The University of New Haven is a private, comprehensive, coeducational university located in West Haven, Connecticut, which borders the larger city of New Haven and Long Island Sound. The University was founded in 1920 and is situated on an 84-acre (339,936 m²) campus, with an enrollment of about 4,000 undergraduate students and 1,700 graduate students. It offers associate's and bachelor's degrees in more than 80 programs and master’s degrees in 25 areas. The University is a member of the Northeast-10 Conference and its mascot is the Charger, a medieval war horse. In 2008-2009, new student applications increased 100 percent. New facilities, including the David A. Beckerman Recreation Center, the new $46 million Soundview residence hall, and the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science which opened in 2010. The University of New Haven has a graduate center on the campus of Mitchell College in New London. The Charger Bulletin is a student-run newspaper published by students at the University of New Haven in West Haven, Connecticut since 1938. The University's non-commercial radio station, WNHU-FM, first signed onto the air at 1600 EDT on July 4, 1973. WNHU is broadcast on 88.7 FM.