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Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the US. The university is composed of ten academic faculties plus Harvard Radcliffe Institute. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences offers study in a wide range of undergraduate and graduate academic disciplines. Harvard has three main campuses: Cambridge campus 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 Library is the world’s largest academic library system, comprising 79 individual libraries holding 20 million items.

Harvard's vast campus green
One of the surrounding classroom buildings
A crosswalk between campuses
A gated entryway
Harvard’s neo-Georgian Houghton Library
Lamont Library on the south side of Harvard Yard
The Widener Memorial Library
Memorial Hall in the north of Harvard Yard
Scenic view of the campus
Vinnie meets with former student
Tourists visit with John Harvard
Walkway along scenic landscape

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