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 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 promoter of science fiction fandom. She made memorable contributions to Noreascon III in Boston, the 1989 Worldcon, partnering with Fred Isaacs in conceptualizing the ConCourse, a new feature for Worldcons. A Vice Chair of the 1993 Worldcon, ConFrancisco, she served briefly as Acting Chair after the Chairman died, until a new Chairman was appointed. In 1998 she chaired BucConeer, the 56th Worldcon in Baltimore. She served as North American agent for