The U.S. district courts are the trial courts of the federal court system. The district courts can hear most federal cases, including civil and criminal cases. There are 94 federal judicial districts in the United States and its territories. Each district includes a U.S. bankruptcy court.
The patriarch and matriarch of one of Silicon Valleyâs most prominent families in real-estate development and philanthropy, John A. â60 and Susan Sobrato, have made a gift of $100 million to Santa Clara University to help create the Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation. The Universityâs largest-ever gift, $100 million from John A. and Susan Sobrato, will fund a 300,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility for transformational STEM education.
Harvard Universityâs biggest-in-the-world endowment grew by 15.4 percent in the last year to $36.4 billion. Thatâs a lot of money. Harvard Universityâs largest-in-the-country endowment saw returns of 15.4 percent in the last year, and now stands at $36.4 billion. Thatâs a lot of money. Just for fun, hereâs a look at how that compares to gross domestic products worldwide.