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  1. 2 days ago · Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture; [9] the first classes were held on ...

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  2. 3 days ago · 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.

  3. 11 hours ago · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), privately controlled coeducational institution of higher learning famous for its scientific and technological training and research. It was chartered by the state of Massachusetts in 1861 and became a land-grant college in 1863.

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  4. 3 days ago · Rutgers University (/ ˈ r ʌ t ɡ ər z / RUT-gərz; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church.

  5. 4 days ago · Through the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890, land-grant universities like Hampton and West Virginia State Universities as well as those created in 1862 deliver high-quality agricultural research, education, and extension programs for those not only interested in agriculture without excluding other scientific and classical studies.

  6. 2 days ago · The office expands UT Martin’s capacity as a primary campus of the state’s land-grant university to connect working adults, parents, veterans, and active military, as well as traditional-aged college students and youth, with higher education opportunities and resources.

  7. 5 days ago · To provide in the land‐grant tradition, a quality education with research training at the Master’s level within a framework of holistic and interdisciplinary agricultural science technology. To recruit minorities and women to pursue careers in agricultural professions where they have traditionally and historically been under‐represented.

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