navy blue,white are the colors of this university . There are 160 undergraduate students in Northwestern University . Terriers are the nicknames given to the students of Northwestern University . Northwestern University has NCAA Division I – SEC sport affiliations . The second in head after the president of this university is S. David Wu . Northwestern University was formerly known as Carnegie Technical Schools (1900–1912) . Northwestern University has 1330 academic staff . The president of this university is Steven Leath . There are 32718 students in Northwestern University . The university is of Institute of National Importance type . Coordinates: 34°40′42″N 82°50′21″W / 34.67833°N 82.83917°W / 34.67833; -82.83917,Boston, Massachusetts, United States is the location of this university . Harry the Husky,and Dubs (live Husky) is the mascot of Northwestern University . $3.64 billion was endowed to Northwestern University . 10182 administrative staff are at Northwestern University . The academic affiliations of Northwestern University is AAU,NAICU,URA,AAU , BTAA,URA , NAICU , COFHE , IAMSCU,MAIS . This university has a website named www.bu.edu . The campus of university is 97 ha,87.8 ha (suburban) . Northwestern University has "Whatsoever things are true" (Philippians 4:8 AV),"The word full of grace and truth" (Gospel of John 1:14) as their motto . There are 14052 postgraduate students in Northwestern University . 1960 is when this university was established
The founding stone of the university was laid in 1960