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Meteorological winter: December 1 – February 28: Astronomical winter: December 21 – March 20: First event started: October 3, 2009: Last event concluded: April 30, 2010: Most notable event; Name: 2009 North American Christmas blizzard • Duration: December 22–28, 2009 • Lowest pressure: 985 mb (29.09 inHg) • Fatalities: 18 total ...
In 1876, eight years after its founding, Cornell University offered its first summer programs in botany, chemistry, drawing, entomology, geology, and zoology. [2]Cornell University Summer Session, historically known as Summer Courses, the Summer Term, or the Summer School, was formally established in 1892, one of the earliest such programs in the United States.
Some schools that operate summer session are sometimes referred to as having "trimesters", with the summer session being the third annual session. For instance, the University of Michigan and Brigham Young University , have Fall semester that operates from September through December and a Winter trimester that runs from January through April.
Based on the astronomical definition, winter begins at the winter solstice, which in 2010 occurred late on December 21 (early on December 22 in EST), and ends at the March equinox, which in 2011 occurred on March 20. [2] Based on the meteorological definition, the first day of winter is December 1 and the last day February 28. [3]
For students who are in Class 9 and 11, the year starts from June/July till February/March ending earlier than usual so the students can be promoted to Class 10 and 12 (respectively) early. The academic year for class 10 and 12 is from March/April till February with the ' board exam ' during March through April.
At Johns Hopkins University, intersession is a "period of about three weeks in January set aside for voluntary activity on the part of both faculty and students." [1] Most of the courses are unique to Intersession, not offered during the fall, spring, or summer semesters.
This, combined with a winter storm earlier in the month resulted in February 2010 becoming the snowiest month on record in New York City. [22] Several private schools and institutions cancelled classes on Friday, February 26, due to the storm.
The February 9–10, 2010 North American blizzard was a winter and severe weather event that afflicted the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and New England regions of the United States between February 9–11, 2010, affecting some of the same regions that had experienced a historic Nor'easter just three days earlier.