康涅狄格大学：理论与实践
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The University of Connecticut (UConn)
is a public research university in Connecticut. Known as a Public Ivy， UConn was founded in 1881 and is a Land Grant and Sea Grant college & member of the Space Grant Consortium. UConn was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School. It was named after Charles and Augustus Storrs， two brothers who donated the land for the school as well as initial funding. Women began attending classes in 1891 and were officially admitted in 1893， when the name was changed to Storrs Agricultural College.It became Connecticut"s land grant college and Benjamin Franklin Koons was named the first president of the institution. In 1899， the name changed again to Connecticut Agricultural College； in 1933， to Connecticut State College； and finally in 1939， to the University of Connecticut. The main university campus is located in Storrs. In addition to the main campus in Storrs， there are five regional campuses： Avery Point (in Groton)， the Greater Hartford campus (West Hartford)， Stamford， Torrington， and Waterbury. UConn is especially known for its programs in law， health care administration， dentistry， gifted and talented education， and family studies. The School of Law and the School of Business are two of the top-ranked public graduate schools of their kind in the nation， and the School of Fine Arts" puppetry department is the most influential in the United States.
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System： UConn offers 105 majors， eight undergraduate degrees， 17 graduate degrees and five professional degree programs. Students can choose from 64 different minors at UConn including some areas of study that are not offered as formalized majors. Some areas of study offered formally only as minors at UConn include： Asian American Studies， Aquaculture， Bioinformatics， Criminal Justice， Film Studies， Human Rights， Middle Eastern Studies， Native American Studies， and Slavic & East European Studies. Bachelor"s， master"s， and doctoral programs are offered through the schools of Liberal Arts and Sciences Agriculture and Natural Resources， Education， Health， Nursing， Business， Dental Medicine， Medicine， Engineering， Family Studies， Social Work and Agriculture.
生词助读
initial [inil] adj. 最初的；开始的；字首的
influential [influenl] adj. 有影响的；有势力的
formalize [f：mlaiz] vt. 使形式化；使正式
aquaculture [kwklt] n. 水产业；水产养殖
bioinformatics [bi：uinf：mtiks] n. 生物信息学
Slavic [slvik， slɑ：vik] adj. 斯拉夫的；斯拉夫语的
中文概述
康涅狄格大学成立于1881年，是一所公立综合大学，也是一个注重研究的学校，是卡耐基基金会指定的Ⅰ类研究性公立大学之一，已经连续九年被评为新英格兰地区的最好的大学。
康涅狄格大学前身是斯托尔斯农学院(Storrs Agricultural School)，1939年被正式命名为康涅狄格大学，康涅狄格大学的主校区仍位于曼斯菲尔德镇的斯托尔斯，在Avery Point、Greater Hartford、Stamford、Torrington、Waterbury等地还设有分校区。
康涅狄格大学下设17个学院，分别是：农业与自然资源学院、商学院、牙科学院、教育学院、工程学院、美术学院、法学院、人文与科学学院、医学院、护理学院、药学院、社会工作学院及拉特理弗希克斯农学院等。开设课程包括目前较为热门的工商管理学、健康科学、农学、生命科学、工程学、教育学等。同时，开设语言教育中心，帮助英语非母语学生快速提高英语水平。涉及面广，综合性强，注重学术研究，校园风景宜人，是该大学的主要特色。
康涅狄格大学的商学院下设五个系：会计学、金融、管理、市场、运营和信息管理。开设了本科课程，研究生课程包括MBA、会计学硕士、商学博士。MBA项目具有自己的特色，强调知识的立即运用，学生还有机会参与基金的管理，企业合作项目等等。
康涅狄格大学图书馆是该州最大的研究型公共图书馆，藏品丰富，分布在校区内的其他特色图书馆包括音乐及戏剧图书馆、药剂图书馆、档案及特殊藏品图书馆。
康涅狄格州之名称来自印地安语"Quinnethtukqut"， 意思是"受海潮影响的一条长河流经之地"， 简称"长河之地"。康涅狄格州是新英格兰六州中工业最盛的一州，主要制造核潜艇、喷射飞机引擎、直升飞机引擎、塑胶、钟表、电业、电气器材及打字机等。
梦想成功录
Politeness costs nothing and gains everything.
礼貌不用花一分钱，却能赢得一切。
A man can"t ride your back unless it is bent.
你的腰不弯，别人就不能骑在你的背上。
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
有热情而无知识，犹如有火焰而无光芒。