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Flagship universities in the United States
- University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley scientists used a particle accelerator to discover more chemical elements than any other university.
- University of Texas at AustinA Texas oil well in 1923 helped fund the University of Texas at Austin.
- Rutgers UniversityRutgers University began teaching in 1771 with one instructor, a single sophomore and a handful of first-year students. Their classroom was a tavern called the Sign of the Red Lion. A tavern is an odd place to hold class for a college…
- University of KentuckyThe University of Kentucky's exact shade of blue came from a necktie. It was held up at a 1891 football game.
- University of TennesseeThe University of Tennessee opened two years before Tennessee became a state. It began in 1794 as Blount College.
- University of Colorado BoulderCañon City lost the University of Colorado bid and got a prison instead. Boulder got the university in 1876.
- Purdue UniversityPurdue University has sent 27 of its graduates to space as astronauts. Neil Armstrong was one of them.
- University of North TexasThe University of North Texas was first in the world to offer a degree in jazz studies. It is based in Denton, Texas.
- University of OklahomaIn 1903, the University of Oklahoma's only building burned down. Nearby towns hoped to lure it away.
- University of South CarolinaThe University of South Carolina holds the largest collection of Ernest Hemingway material in the world. It also keeps the biggest collection of Robert Burns and Scottish literature outside Scotland. Those holdings sit on a campus of more…