Part of Italy is a peninsula, and it's a pretty famous one, because it looks like a boot. A peninsula juts into the water but has at least a narrow a connection to land. If the boot broke off from Italy just below the knee, it would be an island. The word peninsula, which entered English in the 16th century, comes from the Latin words paene, almost, and insula, island..
Northwesternâs main campus is located twelve miles north of Chicago in Evanston, Illinois, though it does have medical and law schools headquartered in Chicago. Northwesternâs colleges vary in that some teach undergraduate or graduate students only, while others have a combination of the two.
Chicago State University Campus Location. Welcome to the Chicago State University Library. Chicago State University library welcomes you. The building is on the north side of this beautiful 160 acre wooded campus. The university is conveniently located 1/2 mile east of the confluence of the Bishop Ford (I-94), and I-57 espressways.