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 ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Historian Winifred Gallagher talked about the Morrill Land Grant College Act of 1862 and how it impacted women at the time. Historian Winifred ...

Coming just 10 years after Southern was founded, the law expanded the concept of land-grant colleges to states that had been part of the Confederacy when the 1862 Morrill Act was passed. It was part ...

Prairie View A&M University scholars are available to provide expert insight on historic legislation and its ongoing impact. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas, Sept. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Prairie View A&M ...

When Columbus was created on the east bank of the Scioto River by the state legislature in 1812, most of the land was still covered with dense hardwood forest. On the west bank of the river, the ...

The country's dedication to public education has roots in its founding. Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia in 1819, the country's first nonsectarian university. Jefferson wanted a ...

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 ...