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1. www.britannica.com › topic › Harvard-UniversityHarvard University | History & Facts | Britannica

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   Jun 27, 2024 · Harvard University, oldest institution of higher learning in the United States (founded 1636) and one of the nation’s most prestigious. The main university campus lies along the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a few miles west of downtown Boston. Learn more about Harvard in this article.

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     Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, major botanical...

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     Fogg Art Museum, museum founded at Harvard University in...

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2. www.harvard.edu › presidentHarvard University President

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   Jun 26, 2024 · Alan M. Garber will serve as interim president until a new leader of Harvard University takes office.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_Nobel_laureates_byList of Nobel laureates by university affiliation - Wikipedia

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   3 days ago · This list of Nobel laureates by university affiliation shows the university affiliations of individual winners of the Nobel Prize since 1901 and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences since 1969.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Columbia_universityColumbia University - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private, Ivy League, research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, it is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest in the United States.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Princeton_UniversityPrinceton University - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Boston_UniversityBoston University - Wikipedia

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   3 days ago · Boston University ( BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodists with its original campus in Newbury, Vermont. A decade later, in 1869, it was chartered in Boston.

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   Where is Harvard University located?

   • The main university campus lies along the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a few miles west of downtown Boston. Harvard’s total enrollment is about 23,000. Harvard’s history began when a college was established at New Towne, which was later renamed Cambridge for the English alma mater of some of the leading colonists.

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   When did Harvard College start?

   • Classes began in the summer of 1638 with one master in a single frame house and a “college yard.” Harvard was named for a Puritan minister, John Harvard, who left the college his books and half of his estate. At its inception Harvard was under church sponsorship, although it was not formally affiliated with any religious body.

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   What research institutions are affiliated with Harvard University?

   • Among the advanced research institutions affiliated with Harvard are the Museum of Comparative Zoology (founded in 1859 by Agassiz), the Gray Herbarium, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, the Arnold Arboretum, and the Fogg Art Museum.

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   How many people attend Harvard University?

   • Harvard’s total enrollment is about 23,000. Harvard’s history began when a college was established at New Towne, which was later renamed Cambridge for the English alma mater of some of the leading colonists. Classes began in the summer of 1638 with one master in a single frame house and a “college yard.”

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8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mark_ZuckerbergMark Zuckerberg - Wikipedia

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   Jun 26, 2024 · Zuckerberg briefly attended Harvard University, where he launched Facebook in February 2004 with his roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. Zuckerberg took the company public in May 2012 with majority shares.