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The School of Engineering was officially founded in 1891, although engineering degrees were awarded as early as 1873. [14] In 1893, the University of Kansas School of Law was founded, expanding the range of interests of KU students. [15] The 1899 University of Kansas basketball team, with Dr. James Naismith at the back right
13001038. The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. [13] Two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area on the Kansas side: the university's medical school and hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, the Edwards Campus in Overland Park.
t. e. Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists. It is the first European settlement above tidewater in North America. [1] Founded as a New France fur trading post, it began to expand during the 19th century with U.S. settlement around the Great Lakes.
1868 - Detroit College of Medicine founded. 1870 - Population: 79,577. [12] 1871 - Detroit City Hall built. [3] 1872 - Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument unveiled. [3] 1877 - Detroit College (now the University of Detroit Mercy and U of D Jesuit HS) is founded by the Society of Jesus. [3] 1879 - Belle Isle becomes part of city. [3]
European universities date from the founding of the University of Bologna in 1088 or the University of Paris (c. 1150–70). The original medieval universities arose from the Roman Catholic Church schools. Their purposes included training professionals, scientific investigation, improving society, and teaching critical thinking and research.
Detroit. Detroit (/ dɪˈtrɔɪt / dih-TROYT, locally also / ˈdiːtrɔɪt / DEE-troyt) [8] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest U.S. city on the Canadian border and the county seat of Wayne County. Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, [9] making it the 26th-most populous city in the ...
The U.S. state of Kansas, located on the eastern edge of the Great Plains, was the home of nomadic Native American tribes who hunted the vast herds of bison (often called "buffalo"). In around 1450 AD, the Wichita People founded the great city of Etzanoa. The city of Etzanoa was abandoned in around 1700 AD.
10,000-9000 BCE: First evidence of human beings in Kansas [1] 1450: Wichita people founded the historical city of Etzanoa, near the modern day Arkansas City. 1500–1800: Proto-historic indigenous peoples in Kansas include the Pawnee, Kansa, Wichita, and Apache. [1] 1541: Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, the Spanish conquistador, visits Kansas.