American private institute of higher learning, established in 1891 and based in "Stanford, California":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford,_California. Known more informally as [b]Stanford University[/b].

The university's athletic teams compete as the [b]Stanford "Cardinal":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_%28color%29. [/b] Their most heated rival, in both academics and athletics, are the [[University of California Berkeley|University of California, Berkeley]].
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