Sapienza University of Rome as create new campuses for hosting local and foreign students. The Alessandrina University Library ("Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina"), built in 1667 by Pope Alexander VII, is the main library housing 1.5 million volumes; it has some important collections including "collezione ciceroniana" and "Fondo Festa". Since the 2011 reform, Sapienza University of Rome has eleven faculties and 65 departments. Today Sapienza, with 140,000 students and 8,000 among academic and technical and administrative staff, is the largest university in Italy. The university has significant research programmes in the fields of engineering, natural sciences, biomedical sciences and humanities. It offers 10 Masters Programmes taught
Peggy Rae Sapienza the library’s efforts to collect materials related to SF, fantasy, and horror, and to make those materials available to the public. In a tribute to her on his blog, "Whatever", John Scalzi wrote: "...I considered Peggy Rae a friend, and deeply admired her competence and her cheerfulness in being so. If Peggy Rae was running things, basically, I felt in safe hands. She’ll be remembered ...by all of science fiction fandom." Peggy Rae Sapienza Peggy Rae Sapienza, (born McKnight, previously Pavlat, 28 June 1944 – 25 March 2015), was a second generation science fiction fan and a consummate con-runner and