Manhattanville University

Manhattanville University is a private university in Purchase, New York, United States. It was founded in 1841 and offers more than 45 undergraduate programs (majors) across arts, sciences, business, education, nursing, and related fields and more than 70 graduate and certificate programs. In Athletics, the Manhattanville Valiants compete in the DIII Skyline Conference. Manhattanville sits on a 100 acre campus designed by Fredrick Law Olmsted. The architectural and administrative centerpiece of the Manhattanville campus is Reid Hall (1864) which was named after Whitelaw Reid, publisher and owner of the New-York Tribune. Next to Reid Hall stand academic buildings on one side and on the other residence halls around a central quad designed by the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. Other historic buildings include: the Lady Chapel designed by Maya Lin; the President's Cottage known as the Barbara Debs House; the old Stables; and Water Tower.