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Barry University

WLRN 91.3 FM | By Joseph Cooper,

Richard Ives, Polly Landess

Published September 22, 2016 at 12:34 AM EDT

(9-21-2016) Today’s Topical Currents highlights one of South Florida’s noteworthy higher education centers, Barry University.

One of the largest Catholic universities in the Southeast, the main campus in Miami Shores was opened as Barry College for Women in 1940. It attained University status in 1981.

Barry University’s School of Law was established in Orlando, in 1999.

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