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Outline of Harvard University

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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,[1] 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

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Departments

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  • 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

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History of Harvard University

  • The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Constitution
    • Chapter V. "THE UNIVERSITY AT CAMBRIDGE, AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF LITERATURE, ETC.
      • Section 1. The University"[1]

Faculties (schools)

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Campuses

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People affiliated with Harvard University

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  • John Harvard

Alumni

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By nationality
By occupation
By school

Faculty

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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

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Honorees

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Sports

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Events and activities

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Buildings and structures

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Athletics facilities

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Housing

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Libraries

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Museums

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Public art

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Associated organizations

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Affiliated hospitals

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Alumni organizations

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Media and publications

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Student organizations

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Research centers

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Other

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Miscellaneous

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  • Archival depository at Harvard University
  • Crimson
  • Employment at Harvard University
  • Online learning at Harvard University
  • Harvard mascot(s)
  • Harvard (name)
  • Harvard (trademark)
  • 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

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Art at Harvard University

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Buildings and structures

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Maps

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Logos

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Shields

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rudolph, Frederick (1961). The American College and University. University of Georgia Press. p. 3. ISBN 0-8203-1285-1.
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