Harvard University, a private Ivy League university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, and the first corporation, officially the President and Fellows of Harvard College", chartered in the country.
This outline is provided as an overview of, and topical guide to Harvard University:
Governing structure The President and Fellows of Harvard College ("Harvard Corporation") Office of the President Fellows Harvard Board of Overseers Secretary Treasurer Harvard University endowment University Marshall Memorial Church Office of the Provost University Library Executive Vice President
Departments Financial Administration Campus Services Health Services Human Resources Information Technology (HUIT) Planning and Project Management Office of the General Counsel Public Affairs & Communications Alumni Affairs & Development
History
History of Harvard University The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Constitution Chapter V. "THE UNIVERSITY AT CAMBRIDGE, AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF LITERATURE, ETC. Section 1. The University"
Faculties (schools) Faculty of Arts and Sciences Harvard College School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (formerly Division) Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Division of Continuing Education Summer School Extension School Faculty of Business Harvard Business Publishing Faculty of Design Faculty of Divinity Faculty of Education Faculty of Government Faculty of Law Faculty of Public Health Faculty of Medicine School of Dental Medicine
Campuses Boston-Allston Campus of Harvard Business School Barry's Corner Boston--Longwood Medical and Academic Area Campus of Harvard Medical School Boston—Jamaica Plain Arnold Arboretum Cambridge-Harvard Square Harvard Houses Historic District Harvard Yard Campus of Harvard Divinity School Campus of Harvard Law School Campus of Radcliffe College Radcliffe Quadrangle Radcliffe Yard Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian Petersham Harvard Forest
People affiliated with Harvard University John Harvard
Alumni List of Harvard University non-graduate alumni By nationality By occupation By school List of Harvard Business School alumni List of Harvard Divinity School alumni List of Harvard Law School alumni
Faculty
Harvard's faculty includes numerous renowned scholars including: (biologists) E. O. Wilson and William Kaelin; (biophysicists) Adam Cohen and Xiaowei Zhuang; (physicists) Lisa Randall, Subir Sachdev, and Howard Georgi; (astrophysicists) Alyssa A. Goodman and John M. Kovac; (mathematicians) Shing-Tung Yau and Joe Harris; (computer scientists) Michael O. Rabin and Leslie Valiant; (chemists) Elias Corey, Dudley R. Herschbach, and George M. Whitesides; (literary critics) Helen Vendler, Stephen Greenblatt, Louis Menand, and Stephanie Burt; (composers) Robert D. Levin and Bernard Rands; (lawyers) Alan Dershowitz and Lawrence Lessig; (historians) Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Niall Ferguson, (psychologists) Steven Pinker and Daniel Gilbert; (economists) Amartya Sen, Greg Mankiw, Robert Barro, Stephen Marglin, Jason Furman, Michael Kremer, Oliver Hart, Raj Chetty, Lawrence Summers, and Eric Maskin; (philosophers) Harvey Mansfield, Shirley Williams, Cornel West, and Michael Sandel; (political scientists) Robert Putnam, Steven Levitsky, Danielle Allen, and Joseph Nye.
Past faculty members included: Stephen Jay Gould, Robert Nozick, Stephan Thernstrom, Sanford J. Ungar, Michael Walzer, Martin Feldstein, Roy Glauber, and Stanley Hoffmann.
Fellows
Honorees
Sports Harvard Crimson Baseball team Basketball: Men's / Women's teams Crew teams Fencing team Football team Ice hockey: Men's / Women's Lacrosse: Men's / Women's teams Rowing team Tennis team Volleyball: Men's / Women's teams Wrestling team
Events and activities Harvard–Radcliffe Women's Leadership Project Head of the Charles Regatta Primal Scream Tours of Harvard University Traditions of Harvard University History and traditions of Harvard commencements
Buildings and structures
Athletics facilities
Housing
Libraries Baker Library Countway Center for the History of Medicine Gutman Library Houghton Library Lamont Library Quad Library Widener Library
Museums Arnold Arboretum – Jamaica Plain/Roslindale Harvard Forest – Petersham, MA Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard Art Museums Peabody Museum
Public art
Associated organizations
Affiliated hospitals Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Children's Hospital Brigham and Women's Hospital Cambridge Hospital Dana–Farber Cancer Institute Joslin Diabetes Center Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts Eye and Ear Schepens Eye Research Institute
Alumni organizations
Media and publications The Harvard Crimson Harvard Business Review Harvard Educational Review Harvard Law Review Radio broadcasting WHRB Television broadcasting Harvard Undergraduate Television (HUTV), formerly Harvard-Radcliffe Television Ivory Tower (Harvard Undergraduate Television) Harvard Internet broadcasts
Student organizations
Research centers Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
Other Ivy League Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society Harvard University Employees Credit Union
Miscellaneous Archival depository at Harvard University Crimson Employment at Harvard University Online learning at Harvard University Harvard mascot(s) Harvard (name) Harvard (trademark) University Asks That Harvard Pilgrim Trademark Case Be Heard in Federal Harvard University and the ROTC Harvard University fifty-year plan Harvard University admissions and enrollment Harvard University criticism and controversies The John Harvard statue controversy Gender at Harvard University Ethnicity at Harvard University Harvard University endowments Harvard University sponsorship Harvard University Health Services Internet2 Protests at Harvard University Rankings for Harvard University School dress at Harvard University
Images
Art at Harvard University
Buildings and structures
Maps
Logos
Shields
See also List of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment Index of Harvard University-related articles
References
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