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University of Connecticut
Latin: Universitas Connecticutensis
Former names
Storrs Agricultural School (1881–1899) Connecticut Agricultural College (1899–1933) Connecticut State College (1933–1939)
College town / suburb of large city, 4,400 acres (18 km2)
Other campuses
Groton
Farmington
Hartford
Stamford
Waterbury
Newspaper
The Daily Campus
Colors
Blue, white and gray[3]
Nickname
Huskies
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division I FBS - Big East
Independent (football)
Hockey East
NEISA
Mascot
Jonathan the Husky
Website
www.uconn.edu
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut. It was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two benefactors. In 1893, the school became a public land grant college, then took its current name in 1939. Over the following decade, social work, nursing, and graduate programs were established. During the 1960s, UConn Health was established for new medical and dental schools. UConn is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
With more than 32,000 students, the University of Connecticut is the largest university in Connecticut by enrollment. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[4] UConn is one of the founding institutions of the Hartford/Springfield regional economic and cultural partnership alliance known as New England's Knowledge Corridor. UConn was the second U.S. university invited into Universitas 21, an international network of research-intensive universities.[5]
Competing in the Big East Conference as the Huskies, UConn has gained recognition for its women's and men's basketball programs. The Huskies have won 23 NCAA championships.[6] The UConn Huskies are the top women's basketball program in the nation, having won a record 11 NCAA Division I National Championships (tied with the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team) and a women's record four in a row (2013–2016),[7] in addition to over 40 conference regular season and tournament championships.
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^"Color Palette". August 22, 2019.
^"Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup". carnegieclassifications.iu.edu. Center for Postsecondary Education. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
^"Universitas 21". Universitas21.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
^"UConn fans storm court at Gampel Pavilion after Huskies women win eighth national title". Fox News. April 9, 2013. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
^"UConn Huskies coach Geno Auriemma passes UCLA Bruins' John Wooden for most NCAA championships". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
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