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University of Connecticut
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City: Storrs, Connecticut
Type: Public
Sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball[1]
Colors: navy blue, gray, white
Mascot: Jonathan the Husky
Degrees: Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral[2]
Website: http://www.uconn.edu/

The University of Connecticut (sometimes shortened to UConn) is a Connecticut public university founded in 1881.[3] The school is located in Storrs, Connecticut. It ranked #64 in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Top Schools" list.[4]

Athletics

The UConn Huskies

Connecticut currently has 10 men's and 12 women's sports teams.[1] The football program has won three bowl games while losing two.[5] The men's basketball program has won three national championships,<ref>http://www.ncaa.com/history/basketball-men/d1. The women's basketball team is perennially among the best in the country, and has won seven national championships.

Notable Alumni

Sam Webb, the current chair of Communist Party USA, is an alumnus of UConn. So is Thomas Joseph Meskill, a Republican who was Governor of Connecticut from 1971-1975. Joe Courtney, a Democratic Congressman who serves the district UConn is located in, is also a graduate.

Notable Faculty

Paul Siegel, a prominent Marxist, is a former faculty member at UConn. Currently, notable Austrian economist Richard Langois is on the faculty.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.uconnhuskies.com/
  2. ↑ College Search - University of Connecticut - UConn - At a Glance (English) (HTML). College Board. Retrieved on May 28, 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.uconn.edu/about/index.php
  4. ↑ http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php
  5. ↑ http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl_history_connecticut.html
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