Hofstra University is a private research university in Hempstead, New York, United States. It began in 1935 as an extension of New York University, opening for classes as Nassau-Hofstra Memorial College on September 23, 1935 with 150 students, evenly divided between men and women, and it became an independent college in 1939. It was founded as a coeducational commuter institution offering day and evening classes. Today it comprises ten schools, among them the Zucker School of Medicine and the Maurice A. Deane School of Law. Hofstra has hosted a series of prominent presidential conferences and several United States presidential debates.
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Hofstra University is a private research university in Hempstead, New York, United States.
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It originated in 1935 as an extension of New York University and became an independent college in 1939.
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Hofstra University is a private research university in Hempstead, New York, United States.
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