Connecticut, University of, is a state-supported land-grant university in Storrs, Connecticut. A land-grant university is partly endowed by the United States government under the Morrill, or Land-Grant, Act of 1862. The university has regional campuses in Groton, Stamford, Torrington, Waterbury, and West Hartford. It has a school of law in Hartford and a school of social work in West Hartford. The schools of medicine and dental medicine are in Farmington. The university was founded in 1881. Its athletic teams are called the Huskies. The university’s website at https://uconn.edu/ offers additional information.
