Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded October 28, 1636, and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Its influence, wealth, and rankings have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.Harvard was founded and authorized by Massachusetts General Court, the governing legislature of colonial-era Massachusetts Bay Colony. While never formally affiliated with any denomination, Harvard trained Congregational clergy until its curriculum and student body were gradually secularized in the 18th century.
By the 19th century, Harvard emerged as the most prominent academic and cultural institution among the Boston elite. Following the American Civil War, under Harvard president Charles William Eliot's long tenure from 1869 to 1909, Harvard developed multiple professional schools, which transformed it into a modern research university. In 1900, Harvard co-founded the Association of American Universities. James B. Conant led the university through the Great Depression and World War II, and liberalized admissions after the war.
The university has ten academic faculties and a faculty attached to Harvard Radcliffe Institute. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences offers study in a wide range of undergraduate and graduate academic disciplines, and other faculties offer graduate degrees, including professional degrees. Harvard has three campuses: the main campus, a in Cambridge centered on Harvard Yard; an adjoining campus immediately across Charles River in the Allston neighborhood of Boston; and the medical campus in Boston's Longwood Medical Area.
Harvard's endowment, valued at $50.7 billion, makes it the wealthiest academic institution in the world. Harvard Library, with over 20 million volumes, is the world' largest academic library.
Harvard alumni, faculty, and researchers include 188 living billionaires, eight U.S. presidents, 24 heads of state and 31 heads of government, founders of notable companies, Nobel laureates, Fields Medalists, members of Congress, MacArthur Fellows, Rhodes Scholars, Marshall Scholars, Turing Award Recipients, Pulitzer Prize recipients, and Fulbright Scholars; by most metrics, Harvard University ranks among the top universities in the world in each of these categories. Harvard students and alumni have also collectively won 10 Academy Awards and 110 Olympic medals, including 46 gold. Provided by Wikipedia
-
1
-
2
-
3
-
4by Pan, Linda, Powell, Evelyn M., Latychev, Konstantin, Mitrovica, Jerry X., Creveling, Jessica R., Gomez, Natalya, Hoggard, Mark J., Clark, Peter U.Contributors: “...Harvard University...”
Published in Science Advances (2021)
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
5Contributors: “...Harvard University...”
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
6by United States Exploring Expedition 1838-1842, Dougal, William H., 1822-1895, Stuart, Fred D., Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877, Library of Congress., U.S. Congress., United States. Congress, United States. Congress.Contributors: “...Harvard University Botany Libraries...”
Published 1844
Get access
Get access
Book -
7Contributors: “...Harvard University Botany Libraries...”
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
8Contributors: “...Harvard University Botany Libraries...”
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
9by Polunin, NicholasContributors: “...Harvard University Botany Libraries...”
Published in Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (1947)
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
10Contributors: “...Harvard University Botany Libraries...”
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
11by Raup, Hugh M.Contributors: “...Harvard University Botany Libraries...”
Published in Sargentia :a continuation of the contributions from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. (1943)
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
12by Raup, Hugh MContributors: “...Harvard University Botany Libraries...”
Published 1943
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
13by Potter, David, 1894-1967Contributors: “...Harvard University Botany Libraries...”
Published 1929
Get access
Get access
Book -
14by Potter, David, 1894-1967Contributors: “...Harvard University Botany Libraries...”
Published 1929
Get access
Get access
Book -
15Contributors: “...Harvard University Botany Libraries...”
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
16by Pleske, F. D. (Feodor Dmitrievich), 1858-1932Contributors: “...Harvard University Botany Libraries...”
Published 1884
Get access
Get access
Book -
17by Pleske, F. D. (Feodor Dmitrievich), 1858-1932Contributors: “...Harvard University Botany Libraries...”
Published 1884
Get access
Get access
Book -
18by Pleske, F. D. (Feodor Dmitrievich), 1858-1932Contributors: “...Harvard University Botany Libraries...”
Published 1886
Get access
Get access
Book -
19by Fernald, Merritt Lyndon, 1873-1950Contributors: “...Harvard University Botany Libraries...”
Published 1901
Get access
Book -
20by Fernald, Merritt LyndonContributors: “...Harvard University Botany Libraries...”
Published in Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (1933)
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper