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By the numbers

The managing board’s occasional survey of notable numerals

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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