2: Number of potentially historic gay-marriage cases the Supreme Court heard this week
9: Number of states that currently permit gay marriage
62: Number of universities currently offering courses through Coursera
100: Number of years the IMP Society has existed at the University
8,346: State appropriation, in dollars, per in-state student for fiscal year 2012 at the University
22,105: State appropriation, in dollars, per in-state student for fiscal year 2012 at the University of North Carolina
812: Number of bills Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell reviewed by Monday’s deadline
716: Number of bills McDonnell signed into law
80: Number of bills to which McDonnell offered amendments
6: Number of bills McDonnell vetoed
3.9 million: Amount, in dollars, the Harrington family is seeking in a civil lawsuit against the event managers of Regional Marketing Concepts, Inc. for negligence the night of their daughter’s 2009 disappearance at John Paul Jones Arena
10 million: Approximate amount, in dollars, of grants the National Science Foundation offers for political-science research, which last week’s Senate budget bill stripped away
3.976 trillion: Amount, in dollars, the U.S. government spent in fiscal year 2012
75-64: Final score of the Virginia men’s basketball team’s season-ending loss to Iowa Wednesday
24: Number of points Virginia freshman guard Justin Anderson scored in Wednesday’s matchup with Iowa
5 million: Amount, in dollars, of a gift the Nursing School received to double the size of its Clinical Nurse Leader program
2: Ranking the Commerce School received on Bloomberg’s list of top undergraduate business schools
3: Number of cats the Medical Center released for adoption, ending its use of live animals for breathing-tube training
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