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Portland, Oregon
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Reed College is one of the few liberal arts colleges in the United States with a nuclear reactor, used primarily for student research and educational purposes.
Reed College does not provide its students with traditional grades; instead, students receive detailed feedback from professors.
Reed College students have been known for their activism, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s, when they were involved in various social and political movements.
The Reed College campus features a 28-acre canyon, which serves as a natural laboratory for biology and environmental studies.
Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc., attended Reed College for a short period before dropping out, but he credited the college with inspiring his interest in typography.
Renn Fayre is an annual festival at Reed College that marks the end of the academic year with various student-organized events and activities.
Reed College is known for its rigorous humanities program, which includes a year-long course that all first-year students must take, known as Humanities 110.
