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Land-grant universities and colleges
- Cornell UniversityIn 1969, armed protesters occupied a building at Cornell University. The occupation forced its president to resign.
- University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley scientists used a particle accelerator to discover more chemical elements than any other university.
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHarvard tried to absorb MIT at least six times. A 1905 court ruling ended the closest attempt.
- 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…
- Michigan State UniversityMichigan State University nearly closed in 1859 after a fight over what a college was for. Farmers wanted it abolished.
- 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.
- Purdue UniversityPurdue University has sent 27 of its graduates to space as astronauts. Neil Armstrong was one of them.
- University of California, IrvineUC Irvine bought its first 1,000 acres of ranchland for one dollar. The Irvine Company sold it in 1960.
- Morrill Land-Grant ActsPresident Buchanan vetoed the Morrill Land-Grant Act in 1859 after Congress passed it. Lincoln later signed it.
- Oklahoma State UniversityOklahoma State University began on Christmas Day, 1890. Territorial lawmakers approved a farm college in Stillwater.