.

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Ohio State University

The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

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Paleontology

Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).

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Pennsylvania State University

The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State and sometimes by the acronym PSU, is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania.

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PH meter

A pH meter is a scientific instrument that measures the hydrogen-ion activity in water-based solutions, indicating its acidity or alkalinity expressed as pH.

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Physicist

A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe.

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Polykarp Kusch

Polykarp Kusch (January 26, 1911 – March 20, 1993) was a German-born American physicist.

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Pomology

Pomology (from Latin, "fruit", +, "study") is a branch of botany that studies fruits and their cultivation.

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Postgraduate education

Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree.

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Seminary

A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, in academics, or mostly in Christian ministry.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_Alpha

Also known as Gamma Alpha Graduate Scientific Fraternity, Gamma Alpha Graduate Scientific Society, ΓΑ.

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Gamma Alpha, the Glossary

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1899 establishments in New York (state)

Fraternities

Student organizations established in 1899

References