Quinnipiac University

The Quinnipiac University is a private university in Hamden, Connecticut. Currently, more than 7,700 students study here.

The college was founded in 1929 by Samuel W. Tator, a businessman and politician. His wife and Phillip Troup, a Yale student were also instrumental in the founding of the university. He was, until his death in 1939 the first president of the university. During the Second World War, the university was closed and opened again afterwards. 1951 named to the University at Quinnipiac College to this in honor of the Quinnipiac Indians. Within a few years, the University was expanded, set up a private women's college, and built more rooms physics. In 1996, the campus after Hamden, directly at the foot of the " Sleeping Giant ". In the 70 years of the master's degree at the University was introduced. Until the 1990s, the university had a reputation regionally limited. Soon the Juris Doctor degree was admitted to the University thanks to the American Bar Association and the University made ​​with business and journalism programs are gaining recognition. On 1 July 2000, the name of the university in Quinnipiac University has been changed, whose name it still bears today.

Particularly well known is the University of the Quinnipiac University Poll, thanks to this, the survey results for the upcoming U.S. elections will cost published. Newspapers such as The Washington Post and The New York Times reported on this achievement and have made ​​this mostly positive reviews for the university.

The Quinnipiac University is known for its specialization in the law. The sports teams of the Quinnipiac University are the Bobcats. The university is a member of the Northeast Conference, with the exception of the hockey team who play in the ECAC Hockey.

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