Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum was a 2,000-seat hockey rink in Storrs, Connecticut . It was the longtime home arena and recent practice facility for the University of Connecticut women's and men's college ice hockey teams.
112-566: Freitas Ice Forum opened on November 7, 1998, replacing the outdoor UConn Ice Arena, which was in use since the 1960s. Its construction was a part of the UCONN 2000 commitment by the State of Connecticut to help rebuild, renew, and enhance the campuses of the University of Connecticut, paired with the hockey teams' elevation to Division I status. The arena was used for the 2000 MAAC Championship (won by UConn),
224-492: A $ 1.1 billion genomic medicine laboratory on the campus of UConn Health. The laboratory is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution based in Bar Harbor, Maine . According to the agreement, Jackson Laboratory will enter into a collaborative research agreement with UConn Health and will create at least 300 positions within 10 years, 30 percent of total employees being senior scientist positions. Once fully developed,
336-449: A 10–4 record against the rival USC Trojans . During the period 1997–2002, Lavin's Bruins compiled nine consecutive overtime victories. These included victories over Arizona , Cincinnati (2002 NCAA second round double overtime victory over No. 1 West Region seed), Kentucky , and Stanford (then ranked No 1). The Stanford win was sealed by a last second jumper by star sophomore guard JaRon Rush . At UCLA from 1996 to 2003, Lavin compiled
448-536: A Certificate Entry into Nursing (CEIN/BS), an accelerated pre-licensure program. At the graduate level, Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Masters of Business Analytics and Project Management (MSBAPM) and an MS in Financial Risk Management are offered. In August 2017, UConn's first-ever permanent residence hall for students outside the Storrs campus was opened at Stamford. The six-story, 116 unit building
560-634: A Pac-12 tournament championship, a feat not accomplished since 2008. The team later went on to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as a 4 seed in the South regional before losing to the 1 seed Florida. In his second year, the team was controversially chosen to participate in the 2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as an 11 seed in the South Region, where they upset
672-533: A championship once again. However, the Bruins program under Howland began to struggle in subsequent seasons. After 2008, UCLA did not advance past the first weekend of the NCAA tourney, and did not qualify for the tournament in 2010 and 2012 . With a 77–73 victory over Penn on December 10, 2011; Howland passed Jim Harrick for second on UCLA's all-time wins list behind John Wooden . Nonetheless, questions about how Howland
784-623: A coach that could move the Bruins back to the elite ranks of the Pac-10 and the country. Ben Howland 's success at the University of Pittsburgh and his southern California roots made him an attractive candidate. In 2003, he left Pitt and accepted the head coaching duties at UCLA. Howland remedied this disappointment in his recruiting efforts. Howland produced a top tier recruiting class from athletes in southern California that fit his Big East style. Behind Lavin hold-over Dijon Thompson and Howland recruits Jordan Farmar and Arron Afflalo , UCLA produced
896-472: A fuel cell power plant at its Depot Campus that will supply the campus with clean and efficiency energy, cooling and heating. The installation of a ClearEdge Power , formerly UTC Power, PureCell System was made possible through a federal stimulus grant from Connecticut's Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (now the Connecticut GreenBank). The University of Connecticut Police Department
1008-706: A high-tech approach to learning with internet access in classrooms, laboratories, student amenities and public spaces. Design for the new UConn building was led by Aaron Schwarz , then of Perkins Eastman . The Stamford Campus of the University of Connecticut offers complete undergraduate degree programs in thirteen majors as well as the Bachelor of General Studies Degree Program. Majors are American Studies, Business Administration (BSBA), Business Data Analytics (BSBDA), Financial Management (BSFM), Digital Media and Design (BA) and (BFA), Economics, English, Human Development and Family Sciences, History, Political Science, Psychology, and
1120-501: A matchup problem for the Bruins. Howland continued his success at UCLA the following year. The Bruins finished undefeated at home for the first time in 22 years, winning the Pac-10 conference title. However they lost in their first Pac-10 tournament game and were seeded second in the NCAA Tournament West Region. After a close second-round win over Indiana , Howland led the Bruins to a win over his former team, Pitt in
1232-493: A men's basketball-record 88 consecutive games. Prior to Wooden's arrival, UCLA had only won two conference championships in the previous 18 years. In his first season, Wooden guided a UCLA team that had finished with a 12–13 record the previous year to a 22–7 record—then the most wins in a season in program history—and the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) Southern Division championship. In his second season, Wooden led
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#17330856865621344-459: A part of UConn, and junior and senior high school students may take classes for credit on UConn's campus. During the 1970s, UConn Health was established in Farmington as a home for the new School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine. John Dempsey Hospital opened in Farmington in 1975 and has been operated by UConn ever since. In 1995, a state-funded program called UConn 2000 was passed by
1456-476: A post-game interview, Wooden stated, "We have to start over." They did, and went undefeated the rest of the year, avenging Houston 101–69 in the semi-final rematch of the NCAA tournament en route to the national championship. Hayes, who had been averaging 37.7 points per game, was held to only 10 points. Wooden credited Norman for devising the diamond-and-one defense that contained the Houston center. The emergence of
1568-793: A record of 145–78. As both an assistant and head coach, Lavin participated in 13 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances (1990–2002), while working at Purdue and UCLA. During Lavin's tenure as a head coach, he was one of only two coaches in the country to lead his team to five NCAA "Sweet 16s" in six years (1997, 1998, 2000–2002), the other coach being Duke's Mike Krzyzewski . Lavin guided UCLA to six consecutive seasons of 20 or more wins, as well as six consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Lavin signed seven McDonald's High School All-Americans. Seven of Lavin's former Bruin recruits became roster members of NBA teams: Trevor Ariza , Matt Barnes , Baron Davis , Dan Gadzuric , Ryan Hollins , Jason Kapono , and Earl Watson . During Lavin's tenure as head coach,
1680-613: A row from 1967 to 1973. His UCLA teams also had a then-record winning streak of 88 games and four perfect 30–0 seasons. They also won 38 straight games in NCAA Tournaments and 98 straight home game wins at Pauley Pavilion . Wooden was named NCAA College Basketball's "Coach of the Year" in 1964, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973. In 1967, he was named the Henry Iba Award USBWA College Basketball Coach of
1792-466: A separate library building was added in 1974. Also in the mid-1970s, the academic program was expanded to provide a four-year degree in several fields of study. In 1990, planning began for a new UConn Stamford Campus in the heart of downtown Stamford. One of the first UConn 2000 building projects, the new campus opened in 1998, offering a variety of academic programs including undergraduate and graduate degrees. The contemporary glass-enclosed campus features
1904-747: A wide range of liberal arts and sciences courses and degrees to over 1,400 undergraduate and more than 600 graduate students. Due to the UConn Hartford's proximity to the State Capitol and legislative offices, the university's School of Public Policy is based at the Hartford campus. The University of Connecticut's School of Social Work, established in 1948, sits alongside the University’s Hartford Campus. Located at Constitution Plaza in downtown Hartford, UConn's Graduate Business Learning Center
2016-590: A winning season for the first time in three years and returned to the tournament, where they lost in the first round. Starting the 2005–06 season with the majority of the roster made over in Howland's image and with the Lavin hold-overs (e.g., Ryan Hollins and Cedric Bozeman ), the Bruins produced an excellent campaign. They finished the regular season 24–6, winning the Pac-10 Conference title. They then roared through
2128-543: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . UCONN 2000 The University of Connecticut ( UConn ) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut , United States. 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
2240-530: Is a fully functional police agency with the same statutory authority as any municipal police department in the State of Connecticut. State and internationally accredited, the department is responsible for protecting lives and property at the University of Connecticut and all adjacent areas within the jurisdiction of the UConn Police Department. This includes the main campus in Storrs and the regional campuses. The UConn Division of Public Safety also includes
2352-475: Is designed for academically qualified students who are attending a Connecticut community college and who are planning to transfer to the University of Connecticut in Liberal Arts & Sciences, Agriculture, Health & Natural Resources , Business, or Engineering. Each year, more than 1,000 transfer students are admitted to the university. As of 2017 , of the entering freshman at the main campus, 54% ranked in
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#17330856865622464-669: Is home to the UConn School of Business. In 1942, the University of Connecticut was invited to Waterbury at the request of a group of citizens, headed by the Waterbury YMCA. Named the Waterbury Extension Center, it offered primarily certificate-granting technical courses taught at the YMCA for 253 students who were mostly of returning veterans looking for an affordable and easily accessible means of earning and education. Gradually, as
2576-538: Is intended to house 290 students. In August 2017, UConn formally opened its new campus in downtown Hartford, after nearly 40 years in neighboring West Hartford. The new campus is located within Hartford's Front Street neighborhood—a portion of the Adriaen's Landing project. The centerpiece of the new campus is the historic Beaux-Arts , which had been the former headquarters of the Hartford Times . UConn Hartford offers
2688-586: Is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Its gothic-style buildings, constructed in 1925 (except for the new library, which was completed in 1996), housed the Hartford Seminary until 1981. The law school has approximately 325 students and a student:faculty ratio of 4.1:1. UConn Law has repeatedly been ranked the top public law school in New England by U.S. News & World Report , and
2800-665: Is one of the founding institutions of the Hartford - Springfield regional economic and cultural partnership alliance known as New England 's Knowledge Corridor . UConn was the second U.S. university invited into Universitas 21 , an international network of research-intensive universities. Competing in the Big East Conference as the Huskies , UConn has gained recognition for its women's and men's basketball programs. The Huskies have won 23 NCAA championships. The UConn Huskies are
2912-484: Is steam, and where possible sidewalks were laid over the underground connectors to keep the snow off. In 2005, a cogeneration plant was activated, which generates most of the electricity for the campus, and uses the exhaust steam for the campus central heating system. The university owns its own public water system and waste water treatment facility. With the support of local industry, UConn is also developing and using fuel cell technology. In April 2012, UConn commissioned
3024-555: Is the Homer D. Babbidge Library , on Fairfield Way in the center of campus. In 1882, Charles Storrs donated the first volumes to the university library collection (specifically, of the agriculture school). The university formerly housed its primary library collections in the Old Whitney building, one of the first agriculture school buildings. The library migrated from Old Main to the basement of Beech Hall in 1929. The university's first librarian
3136-577: The Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art. The campus has undergone a transformation in recent years, including new Marine Science and Project Oceanology buildings, a new research vessel, and renovations of the Branford House, the gymnasium, and the main Academic Building. The campus was formerly the summer home of Morton Freeman Plant , a 19th-century railroad, steamship, and hotel magnate. Branford House
3248-586: The College of Agriculture is the oldest of the university's colleges and professional schools. On May 26, 1939, Governor Raymond E. Baldwin signed the bill that allowed Connecticut State College to have its name changed to the University of Connecticut. The following year, trustees organized and developed a plan to divide the university into separate schools and colleges in Business, Education, Home Economics, Colleges of Arts and Sciences, and College of Agriculture . This
3360-694: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences , College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources , the Graduate School, the Neag School of Education , the School of Nursing, the School of Business , the School of Dental Medicine , the School of Medicine , the School of Engineering , the School of Social Work, the Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture, the School of Pharmacy, the School of Law and
3472-541: The Connecticut General Assembly and signed into law by then- Governor John G. Rowland . This 10-year program set aside $ 1 billion to upgrade campus facilities, add faculty, and otherwise improve the university. An additional $ 1.3 billion was pledged by the State of Connecticut in 2002 as part of a new ten-year improvement plan known as 21st Century UConn . An agreement was reached in 2012 to launch Jackson Laboratory's $ 1.1 billion genomic medicine lab on
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3584-541: The NIT championship. The 1986–1987 UCLA Bruin basketball team won both the Pac-10 regular season championship as well as the inaugural Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament . In 1988, Jim Harrick returned to UCLA (he had spent two years as an assistant coach from 1978 to 1979) to assume head coaching duties after the firing of Walt Hazzard . During the recruiting period before his first season, he recruited Don MacLean ,
3696-547: The New England Board of Higher Education 's Regional Student Program (NERSP), allowing students from the five other New England states to enroll at the university at a reduced out-of-state tuition rate if their intended major is not offered by one of their in-state universities. The university also participates in a special guaranteed admissions program with the Connecticut Community Colleges (CCC) that
3808-440: The Pac-10 tournament , winning each game by double digits en route to only the second Pac-10 tournament championship in school history. The momentum continued into the NCAA tournament as the second-seeded Bruins defeated Gonzaga in the Sweet Sixteen. They then upset top-seeded Memphis to reach the school's first Final Four in 11 years. The run ended in the championship game against Florida , whose imposing front-line proved to be
3920-570: The Pac-12 Conference and joined the Big Ten Conference on August 2, 2024. UCLA men's basketball has set several NCAA records. * 1980 tournament final vacated by NCAA In 1919, Fred Cozens became the first head coach of the UCLA basketball and football teams. Cozens coached the basketball team for two seasons, finishing with an overall record of 21–4. Caddy Works was the head coach of
4032-587: The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center , home to the university's archives and special collections. Each of the regional campuses also have their own libraries. These libraries are tied into the Babbidge library through a shared catalogue. The Babbidge-based collection places UConn among the top 30 universities in the nation for library holdings and funding, containing more than 2.5 million print volumes, approximately 2,500 current print periodicals, more than 35,000 journals through
4144-549: The Town of Mansfield , 22 miles (35 km) east of Hartford , Connecticut's capital, and bordered by the towns of Ashford , Coventry , Willington , and Windham . The campus is easily accessible from nearby thoroughfares US Route 6 in Windham and Interstate 84 in Tolland. The University of Connecticut Libraries form the largest public research collection in the state. The main library
4256-553: The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut . For the duration of the 2020–21 season , the men's team reverted to using the Forum due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The women's hockey team played in the Forum until 2022. In 2023, the team moved to the 2,600-seat on-campus Toscano Family Ice Forum that also now hosts the men's team. While initially used as a practice facility for the varsity teams and
4368-589: The championship game . His legendary coaching career concluded triumphantly, as his team responded with a win over Kentucky to claim Wooden's first career coaching victory over the Wildcats and his unprecedented 10th national championship in a twelve-year span. During his tenure with the Bruins, Wooden became known as the "Wizard of Westwood ", although he personally disdained the nickname. He gained lasting fame at UCLA by winning 620 games in 27 seasons and 10 NCAA titles during his last 12 seasons, which included seven in
4480-520: The 1977 College Player of the Year, Marques Johnson . Gary Cunningham became the head coach at UCLA in 1977. He coached two seasons, winning the Pacific-8 and Pacific-10 conference championships and leading UCLA to a #2 ranking in the final polls both seasons. Larry Brown then moved on to coach UCLA from 1979 to 1981, leading his freshman-dominated 1979–80 team to the NCAA title game before falling to Louisville , 59–54. However, that runner-up finish
4592-453: The 2001 MAAC tournament, and the 2002 ECAC women's hockey tournament. It hosted the 2008 Hockey East Women's Tournament. The building was named for Mark E. Freitas '81, a former hockey letter winner and benefactor, on February 5, 2005. The men's hockey team used the venue for home games until 2014 when they joined the Hockey East conference. Upon joining the conference, the team played in
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4704-675: The 241-seat Nafe Katter Theatre, and the 116-seat Studio Theatre. CRT is a member of the Theatre Communications Group , the national service organization for the professional theatre . The Storrs campus also houses the J. Louis von der Mehden Recital Hall, the William Benton Museum of Art , and the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry . In the 1960s, drama students from UConn participated in Theatre on Tour, which
4816-481: The 6 seed SMU on a game-winning goaltending call. The Bruins went on to defeat the University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers before losing to Gonzaga in the Sweet Sixteen. After a disappointing third season in which UCLA suffered their fourth losing record since 1948, the team rebounded in the following season, going 31–5 before falling to Kentucky , again in the Sweet Sixteen, considered an underachievement given
4928-598: The Bruins defeating the Arizona Wildcats 74–69. The Mo Ostin Basketball Center south of the Los Angeles Tennis Center and close to Pauley Pavilion, the basketball team's home court was completed in 2017 to serve as a practice facility and hub for the basketball team. On December 14, 2015, Russell Westbrook had donated a "significant" sum to the construction of the center, for which the facility's court
5040-400: The Bruins from 1921 to 1939, guiding them to a 173–159 record. Works was a lawyer by profession and coached the team only during the evenings. According to UCLA player and future Olympian Frank Lubin , Works was "more of an honorary coach" with little basketball knowledge. Dick Linthicum was UCLA's first All-American in any sport, earning selections in 1931 and 1932 . Wilbur Johns was
5152-576: The Bruins qualified for six consecutive NCAA Tournaments (1997–2002). Lavin's record in the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament is 10–1. His winning percentage (90.9%) in the first two rounds is second only to Dean Smith in NCAA Tournament history. However, Lavin also coached the Bruins to their only loss in an NCAA tournament game played in the State of California (a 2002 loss to Missouri in San Jose). In seven seasons as head coach Lavin's record
5264-564: The Bruins tied for first place in the Pac-10 with an 8–3 record, UCLA removed the "interim" tag from Lavin's title and formally named him as its 11th head coach. The Bruins then won their next 11 games en route to the Pac-10 title, before being eliminated by the Minnesota Gophers in the NCAA Midwest Regional Final. In seven seasons as head coach Lavin's record was 12–4 in games involving overtime. Additionally Lavin's Bruins had
5376-628: The Bruins to 10 national titles in 12 seasons, from 1964 to 1975, including seven straight from 1967 to 1973. UCLA went undefeated a record four times (1964, 1967, 1972, and 1973). Coach Jim Harrick led the team to another NCAA title in 1995. Former coach Ben Howland led UCLA to three consecutive Final Four appearances from 2006 to 2008. As a member of the AAWU, Pacific-8 and then Pacific-10, UCLA set an NCAA Division I record with 13 consecutive regular season conference titles between 1967 and 1979 which stood until tied by Kansas in 2017. In 2024, UCLA departed
5488-570: The Bruins to a 24–7 record and the PCC championship. The Bruins would win the division title in each of the next two seasons and the conference title in the latter season. Up to that time, UCLA had won only two division titles since the PCC began divisional play, and it had not won a conference title of any kind since winning the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1927. In 1955–56, Wooden guided
5600-414: The Bruins to the top of their conference (now the Pac-12 Conference ). This time, however, they would take the next step, and go on to unleash a run of dominance unparalleled in the history of college sports. A narrow loss due largely to a controversial foul call in the semifinal of the 1962 NCAA Tournament convinced Wooden that his Bruins were ready to contend for national championships. Two seasons later,
5712-493: The Bruins to their first undefeated PCC conference title and a 17-game winning streak that only came to an end in the 1956 NCAA Tournament at the hands of a University of San Francisco team that featured Bill Russell . However, UCLA was unable to maintain this level of performance over the immediate ensuing seasons, finding itself unable to return to the NCAA Tournament as the Pete Newell -coached California teams took control of
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#17330856865625824-547: The Bruins under Wooden vastly increased the program's popularity. Since 1932, the Bruins had played at the Men's Gym . It normally seated 2,400, but had been limited to 1,500 since 1955 by order of the city fire marshal. This forced games to be moved to Pan Pacific Auditorium , the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena and other venues around Los Angeles when larger crowds were expected—an increasing inconvenience since
5936-516: The Bruins' first national title. At Wooden's urging, a much larger on-campus facility was built in time for the 1965–66 season, the nearly 13,000 seat Pauley Pavilion . Wooden coached his final game in Pauley Pavilion on March 1, 1975, when UCLA trounced Stanford 93–59. Four weeks later, following a 75–74 overtime victory over Louisville in the 1975 NCAA Tournament semifinal game, Wooden announced that he would retire at age 64 immediately after
6048-540: The Central YMCA allocated some space in their building for evening classes. The enrollment during this period increased to 662 students in the fall of 1947 and the establishment of an accredited, full-time undergraduate program, at the newly designated Waterbury Branch of the University of Connecticut. In August 2003, the Waterbury campus moved to a new 95,000 square foot downtown campus. The U-shaped, three-story building at
6160-505: The Connecticut General Assembly and was signed into law by Governor Dannel Malloy in 2013. The funds will be used over a 10-year period to hire 250+ new faculty, increase undergraduate enrollment by 6,580 students, and upgrade aging campus infrastructure. Money has also been allocated to build new STEM facilities, construct new STEM teaching laboratories and to create a premier STEM honors college. NextGenCT will also allow for
6272-582: The Farmington UConn Health campus as part of the Bioscience Connecticut initiative. In 2013, Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Next Generation Connecticut, committing $ 1.7 billion in funding over a decade to enhance UConn's infrastructure, hire additional faculty, and upgrade STEM initiatives. Two U.S. presidents have visited the Storrs campus during their term of office, Bill Clinton in 1995 and Joe Biden in 2021, to dedicate
6384-411: The NBA in 1979) to hold off on a visit as he was more interested in Albert King . Farmer signed neither King nor Johnson, and neither recruit played for UCLA. In 1984, Walt Hazzard was named the UCLA basketball coach 20 years after he was an All-America when UCLA won its first national championship. He coached for four seasons, winning 77 out of 125 games. The 1984–1985 UCLA Bruin basketball team won
6496-433: The New England Law Library Consortium and the Northeast Research Libraries Consortium. The Dodd Research Center has also formed a partnership with the African National Congress to share materials with South African scholars. The UConn campus at Storrs is home to the Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) run by the Department of Dramatic Arts. The theatre complex has three venues, the 486-seat Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre,
6608-421: The School of Education established the first high school in the town of Mansfield, E. O. Smith High School , as a laboratory school for teacher training and education research. The high school, which lies adjacent to campus, was operated by the University of Connecticut until 1987, when it became the regional public high school. E.O. Smith has maintained an Agricultural Science education program since its time as
6720-543: The School of Fine Arts. Founded in 1921, the University of Connecticut School of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. The campus is located just outside the downtown core of Hartford, minutes away from the Connecticut State Capitol , state courts and agencies, and the offices of Hartford's law firms and corporations. Law students have ready access to all of these institutions for study, externships , clinical education, practice, and employment. The campus
6832-444: The Sweet Sixteen. The Bruins then again upset the top seed in the West Region, Kansas , and reached the second of UCLA's first consecutive Final Fours since the John Wooden era, only to lose again to Florida in the national semifinal. At the start of the 2007–08 season , expectations for UCLA were the highest ever with the arrival of Kevin Love , one of the best low-post prospects in the high school class of 2007. Combined with
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#17330856865626944-456: The UCLA basketball head coach from 1939 to 1948, guiding the Bruins to a 93–120 record. From 1948 to 1975, John Wooden , nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood ", served as UCLA's head coach. He won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period, including a run of seven in a row that shattered the previous record of only two consecutive titles; to this day, no other team has won more than two straight titles. Within this period, his teams won
7056-458: The UCLA program. Although the 2012–2013 Bruins won the Pac-12 regular season championship, they quickly bowed out in the first round of the NCAA tournament. On March 25, 2013, three days after being eliminated by 11th seed Minnesota, UCLA fired Howland. On March 30, 2013, Steve Alford signed a seven-year, $ 18.2-million contract to become the head coach of UCLA, replacing the fired Ben Howland. In his first year as head coach Alford led UCLA to
7168-452: The UConn Fire Department, and Office of the Fire Marshal and Building Inspectors. UConn campuses are equipped with a blue-light system which allows students to press an emergency button which will notify the police to come to that location. Next Generation Connecticut is a multi-faceted $ 1.5 billion plan to build the state's economic future through strategic investments in science, technology, engineering, and math disciplines (STEM). It passed
7280-485: The University of Connecticut began offering extension courses at the former Stamford High School to provide education for GIs returning from the Korean War. In the fall of 1952, the university formally established a regional campus in Stamford. Upon inception, UConn's Stamford Campus offered five courses — English, Mathematics, History, Speech, and Sociology, and enrolled 21 part-time students. A newly constructed UConn Stamford Campus opened in 1962 on Scofield Town Road, and
7392-408: The Year. In 1972, he shared Sports Illustrated magazine's " Sportsman of the Year " award with Billie Jean King . He was named to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach in 1973, becoming the first to be honored as both a player and a coach. From 1975 to 1977, Gene Bartow served as the head coach of UCLA . He guided them to a 52–9 record, including a berth in the 1976 Final Four . He coached
7504-452: The building was named in honor of the former head of the botany department. The Torrey Life Sciences Building houses offices for the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, the Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Biology Central Services. Because it is situated in a fairly rural area, the UConn campus has facilities that allow it to be virtually self-sufficient. All heat on campus
7616-405: The coach, UCLA turned into a national basketball powerhouse. UCLA has won 11 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments and has dominated the conference, winning two games for every one that USC won. As of the 2013–2014 season, UCLA has won or shared the conference title 31 times, and USC has won or shared the title 7 times. There have been a number of significant games in this rivalry. Since
7728-417: The conference at the end of the decade. Also hampering the fortunes of Wooden's team during that time period was a probation imposed on all UCLA sports in the aftermath of a scandal involving illegal payments made to players on the school's football team, along with USC, Cal and Stanford, resulting in the dismantling of the PCC conference. By 1962 the probation was no longer in place and Wooden had returned
7840-414: The conference title but the national crown with an undefeated season. In January 1968, UCLA took its 47-game winning streak to the Astrodome in Houston , where Alcindor, below par with an injured eye, squared off against Elvin Hayes in the Game of the Century , which was the nation's first nationally televised regular season college basketball game. Houston upset UCLA 71–69 behind Hayes' 39 points. In
7952-411: The construction of student housing and a digital media center at the Stamford campus, and allow for the relocation of the Greater Hartford campus back to downtown Hartford. UConn's Avery Point campus overlooks Long Island Sound in the town of Groton . It is home to the National Undersea Research Center, the Connecticut Sea Grant College , Project Oceanology, the Long Island Sound Resource Center, and
8064-482: The demand for courses grew, and enrollment increased, certain facilities at Leavenworth High School were used. Each semester about a dozen undergraduate courses were offered and a sizeable non-credit program was added. Four years later in the fall of 1946, the local Advisory Committee, working with the local Board of Education, secured the Begnal School on Charles Street. In addition to the facilities on Charles Street,
8176-514: The eJournal locator, 2.8 million units of microfilm, 180,000 maps at the Map and Geographic Information Center (New England's largest public map collection), millions of electronic books, and an array of free electronic information sources. The UCL also license approximately 265 electronic search databases, many of which contain the full-text of research journals, monographs, and historic documents. The Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, housed at UConn Health,
8288-546: The emergence of Russell Westbrook and Darren Collison in the back-court, the Bruins won their 3rd consecutive Pac-10 conference title, and their second Pac-10 tournament title in three years. They received their first No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament since 1995, and once again reached the Final Four, where they faced another top seed, the Memphis Tigers . Memphis got the better of the Bruins, who returned to Westwood without
8400-582: The entirety of the season on December 22. LaVar Ball maintained that his son had not deserved suspension; LiAngelo Ball withdrew from UCLA and signed with a sports agent , making him ineligible for further NCAA competition. UCLA finished the regular season in a three-way tie for third (tied with Utah and Stanford) in the Pac-12 (21–10, 11–7), disappointingly falling to St. Bonaventure in the NCAA First Four Play-in Round. Junior guard Aaron Holiday
8512-726: The facility is projected to employ 600 scientists and technicians. The state of Connecticut has approved $ 291 million of the total capital and research budget; Jackson Laboratory will raise the balance of $ 860 million through federal research grants, philanthropy, and service income. The University of Connecticut is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education . Students at UConn can pursue over 100 majors, eight undergraduate degrees, 17 graduate degrees and five professional degree programs. Students choose from 87 different minors at UConn, including areas of study not offered as formalized majors. UConn participates in
8624-478: The final piece of the puzzle fell into place when assistant coach Jerry Norman persuaded Wooden that the team's small-sized players and fast-paced offense would be complemented by the adoption of a zone press defense. The result was a dramatic increase in scoring, giving UCLA a powerhouse team led by Walt Hazzard and Gail Goodrich that went undefeated on its way to the school's first basketball national championship . Wooden's team repeated as national champions
8736-458: The first and second iterations of the Dodd Center for Human Rights , respectively. The Dodd Center has brought an array of other world figures to the campus including Madeleine Albright , Elie Wiesel , Oscar Arias , and Mikhail Gorbachev . Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush visited the campus after leaving office. The primary and original UConn campus is in Storrs, a division of
8848-520: 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 . With more than 32,000 students, the University of Connecticut is the largest university in Connecticut by enrollment. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". UConn
8960-414: The following season before the squad fell briefly in 1966 when it finished second in the conference to Oregon State . UCLA was ineligible to play in the NCAA tournament that year because in those days only conference champions went to the tournament. However, the Bruins' incarnation returned with a vengeance in 1967 with the arrival of sophomore All-America and MVP Lew Alcindor . The team reclaimed not only
9072-499: The fourth floor of the building serving as both a classroom and event space. The University of Connecticut's Waterbury campus serves more than 1,000 students annually and offers nine four-year undergraduate degrees. The University of Connecticut at Torrington , founded in 1957, was closed in May 2016 due to low enrollment numbers. In January 2012, Gov. Malloy announced that Jackson Laboratory (JAX) had reached an agreement to launch
9184-534: The hiring of Mick Cronin as the program's 14th head coach. He was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year in his first season in 2019–20 . However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the Pac-12 Tournament and NCAA Tournament were cancelled. The following season in 2020–21 , the Bruins opened the NCAA Tournament in the First Four, advancing to the Final Four after defeating No. 1 seed Michigan . No. 11 seed UCLA became
9296-521: The home ice of its club hockey teams following the move, in 2024 the forum was converted for use as the home facility for the UConn volleyball teams. Until then, volleyball had been played in Harry A. Gampel Pavilion during the basketball off-season. 41°48′0″N 72°15′17″W / 41.80000°N 72.25472°W / 41.80000; -72.25472 This article about a sports venue in Connecticut
9408-590: The intersection of East Main Street and Phoenix Avenue was designed to serve more than 1,200 students, faculty and staff, replacing the collection of buildings and houses that has served the Waterbury campus for decades. The new facility was dedicated on October 9, 2003. In January 2016, UConn Waterbury dedicated the newly renovated St. Patrick's Hall also known as the Rectory as the newest addition to its campus. The Rectory Building added two floors of classroom and office space with
9520-434: The land for the school as well as initial funding. The Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station was founded in 1887. Women began attending classes in 1891 and were officially admitted in 1893, the same year that it became Connecticut's land-grant college and was renamed Storrs Agricultural College. In 1899, the name changed again to Connecticut Agricultural College, and, in 1933, to Connecticut State College. In its current form,
9632-468: The mid-1980s, UCLA has also had a basketball rivalry with Arizona under coach Lute Olson , as the two schools competed for the Pac-10 Championship every year. Since 1985 the two teams have combined to win 27 out of the 38 conference titles. The UCLA–Arizona basketball rivalry still is seen as the match up of the two premier teams in the conference. Also, the performance of the two schools influences
9744-464: The most significant recruit to commit to UCLA in several years. McLean's arrival helped start a revival of the basketball program. Within four years, the Bruins were in the Elite Eight--"officially" their deepest advance in the tournament in 13 years, and only the second time they had gone that far since Wooden's departure. During the 1994–1995 season , he led UCLA to a 32–1 record (a loss to California
9856-399: The nation. In 2005, UConn ranked 64th in terms of R&D expenditure. UCLA Bruins men%27s basketball The UCLA Bruins men's basketball program represents the University of California, Los Angeles in the sport of men's basketball as a member of the Big Ten Conference . Established in 1919, the program has won a record 11 NCAA titles . Coach John Wooden led
9968-450: The other in 1995 . The New York Times wrote that Wooden "made UCLA the most successful team in college basketball." After Wooden retired, the four coaches that succeeded him resigned, and the following three—Harrick included—were fired. The average tenure of those coaches after Wooden was four years. Former coach Ben Howland led the Bruins to three consecutive Final Four appearances from 2006 to 2008 . When John Wooden became
10080-465: The players, freshmen LiAngelo Ball , Cody Riley and Jalen Hill shoplifted sunglasses from a Louis Vuitton department store. They were placed under house arrest by local police the next day and required to hand over their passports. The controversy garnered immense attention due to the reputation of LiAngelo as a member of the Ball family and received significant media coverage. President Donald Trump , who
10192-490: The second First Four team to reach the Final Four, the school's first national semifinal since 2008 , which had also been their last trip to the Elite Eight. In 2022–23 , the Bruins received a No. 2 seed in the 2023 NCAA tournament , their highest seeding since they were placed No. 1 in 2008 . They advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the third straight season, but losing two starters due to injuries, they were eliminated from
10304-413: The success in the NCAA tournament belied the fact that UCLA had earned no better than a number 4 seed with the exception of the 1997 season. The 2002–03 season turned out to be the back-breaker for Lavin as the Bruins stumbled to a 10–19 record and a 6–12 record in the conference. It was the first losing season for UCLA in over five decades. Lavin was dismissed following the season. UCLA looked to find
10416-455: The talent level and overall record of the team. Freshman point guard Lonzo Ball , as well as the program in general, garnered national media attention for the outspoken behavior of his father LaVar Ball . Prior to the beginning of the 2017–18 season , the team travelled to China to participate in the annual Pac-12 China Game. On November 6 in Hangzhou , during a block of free time allotted to
10528-404: The team was proposed. In 1965, Pauley Pavilion , named for oil magnate Ed Pauley, was built on campus and has been the home of the Bruins basketball programs since that time. During the 2011–12 season, Pauley Pavilion underwent a complete, $ 136 million renovation, both inside and out, earning it the nickname of "New Pauley." A new attendance record was set on March 2, 2013, when 13,727 fans watched
10640-453: The top tenth of their high school class and 89% in the top quarter. UConn's retention rate is among the best for public universities in the nation, with 93% of students returning for their sophomore year. UConn ranks third out of 58 public research universities on basis of graduation time, with the average time to graduate being 4.2 years among those who graduate within 6 years. Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs are offered through
10752-547: The top women's basketball program in the nation, having won a record 11 NCAA Division I National Championships (tied with the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team ) and a women's record four in a row (2013–2016), in addition to over 40 conference regular season and tournament championships. UConn was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School. It was named after Charles and Augustus Storrs , brothers who donated
10864-509: The tournament for the second time in three years by Gonzaga. The men's basketball team played in the 2,400 seat Men's Gym from 1932 to 1965. They also played at other venues around Los Angeles, including the Pan-Pacific Auditorium and Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena , when larger crowds were expected for games. Following UCLA's second championship in 1965, the idea of constructing a new arena to accommodate increased interest in
10976-612: Was Edwina Whitney , who served from 1900 to 1934. The library then moved to the Wilbur Cross Building and remained there until the 1970s. The current main library, Homer Babbidge, was formerly known as the Nathan Hale Library. It underwent renovations completed in 1998; at the time it was the largest public research library in New England. The Storrs campus is also home to the university's Music and Pharmacy libraries, and
11088-470: Was 12–4 in games involving overtime. The Bruins defeated the No. 1 team in the country in four consecutive collegiate seasons: Stanford in 2000 and 2001, Kansas in 2002 and Arizona in 2003. In March 2003, following UCLA's first losing season (10–19) in 55 years, Lavin was fired. Despite some success under the watch of Steve Lavin, the program wanted to regain its position in the college basketball upper echelon. Even
11200-454: Was UCLA's most lopsided home loss in Alford's tenure. Two days after that loss, UCLA announced that Alford had been fired and that assistant coach Murry Bartow would serve as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. They failed to qualify for the NCAA Tournament, and ended the decade without a Final Four appearance for the first time since the 1950s. On April 9, 2019, UCLA announced
11312-475: Was also the year the School of Social Work and School of Nursing were established. Master's degrees had been awarded since 1920, but the Graduate School was established after the reorganization of the schools in 1940, as well as the Doctoral Program for graduates which was authorized in 1943. PhDs have been awarded since 1949. The schools of law and pharmacy were also absorbed into the university. In 1958,
11424-564: Was an initiative to bring dramatic performances to "bring live drama to grass-roots theatre fans" across New England. They performed Lady Windemere's Fan , for instance, at Hotchkiss School in 1968. UConn is the only institution in the United States that offers a master's degree in puppetry. Among the research facilities on campus is the George Safford Torrey Life Sciences Building. Built in 1961, in 1980
11536-642: Was concurrently visiting China, reportedly asked General Secretary Xi Jinping to pardon the three men, and they were released back to the United States shortly after, although Ball's family questioned if the President's request was a direct reason for the release. Xi himself later reportedly denied that Trump had asked him about pardoning the UCLA players and that the General Secretary had nothing to do with their release. The players were placed on suspension from basketball activities, and were eventually suspended for
11648-674: Was his mansion overlooking Long Island Sound, completed in 1904. The estate included what is now the Shennecossett Public Golf Course, which was turned over to the State of Connecticut in the 1930s. During World War II, the remaining portion of the Plant estate was leased to the Coast Guard as a training center, and the Avery Point Light was built. It was later converted into the University of Connecticut at Avery Point. In 1951,
11760-459: Was later vacated by the NCAA after two players were found to be ineligible. This was one of the few times a Final Four squad had its record vacated (Villanova had its runner-up finish vacated in 1971 because Howard Porter had signed a pro contract). Larry Farmer was the head coach of UCLA from 1981 to 1984, guiding them to a 61–23 (.726) record. He had recruited Earvin "Magic" Johnson to come play at UCLA, but then told Johnson (was drafted into
11872-770: Was most recently in 2020 ranked 52nd of American law schools. There are four scholarly journals edited on campus: the Connecticut Law Review , the Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal , the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal , and the Connecticut Journal of International Law . According to the National Science Foundation , UConn spent $ 269 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 88th in
11984-450: Was named in his honor. Westbrook's former teammate, Kevin Love , matched his contribution on September 20, 2016, for which the strength and conditioning center was named after him. The team has had 12 head coaches in its history, and they have won 11 NCAA Championships , the most of any school. John Wooden won 10 national championships between 1964 and 1975 , and Jim Harrick won
12096-801: Was named to the First-team All-Pac-12 and the Pac-12 All Defensive Team, the first player to do so in the Alford era. Holiday was drafted 23 by the Indiana Pacers in the First Round of the 2018 NBA Draft. UCLA started the 2018–19 season ranked No. 21 in the AP Poll and won seven of its first nine games. However, they concluded non-conference play with four consecutive losses, including back-to-back home losses to mid-major teams Belmont and Liberty . The 73–58 loss to Liberty on December 29
12208-485: Was one of eight federally funded National Network of Libraries of Medicine libraries from 1991 to 2001. The University of Connecticut School of Law houses the School of Law Library at its campus in Hartford. The Stowe and Law libraries have catalogues separate from the Babbidge system, making the total library holdings of the University of Connecticut much higher than the 2.5 million print volumes of Babbidge. UConn participates in several outside library consortia, including
12320-424: Was running the program began to come into focus. In February 2012, a Sports Illustrated article portrayed UCLA player Reeves Nelson as a bully on and off the court, who at times intentionally tried to injure his teammates. According to the article, Howland looked the other way and did not discipline Nelson for over two years. From 2008—the Bruins' last Final Four appearance—through 2012, at least 11 players left
12432-451: Was subsequently forfeited to the Bruins) and the school's eleventh national championship , its first since the 1974–75 season . The 31 actual wins would stand as a school record until the 2005–06 season. In 1996, Harrick's Bruins were upset in the first round by Princeton . Shortly before the 1997 season, UCLA fired Harrick for lying about who attended a recruiting dinner. At the time, Harrick
12544-462: Was the second-winningest coach in school history and the only coach to achieve a National Championship at UCLA post John Wooden to date. After the sacking of Harrick and with the departure of assistants Mark Gottfried and Lorenzo Romar for head coaching jobs shortly after the 1995 NCAA Championship season, Steve Lavin , as the assistant with the longest tenure at UCLA, was selected as interim head coach. Later that season on February 11, 1997, with
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