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.
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.
Emmanuel College is a private Roman Catholic college in Boston,Massachusetts. The college was founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as the first women's Catholic college in New England in 1919. In 2001,the college officially became a coeducational institution. It is a member of the Colleges of the Fenway consortium. In addition to the Fenway campus,Emmanuel operates a living and learning campus in Roxbury,Massachusetts.
DePaul University is a private Catholic research university in Chicago,Illinois,United States. 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.
The University of West Georgia is a public university in Carrollton,Georgia. The university offers a satellite campus in Newnan,Georgia,select classes at its Douglasville Center,and off-campus Museum Studies classes at the Atlanta History Center in Atlanta,Georgia. A total of 12,769 students,including 8,454 undergraduate and 4,315 graduate,were enrolled as of Fall 2023. The university is also one of four comprehensive universities in the University System of Georgia.
Susan Hockfield is an American neuroscientist who served as the 16th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2004 to 2012.
UConn Health is a healthcare system and hospital,and branch of the University of Connecticut that oversees clinical care,advanced biomedical research,and academic education in medicine. The system is funded directly by the State of Connecticut and the University’s financial endowment. Its primary location,UConn John Dempsey Hospital,is a teaching hospital located in Farmington,Connecticut,in the US. In total,UConn Health comprises the hospital,the UConn School of Medicine,School of Dental Medicine,and Graduate School. Additional community satellite locations are located in Avon,Canton,East Hartford,Putnam,Simsbury,Southington,Storrs,Torrington,West Hartford,and Willimantic,including two urgent cares in both Storrs and Canton. UConn Health also 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 was UConn Heath's interim CEO for 2022-2024 and remains dean of the UConn School of Medicine. Andrew Agwunobi returned to UConn Health as Executive Vice President of Health Affairs and CEO beginning May 31,2024.
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).
The University of Connecticut (UConn) School of Business is the University of Connecticut's graduate and undergraduate public business school. It spans across four campuses,with the main campus located in Storrs,Connecticut.
Nicholas B. Dirks is an American academic and a 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.
Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Myles Martel is an American communication adviser specializing in leadership. He has served mainly corporate and political clients since 1969,after founding the firm Martel and Associates,where he remains president and CEO.
Michelle J. Anderson is an American lawyer who is the 10th President of Brooklyn College. She is a scholar on rape law.
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 agricultural college to a major modern university. UConn came into existence by renaming Connecticut State College in 1939. Student enrollment rose from 844 in 1935 to 11,877 in 1962—an increase of over 1,400%. 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.
Radenka Marić is an American engineer and academic who became the 17th president of the University of Connecticut (UConn) on September 28,2022. She was the first internal candidate to be named president since Harry J. Hartley in 1990 and is the institution’s second female president. She had served as interim president of the University of Connecticut since February 1,2022,and previously served as UConn's vice president for research and innovation.
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.
