The Ohio State University,commonly called Ohio State or OSU,is a public land-grant research university in Columbus,Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio,Ohio State was founded in 1870 as the state's land-grant university and the ninth university in Ohio with the Morrill Act of 1862. Ohio State was originally known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College and focused on various agricultural and mechanical disciplines,but it developed into a comprehensive university under the direction of then-Governor and later U.S. president Rutherford B. Hayes,and in 1878,the Ohio General Assembly passed a law changing the name to "the Ohio State University" and broadening the scope of the university. It is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities –Very high research activity". The university's endowment of $7.0 billion in 2022 is among the largest in the world.
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system whose main campus is in Storrs,Connecticut. It was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School,named after two brothers who donated the land for the school. In 1893,the school became a public land grant college,becoming the University of Connecticut in 1939. Over the following decade,social work,nursing and graduate programs were established,while the schools of law and pharmacy were also absorbed into the university. During the 1960s,UConn Health was established for new medical and dental schools. UConn is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
Connecticut College (Conn) is a private liberal arts college in New London,Connecticut. Originally chartered as Thames College,it was founded in 1911 as the state's only women's college,a response to Wesleyan University having closed its doors to female students in 1909. The college became coeducational in 1969,adopting its current name.
DePaul University is a private Catholic research university in Chicago,Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898,the university takes its name from the 17th-century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul. In 1998,it became the largest Catholic university in terms of enrollment in North America. Following in the footsteps of its founders,DePaul places special emphasis on recruiting first-generation students and others from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Susan Hockfield is an American neuroscientist who served as the sixteenth president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from December 2004 through June 2012. Hockfield succeeded Charles M. Vest and was succeeded by L. Rafael Reif,who had served in her administration as Provost. Hockfield was the first biologist and the first woman to serve as the Institute's president. Hockfield currently serves as a Professor of Neuroscience in MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences,a Joint Professor of Work and Organization Studies in MIT’s Sloan School of Management,and a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. She is also a director of Break Through Cancer,Cajal Neuroscience,Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation,Lasker Foundation,Mass General Brigham,Pfizer,Repertoire Immune Medicines,and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research;a lifetime member of the MIT Corporation;and a board member of the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Before returning to MIT following her presidency,Hockfield held the Marie Curie Visiting Professorship at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
UConn Health is the branch of the University of Connecticut that oversees clinical care,advanced biomedical research,and academic education in medicine. The main branch is located in Farmington,Connecticut,in the US. It includes a teaching hospital,the UConn School of Medicine,School of Dental Medicine,and Graduate School. Other community care satellite locations exist in Avon,Canton,East Hartford,Putnam,Simsbury,Southington,Storrs,Torrington,West Hartford,and Willimantic,including two urgent cares in both Storrs and Canton. The university owns and operates many smaller clinics around the state that contain UConn Medical Group,UConn Health Partners,University Dentists and research facilities. Andrew Agwunobi stepped down as the CEO of UConn Health in February 2022 after serving since 2014 for a private-sector job. Bruce Liang is UConn Heath's interim CEO and remains dean of the UConn School of Medicine.
Mark Allen Emmert is the former president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. He was the fifth CEO of the NCAA;he was named as the incoming president on April 27,2010,and assumed his duties on November 1,2010,and remained in office until March 1,2023.
Philip E. Austin is an American economist who served as the 13th President of the University of Connecticut from October 1,1996 to September 14,2007. He returned to serve as interim president in May 2010 following the abrupt departure of Michael J. Hogan. Prior to UConn,Austin served as president of Colorado State University (1984–1989) and chancellor of the University of Alabama System (1989–1996).
Jane Fernandes is a Deaf American educator and social justice advocate. As of August 2021,Fernandes is the President of Antioch College in Yellow Springs,Ohio.
The University of Connecticut (UConn) School of Business is a graduate and undergraduate public business school that spans across four campuses,with the main campus located in Storrs,Connecticut.
Nicholas B. Dirks is an American academic and the former Chancellor of the University of California,Berkeley. Dirks is the author of numerous books on South Asian history and culture,primarily concerned with the impact of British colonial rule. In June 2020,Dirks was named president and CEO of The New York Academy of Sciences.
Michael J. Hogan is an American historian who served as president of the University of Connecticut (2007–2010) and president of the University of Illinois System (2010–2012). He subsequently became a distinguished professor of history at the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Campus sexual assault is the sexual assault,including rape,of a student while attending an institution of higher learning,such as a college or university. The victims of such assaults are more likely to be female,but any gender can be victimized. Estimates of sexual assault,which vary based on definitions and methodology,generally find that somewhere between 19 and 27% of college women and 6–8% of college men are sexually assaulted during their time in college.
Myles Martel is an American communication adviser specializing in leadership. He has had a mainly political and corporate client base since 1969,after founding the firm Martel and Associates,where he remains president and CEO.
Michelle J. Anderson is the 10th President of Brooklyn College,and a leading scholar on rape law.
Beverly Davenport is an American academic who was the first woman appointed Chancellor of the University of Tennessee's flagship campus in Knoxville.
Zulma R. Toro is an American engineer and academic administrator who has served as the president of Central Connecticut State University since January 2017.
Albert Nels Jorgensen was an American academic administrator who served as the seventh president of the University of Connecticut (1935–1962). Its longest-serving president and its youngest at age 36 at the time of his appointment,Jorgensen led UConn's transformation from a sleepy,unaccredited agricultural college to a major modern university. UConn came into existence via the renaming of Connecticut State College in 1939. Student enrollment rose from 844 in 1935 to 11,877 in 1962—an increase of over 1400%. Opened in 1955,the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on the university's Storrs campus was named in Jorgensen's honor. The Harriet Jorgensen Theatre is named after his wife.
Arthur Brough Bronwell was an American professor of electrical engineering who served as president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1955–1962) and dean of the University of Connecticut School of Engineering (1962–1970). A building on UConn's campus was named in his honor.
Robin Lee Chazdon is an American tropical ecologist. She is a professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Connecticut.
