University of Connecticut

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The University of Connecticut ( UConn ) is a public land grant, the National Sea Grant and the National Space Grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, USA. The company was founded in 1881.

The premier 4,400-acre campus is in Storrs, Connecticut, about half an hour's drive from Hartford and 90 minutes from Boston. This is a leading university that is ranked as the best national public university in New England and is bound to no. 18 at the top and No. Public Schools. 56 at the National University in 2018 AS. News & amp; World Report Ranking . UConn has been ranked by Money Magazine and Princeton Review at number 18. The university is named "R-1: Doctoral University - Highest Research Activity" with the Carnegie Classification of Higher Education Institutions that classify the student institution as "More Selective", the most selective acceptance category. The University has been recognized as an Ivy Public, defined as a select group of university-funded publicly considered to provide a quality of education comparable to that of the Ivy League.

UConn is one of the founding institutions of Hartford, Connecticut/Springfield, an alliance of Massachusetts regional economic and cultural partnerships known as the New England Knowledge Corridor. UConn is the second US university to be invited to University 21, an elite international network of 24 intensive research universities, working together to foster global citizenship. UConn is accredited by the Association of Schools and Colleges of New England. UConn was founded in 1881 as the School of Agricultural Storrs, named after two brothers who donated the land for the school. In 1893, the school became a college grant of land. In 1939, his name was changed to the University of Connecticut. Over the next decade, social work, nursing and graduate programs were established, while law school and pharmacy were also absorbed into the university. During the 1960s, UConn Health was founded for new medical and dental schools. John Dempsey Hospital opened in Farmington in 1975.

Competing in the American Athletic Conference as Huskies, UConn has been very successful in their men's and women's basketball programs. The Huskies have won 21 NCAA championships. The UConn Huskies is the most successful women's basketball program in the country, having won 11 11th National Division I NCAA 11 championships (tied with UCLA Bruins men's basketball team) and four consecutive women's records (2013-2016), plus 40 regular-season conferences and tournament championships. UConn also has the two longest winning streaks of any gender in the history of college basketball.

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History

UConn was founded in 1881 as School of Agricultural Storrs . It was named after Charles and Augustus Storrs, the brother who donated the land for the school as well as the initial funding. Women began attending classes in 1891 and were officially accepted in 1893, when the name was changed to Storrs Agricultural College and it became a Connecticut grant school. In 1899, the name changed again to Connecticut Agricultural College ; in 1933, to Connecticut State College ; and finally, in 1939, to the University of Connecticut.

In 1940, the school was first divided into individual schools and colleges, reflecting the status of its new university. This is also the year School of Social Work and School of Nursing established. The graduate program also begins at this time, and law school and pharmacy are absorbed into the university. Ph.D.s have been awarded since 1949.

During the 1970s, UConn Health was founded in Farmington as home to the new School of Medicine and School of Dentistry. John Dempsey Hospital opened in Farmington in 1975 and has been operated by UConn since then.

In 1995, a state-funded program called UConn 2000 was adopted by the General Assembly of Connecticut and signed into law by Governor John G. Rowland. This 10-year program sets aside $ 1 billion to upgrade campus facilities, add faculty, and vice versa improve universities. An additional $ 1.3 billion was pledged by the State of Connecticut in 2002 as part of a new 10-year improvement plan known as 21st Century UConn.

An agreement was reached in 2012 to launch a genomic drug lab at the Jackson Laboratory worth $ 1.1 billion on the UConn Health Farmington campus as part of the Connecticut Bioscience initiative. In 2013, Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed the Next Generation of Connecticut legislation, making $ 1.7 billion in funding for a decade to improve UConn infrastructure, hire additional faculty, and step up STEM initiatives.

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Campus

Campus Storrs

The original and original UConn campus is in Storrs, a division of Town of Mansfield, 22 miles (35 km) east of Hartford, the capital of Connecticut and bordered by Coventry, Willington, Windham, and Ashford towns.

Library

The University of Connecticut Library forms the largest collection of public research in the state. The main library is the Homer D. Babbidge Library, at Fairfield Way in the center of the campus. In 1882, Charles Storrs contributed the first volume to a collection of university libraries (in particular, from agricultural schools). The University had previously kept its main library collection in the Old Whitney building, one of the first agricultural school buildings. The library migrated from Old Main to Beech Hall's basement in 1929. The collection then moved to the Wilbur Cross Building and remained there until the 1970s. The current main library, Homer Babbidge, formerly known as Nathan Hale Library. It underwent a $ 3 million renovation completed in 1998, making it then the largest public research library in New England.

The Storrs campus is also home to the University's Music and Pharmacy library, and Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, home to university archives and special collections, including university records, rare books, and manuscript collections. Each campus area also has their own library, including the Jeremy Richard Library on Stamford Campus. These libraries are tied into Babbidge's library through a shared catalog.

The Babbidge based collection places UConn among the top 30 universities in the country for library and funding ownership, containing over 2.5 million print volumes, about 2,500 printed magazines today, over 35,000 unique electronic journals through eJournal finders, 2.8 million microfilm units, 180,000 maps in the Map and Geographic Information Center (New England's largest public map collection), millions of e-books, and various free electronic information sources. UCL also licenses around 265 electronic search databases, many of which contain full-text research journals, monographs, and historic documents.

Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, located at UConn Health, is one of eight federal government-funded National Network of Libraries of Medicine from 1991 to 2001. The University of Connecticut's Law School stores the Library of Law at its campus in Hartford. The Stowe and Law libraries have separate catalogs of the Babbidge system, making the library's total library holdings at the University of Connecticut much higher than Babbidge's 2.5 million print volumes. UConn participates in several outdoor library consortia, including the Consortium's New England Law Library Consortium and the Northeast Research Library Consortium. The Dodd Research Center has also established partnerships with the African National Congress to share material with South African scholars.

Campus

The UConn campus at Storrs is home to the Connecticut Repertory Theater (CRT) run by the Department of Dramatic Arts. The theater complex has three places, Harriet S. Jorgensen Theater with a capacity of 486 seats, Nafe Katter Theater with a capacity of 241 seats, and Theater Studio 116 seating. CRT is a member of the Theater Communications Group, a national service organization for professional theater. The Storrs campus also has the William Benton Art Museum and the Ballard Institute and the Wayang Museum, the only institution in the United States that offers master's degrees in doll art.

Among the research facilities on campus is the George Safford Building Torrey Life Sciences, one of the major biological and educational research sites at UConn. Built in 1961, in 1980 the building was named in honor of Torrey, former head of the university's botanical department. Torrey, who came to Connecticut Agricultural College in the fall of 1915 to teach botany, became head of the Botanical Department in 1929 and served in that role until 1953. His collection of papers, including notebooks, correspondence, memoranda, administrative records, reports, photographs and various types of slides and filmstrip stored in Archive & amp; Special Collection at Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. The Torrey Life Sciences Building houses offices for the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, and Center for Biology.

Because of its location in a fairly rural area, UConn campus in Storrs has facilities that allow it to become self-contained virtually. All the heat on the campus is steam, and where may the sidewalks are placed over the underground connectors to keep the snow. In 2005, the cogeneration plant was activated, which generated most of the electricity for the campus, and used steam exhaust for central campus heating systems. The university has its own public water system and wastewater treatment facility. With the support of more and more Connecticut-based industry leaders, UConn is at the forefront of developing clean renewable alternative sources using fuel cell technology. In April 2012, UConn commissioned a fuel cell power plant at Campus Depot that will supply campuses with clean energy and efficiency, cooling and heating. Installing ClearEdge Power, formerly UTC Power, PureCell System is the latest step by UConn to reduce carbon footprint and build a sustainable community. The fuel cell installation was made possible through federal stimulus grants from Connecticut Clean Energy Finance and the Investment Authority.

The University of Connecticut Police Department is a fully functioning police agent with the same legal authority as the city police department in Connecticut State. State and internationally accredited, departments are responsible for protecting life and property at the University of Connecticut and all the adjacent areas within the jurisdiction of the UConn Police Department. This includes major campuses in Storrs and regional campuses. The UConn Public Security Division also includes the UConn Fire Department, and the Office of Marshal Fire and Building Inspector. UConn Storrs campus is equipped with a blue light system that allows students to press the emergency button that will tell the police to come to that location.

UConn 2000 is a public-private partnership to rebuild, update and improve the University of Connecticut from 1995 to 2005, funded by the State of Connecticut. UConn 2000 was enacted by the General Assembly of Connecticut in 1995 and signed into law by Gov. John G. Rowland. Construction projects are overseen by President Philip E. Austin. The legislature is renewing construction investment through 21st Century UConn, a continuation of UConn 2000, which is a billion-dollar development investment by the state to improve facilities at the University of Connecticut. It passed the Connecticut General Assembly and was signed into law by Rowland Governor in 2002. By the time the project is completed, every building on campus will be new or completely renovated. Money has also been incorporated into regional and satellite campuses, including a new Business School facility in downtown Hartford.

Next Generation Connecticut is a $ 1.5 billion plan to build the country's economic future through strategic investments in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). It passes the Connecticut General Assembly and is signed into law by Governor Dannel Malloy in June 2013. The fund will be used over a 10-year period to employ 250 new faculty, increase enrollment by 6,580 students, and upgrade the aging campus infrastructure. Money has also been allocated to build new STEM facilities, build new STEM teaching labs and to create STEM honorary colleges. NextGenCT will also enable the construction of student housing and digital media centers on the Stamford campus, and allow the relocation of Greater Hartford campus back to downtown Hartford.

Avery Point Campus

UConn's Avery Point campus overlooks Long Island Sound in the city of Groton. It is home to the National Underwater Research Center, Connecticut Sea Grant College, Project Oceanology, and the Long Island Sound Resource Center. The campus has undergone extensive transformation in recent years, including the new Marine Science and Oceanology Projects, new research vessels, and renovations of Branford House, gymnasium, and the main Academic Building.

This campus was once the summer home of the Morton Freeman Plant, a 19th century railroad, steamboat, and hotel millionaire. Branford House is his home overlooking Long Island Sound, reportedly worth $ 3 million when completed in 1904. Also located on the property is a nanny house (current police station) and stable cages and horses (current building physical buildings). Plantations include what is now the Shennecossett Public Golf Course located north of the campus, which was submitted to Connecticut State in the 1930s. During World War II, the remaining portion of the Plant Plantation was leased to the Coast Guard as a training center, and Avery Point Light was built. In 1967, it was transformed into the Southeastern Campus of the University of Connecticut, later renamed the University of Connecticut at Avery Point.

Students have access to classes for all UConn traditional majors, as well as Bachelor of General Studies (BGS). There are three other majors that can be completed on the Avery Point campus besides the BGS degree: Coastal Studies, Maritime Studies, and American Studies. The postgraduate program is also offered at STEM Teacher Education, Engineering, and Nursing.

Stamford's campus

In 1951, the University of Connecticut began offering extension programs at the former Stamford High School. In the fall of 1952, the University formally established a regional campus in Stamford. Once started, UConn's Stamford Campus offers five courses - English, Mathematics, History, Speech, and Sociology, and enrolls 21 part-time students.

The newly built UConn Stamford campus opened in 1962 on Scofield Town Road, and a separate library building was added in 1974. Also in the mid-1970s, the academic program expanded to give a four-year degree in several fields of study.

In 1990, planning began for the new UConn Stamford campus in the heart of downtown Stamford. One of the first UConn 2000 building projects, a new state-of-the-art campus opened in 1998, offers a variety of academic programs including undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. The contemporary glass-enclosed campus is equipped with a high-tech approach to learning with internet access in classrooms, laboratories, student facilities and public spaces. The design for the new UConn building was led by Aaron Schwarz, then from Perkins Eastman.

The Stamford campus partners with many corporate leaders and offers direct work experience to students. Working closely with the business area, UConn's Stamford Campus established the Connecticut Information Technology Institute, a full-service resource center providing IT professional development and cyber business research.

The Stamford campus of the University of Connecticut offers a complete undergraduate degree program in thirteen majors as well as a Bachelor of General Studies Degree Program. Majors are American Studies, Business Administration (BSBA), Business Data Analysis (BSBDA), Financial Management (BSFM), Media and Digital Design (BA) and (BFA), Economics, English, Human Development and Family Studies, History, Politics, Psychology, and Certificate of Admission to Nursing (CEIN/BS), an accelerated pre-licensing program. At the postgraduate level, the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and MS in Financial Risk Management are offered.

In August 2017, UConn's first permanent residency hall for off-campus students Storrs opened in Stamford. Sixth floor, 116 building units intended to accommodate 290 students.

Hartford campus

In August 2017, UConn formally opened a new campus in downtown Hartford, after nearly 40 years in neighboring West Hartford. The new campus is located in Front Hartford neighborhood, part of the Adriaen Landing project. The core of the new campus is the former historic Beaux-Arts headquarters of the Hartford Times.

UConn Hartford offers a wide range of liberal arts and science courses and degrees of up to 1,400 scholars and over 600 graduate students. Students pursuing a bachelor's degree in American Studies, Business and Technology, Business Administration, English, General Studies, Human Development and Family Studies, Psychology, and Urban and Community Studies. The Center for Sustainable Studies provides a number of certificate program options, in addition to the Bachelor of General Studies, an interdisciplinary degree program tailored to meet the individual needs and goals of returning, non-traditional part-time students.

Due to the proximity of UConn Hartford with the State Capitol and the legislative office, the Department of Public Policy University is based on the Hartford campus and offers the Master of Arts in Research Surveying and Master of Arts in Public Administration, as well as certificate programs. The University's Social Working School is also located on the Hartford campus and offers the Master of Social Work and Ph.D in Social Work. UConn Hartford also offers a one-year Master of Education popular with the Teacher Certification Program for college graduates.

Located at Constitution Plaza in downtown Hartford, UConn's Graduate Business Learning Center (GBLC) is home to a full-time UConn School of Business, part-time and Executive MBA program along with a master's program in Business Analytics and Project Management (MSBAPM), Financial Risk Management (FRM), as well as SS & Financial Accelerators C Technologies. The center was rejuvenated in 2004 to create cutting-edge facilities featuring the latest technology. The University has announced that GBLC will expand at Constitution Plaza in 2017 as a result of capacity issues on future Front Street campuses.

Waterbury Campus

The University of Connecticut's Waterbury campus serves over 1,000 students annually. Within 60 years of operation, UConn Waterbury has opened the door to educational access and excellence for thousands of Connecticut residents, many of whom have distinguished themselves in the areas of public services, business, education, law and politics. Today, the campus is located in a modern, sophisticated facility in the heart of downtown Waterbury.

Students at UConn Waterbury enjoy a smaller class and a more intimate campus environment. With low student and lecturer ratios, students may engage in frequent classroom discussions with different school faculty. Professors come from diverse academic backgrounds and are actively involved in scientific research. Many serve as mentors and mentors. Uconn Waterbury offers a variety of campus resources and support services. Students can use libraries, writing centers, math centers, peer guidance aids, computer labs and counseling services.

Torrington campus

The University of Connecticut at Torrington, founded in 1957, closed in May 2016 because of low enrollment rates.

Bioscience Connecticut

In June 2011, the General Assembly of Connecticut approved the law for Connecticut Bioscience, a plan proposed by Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy to start the Connecticut economy.

According to the proposal, Bioscience Connecticut will result in the creation of 3,000 construction jobs annually from 2012 to 2018 and an increase in personal income of $ 4.6 billion by 2037, while generating over 16,000 jobs. The initiative includes plans to renovate existing facilities on the UConn Health campus in Farmington, as well as the construction of new patient towers and outpatient care facilities, and seek to improve UConn Health medical and dental registration by 30 percent.

Jackson Laboratory

In January 2012, Governor Malloy announced that Jackson Laboratory (JAX) has reached an agreement to launch a $ 1.1 billion genomic drug lab on UConn Health campus. This laboratory is an independent and nonprofit biomedical research institute based in Bar Harbor, Maine.

According to the agreement, Jackson Laboratory will enter into a collaborative research agreement with UConn Health and will create at least 300 positions in 10 years, 30 percent of the total employees being senior scientists positions. Once fully developed, the facility is projected to employ 600 scientists and technicians. The state of Connecticut has approved $ 291 million of total capital and research budgets; Jackson's laboratory will increase the balance of $ 860 million through federal research grants, philanthropy, and service revenues.