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Chestnut Hill College Makes Hogwarts List, Hosting Nobel Laureate

Buzzfeed says the school looks like Hogwarts. Also, something about a guy who won a Nobel Prize.

Buzzfeed took some time off from its standard Jurassic Park .gif based journalism to compile a list of colleges that make students feel like their attending the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from the Harry Potter Series.

Chestnut Hill College made the list at number 19.  The college's main entrance is described as looking like the school but also kind of like a hotel.

Besides looking like a home for pubescent magicians, Chestnut Hill College will also host Nobel Laureate  Dr. Michael Brown on Wednesday, September 11, at 3:30 p.m. in the East Parlor, St. Joseph Hall.

From the press release:
"Brown will discuss his Nobel-prize winning research on the development of Statins used to lower blood pressure and prevent heart attacks. Collaborating with long-time colleague, Dr. Joseph L. Goldstein, they discovered the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor, which are the primary carriers of cholesterol in blood and cells. Their research showed that mutations in this receptor cause Familial Hypercholesterolemia, a disorder that leads to premature heart attacks in one out of every 500 people. They have received many awards for their work, including the U.S. Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology in 1985."


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