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The '''University of Vermont''' (or UVM) is a [[Vermont]] [[public school|public]] [[university]] chartered in 1791.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.uvm.edu/about_uvm/?Page=history/default.html&SM=historysubmenu.html|format=HTML|title=History and Traditions|language=English|work=University of Vermont}}</ref> The school was initially private, but changed after the Morrill Land-Grant College Act in 1862 and the addition of the State Agricultural College. It ranked #96 in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Top Schools" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php|title=National Universities: Top Schools|work=US News|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>

The '''University of Vermont''' (or UVM) is a [[Vermont]] [[public school|public]] [[university]] chartered in 1791.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.uvm.edu/about_uvm/?Page=history/default.html&SM=historysubmenu.html|title=History and Traditions|language=English|work=University of Vermont}}</ref> The school was initially private, but changed after the Morrill Land-Grant College Act in 1862 and the addition of the State Agricultural College. It ranked #96 in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Top Schools" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php|title=National Universities: Top Schools|work=US News|language=English}}</ref>

==History==

==History==

Ira Allen, who is considered to be UVM's founder, undertook much of the funding and initial planning. The university's first building was destroyed by fire in 1824; [[Marquis de Lafayette]] designed its replacement, the Old Mill building.<ref name="history"/>

Ira Allen, who is considered to be UVM's founder, undertook much of the funding and initial planning. The university's first building was destroyed by fire in 1824; [[Marquis de Lafayette]] designed its replacement, the Old Mill building.<ref name="history"/>