Erika Eiffel, nÃ©e LaBrie, is a US citizen of Italian descent. She has also lived in Japan during the early stages of her career in world-class archery, and trained as an offiâ¦cer in the US military until her career was cut short by a serious sexual assault when she famously defended herself with a Japanese training sword.
First universities in the Western Hemisphere. The first universities in the Western Hemisphere were established by the Spaniards: the University of Santo Domingo (1538) in what is now the Dominican Republic and the University of MichoacÃ¡n (1539) in Mexico.
1 Palazzo del Bo' is the main university building. 2  Padova's university is the second oldest in Italy (founded 1222). 3  Gallileo taught at the university in the late 1500s/early 1600s. 4  Botanic Garden-the first Botanic Garden in the World, operated by the University of Padova, and on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1997.