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第84章 Auburn University: For the advancement of science

奥本大学:为了科学和艺术的进步

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Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts school affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1872, the college became the state"s first public land-grant university under the Morrill Act and was renamed the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. 1892, the college became the first four-year coeducational school in the state. The college was renamed the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (API) in 1899. In 1960 its name was officially changed to Auburn University, a title more in keeping with its location, and expressing the varied academic programs and larger curriculum of a major university. It had been popularly known as "Auburn" for many years. Auburn is among the few American universities designated as a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research center with traditionally strong programs in business, engineering, agriculture, and veterinary medicine. The university is largely focused on undergraduate education. Auburn University is a research institution, with primary areas of research focus including wireless engineering, molecular biosciences, transportation, aquaculture, and forest sustainability.

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System: The university currently consists of thirteen schools and colleges. Programs in architecture, pharmacy, veterinary science, engineering, forestry, and business have been ranked among the best in the country.College of Agriculture, College of Architecture, Design & Construction, College of Business, College of Education, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Graduate School, Honors College, College of Human Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, School of Nursing, Harrison School of Pharmacy, College of Sciences and Mathematics, College of Veterinary Medicine.

City show: Auburn is a college town and is the home of Auburn University. Auburn has been marked in recent years by rapid growth, and is currently the fastest growing metropolitan area in Alabama and the nineteenth-fastest growing metro area in the United States since 1990. Typical of the Deep South, Auburn has a humid subtropical climate, marked by early springs, long, hot, muggy summers, warm autumns and mild winters.

生词助读

bioscience [baiusains] n. 生物科学

aquaculture [kwklt] n. 水产养殖;水产业

sustainability [sstenbiliti] n. 持续性;永续性

metropolitan area 大都会区

中文概述

奥本大学1856年获许建校,1859年作为卫理公会派教堂的一部分对外开放。奥本大学在成立之初校名为东阿拉巴马男子学院,之后陆续改名为阿拉巴马农业与医学院、阿拉巴马理工学院,直至1960年正式更名为奥本大学。在1872年,通过莫利尔法案,成为美国南部第一个接受政府赠地的大学。奥本大学也是阿拉巴马州第一个接受女学生的四年制大学。

奥本大学有两个校区:一个是位于阿拉巴马州的主校区,另一个是位于蒙哥马利的分校区。奥本大学是阿拉巴马州最大的校园,学校以文科和应用科学著称。奥本大学是美国唯一一所在无线技术方面提供本科学位的大学,也是南方第一所开设软件工程专业的大学。

奥本大学下设农学院、建筑设计学院、商学院、教育学院、林业及野生学院、人类学院、文学院、护理学院、药学院、兽医学院、数理学院、研究生院、荣誉学院等。奥本大学在许多领域提供该州仅有的公共支持项目,包括农业、林业、建筑、建筑学、药学和兽医学。尤其是它在文学、科学、数学、商业、教育和工程等学院都有很强的研究项目。近些年,比较好的研究出现在文学、社会学和商业等方面。

奥本是阿拉巴马州东部的一座大学城,是全美最合适居住的地区之一,冬季最高平均气温16℃,最低4℃,夏季最高33.4℃,最低21.4℃。

梦想成功录

Don"t let the noise of others" opinions drown out your own inner voice.

不要让别人的意见淹没了你内在的心声。

True science teaches, above all, to doubt and be ignorant.

真正的科学首先是教人怀疑并无知。