Founded in 1996 in Lucca, the Centro Studi Giacomo Puccini embraces a wide range of approaches to the study of Puccini's work.

* Haunted Ontario – Founded in 1996 by Bob Milne, Haunted Ontario chronicles the ghosts, spirits, spooks, and poltergeists said to haunt Canada's most populated province.

Founded under Conservative legislation that privatised the railways, Railtrack took control of the railway infrastructure on 1 April 1994 and was floated on the Stock Exchange in May 1996.

Founded in May 1996, the University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine is one of three medical schools in the state of Kentucky.

Founded by Hal Philipp in 1996, QRG focused on using standard microcontrollers pre-programmed as touch sensors, including devices sourced from several companies including Atmel.

Founded in late 1996, by Matt Skiba, bassist Rob Doran and drummer Glenn Porter, Alkaline Trio released its debut single, " Sundials ", in 1997.

Founded in 1994 by Ross Smith, Gary Tarolli and Scott Sellers ( all SGI alumni ) with backing from Gordie Campbell's TechFarm, 3dfx released its Voodoo Graphics chip in 1996.

Founded in 1965 and based in Carson City, Nevada, the firm came under scrutiny by state safety officials after a fatal accident in 1985, and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July bankrupt in July 1996.

* Tetsu-ryu-Ha Shito-Ryu: Founded by Ted A. Hines, student of Richard Baillargeon and Shogo Kuniba, in Ohio in 1996.

Founded in 1996, Stamps. com is the brainchild of Jim McDermott, Ari Engelberg and Jeff Green.

Founded in 1996 after Clyde Smoll moved the Elmira Pioneers to Lowell, Massachusetts, the Spinners play in the New York-Penn League, which has a Short-Season A classification with 76 games a year.

Founded in 1961, it was run by the Mathematical Association from 1975 until its adoption by the UKMT in 1996.

Founded in 1996 in South Korea, Game Park entered the industry using government money.

Founded in 1996, it made it into the top three for the first time in 2005.

:: Founded in 1996, divided in 6 chapters around the country.

Founded in 1996, it moved to Seattle in 1999.

Founded in 1996, the team plays in the USL Professional Division, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, having self-relegated from the USSF D2 Pro League at the end of the 2010 season.

Founded by students Onur Günday, Emir Kısagün and Mustafa Yazıcı in 1996, the club's goal was to create real-life activities for students to practice English.

Founded in 1996, Wildplum specializes in acoustic music, from singer / songwriters to string bands through chamber orchestras.

Founded in 1996, with the amalgamation of the Curragh RFC, Kilcullen RFC and Athgarvan RFC, Newbridge RFC compete in the J1 Division 1 Leinster League.

Founded in 1996, the award-winning Flea Theater was originally formed out of the purely artistic impulse to create “ a joyful hell in a small space ”.

Founded as an ASIC design center in 1996 by SINTEF SI researchers Geir Førre, Sverre D. Moen, and Svein A. Tunheim.

Founded in 1996, the company pioneered the use of web services to connect software applications together within a single organization and across the Internet.

Founded in 1996 by David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg as a subsidiary of DreamWorks SKG, the label operated until 2005 when it was shut down as well.

Founded in 1896, it has been the national social science library of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth and all its collections have been recognised for their outstanding national and international importance and awarded ' Designation ' status by the Museums Libraries and Archives Council ( MLA ).

Founded on May 6, 1902, by August Belmont, Jr., the IRT's mission was to operate New York City's initial underground rapid transit system after Belmont's and John B. McDonald's Rapid Transit Construction Company was awarded the rights to build the railway line in 1900, outbidding Andrew Onderdonk.

Founded in 1796, the Rumford Prize, awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, is one of the oldest scientific prizes in the United States.

Founded in 1979, the Association for International Cancer Research ( AICR ) has awarded over € 135, 000, 000 in research grants in 32 different countries.

Founded as Birkdale Golf Club in 1889, the club was awarded " Royal " status in 1951.

Founded in 1990, the Beat the Odds program has awarded hundreds of scholarships to high school students who have overcome adversity in their lives and gone on to achieve academic excellence and give back to their communities.

Founded in 1901, it was awarded local council status in 1949.

Founded as Madison City, it received the name Heno when it was awarded a post office in 1882.

Founded first as the Bursa University then renamed to Uludağ University in 1982, the university has a student body of 47, 000, one of the largest in Turkey.

Founded in 1858 and coeducational from its start, ISU is classified as a Research University with very high research activity ( RU / VH ) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

James Madison University ( also known as JMU, Madison, or James Madison ) is a public coeducational research university located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, U. S. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the university has undergone four name changes before settling with James Madison University.

Founded in 1908 as a women's college, James Madison University was established by the Virginia General Assembly.

Founded in 1923 as the first Catholic university in the Netherlands, it used to be called ( Catholic ) University of Nijmegen until 2004, when it took its current name.

Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, as the College of New Jersey, the university moved to Newark in 1747, then to Princeton in 1756 and was renamed Princeton University in 1896 .< ref >

Founded in 1969, it traces its roots back to its two earlier predecessor organizations, St. Dunstan's University and Prince of Wales College, founded in 1855 and 1860 respectively.

Founded by Pope Pius V ( Antonio Ghislieri ) in 1567, since 18th century laically managed, nowadays under the High Patronage of the Presidency of the Italian Republic, it is ranked among high qualifying institutions by the Italian Ministry for Education and University.

Founded as the Missouri Dental College in 1866, the Washington University School of Dental Medicine was the first dental school west of the Mississippi River and the sixth dental school in the U. S. The school closed in 1991.

Founded in 1836, the University at first comprised just two colleges: University College London, which previously had no official chartered status and did not apply religious tests to its students, and King's College, which had been chartered since 1829 and which admitted only members of the Church of England.

Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany.

Founded in 1966 ( after operating as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta since 1945 ) the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.

Founded as University of Douai in 1562, the state university in Northern France was renamed Université impériale de Douai-Lille in 1808, then as Université de Lille with faculty expansion from Douai to Lille from mid-19th century onwards.

Founded in 1889 as the Georgia Normal and Industrial College for Women, Georgia College and State University has since grown to become the state's premier public liberal arts university.

Founded in 1848, University of Wisconsin – Madison is the largest university in the state, and the flagship of the UW System, with a total enrollment of over 41, 000 students, of whom approximately 30, 000 are undergraduates.

Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, Bucknell traces its origination to a group of Baptists from White Deer Valley Baptist Church who deemed it " desirable that a Literary Institution should be established in Central Pennsylvania, embracing a High School for male pupils, another for females, a College and also a Theological Institution.

Founded as the Junior Agricultural School of Central Arkansas in 1927, Arkansas State University Beebe's campus has evolved and grown to become a center for long-distance learning and technical trade programs in central Arkansas.

Founded in 1924, Harding University, a private, higher-academic, Christian university affiliated with the Churches of Christ, has its main campus in Searcy.

Founded in 1789, Georgetown University features a mix of Romanesque and Gothic Revival architecture.