The University of Missouri has sold most of the remaining land taken from the Osage Nation two centuries ago to fund the then-fledgling university, according to recently discovered records. In one of ...
In the discussion over a proposed annual reduction of $20 million to the block grant the University of Wyoming receives from state government, assertions have been made that the cut is necessary ...
Cornell University will celebrate another birthday this Saturday. 159 years ago, on April 27, 1865, New York Governor Reuben E. Fenton signed the bill chartering the University on Ezra Cornell’s ...
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas, Sept. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Prairie View A&M University marks the 135 th anniversary of the Second Morrill Act of 1890, landmark legislation that required states to establish ...
The North American Indigenous Student Organization is long past the time it can stand to watch the legacy of Justin S. Morrill, who passed the Morrill Act, be celebrated. In an Associated Students of ...
In 1862, in the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act and set off an education revolution. The Act established land-grant colleges across the country, democratizing ...
The launch of this new initiative expands the Foundation’s capacity to support impactful programs throughout our 1890 university system which transforms student lives and our communities.” — 1890 ...
On Aug. 30, the 135th anniversary of the Second Morrill Act of 1890 quietly passed, but the effects of this legislation still echo today across historically Black college and university campuses like ...
As a land-grant institution, Cornell is “charged with advancing the lives and livelihoods of the state’s citizens through teaching, research and public service,” according to its website. This was ...