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==Campuses== ===Cambridge=== {{See also|Harvard Divinity School|Harvard Graduate School of Design|Harvard Graduate School of Education|Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences|Harvard Kennedy School|Harvard Law School|Harvard Radcliffe Institute}} [[File:Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University.JPG|thumb|[[Massachusetts Hall (Harvard University)|Massachusetts Hall]], Harvard's oldest building, constructed in 1720<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.college.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k61161&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup85886|title=A Brief History of Harvard College|author=Harvard College|publisher=Harvard College|access-date=July 25, 2011|author-link=Harvard College|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424033857/http://college.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k61161&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup85886|archive-date=April 24, 2011}}</ref>]] [[File:Sanders theater 2009y.JPG|thumb|[[Memorial Hall (Harvard University)|Memorial Hall]], built on the main Cambridge campus in 1870]] [[File:harvard memorial church winter 2009.JPG|thumb|[[Memorial Church of Harvard University|Memorial Church]], dedicated and opened in 1932 on [[Harvard Yard]]]] [[File:HarvardYard.jpg|thumb|[[Harvard Yard]] at the center of Harvard's main campus in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]]]] The {{convert|209|acre|ha|adj=on}} main campus of Harvard University is centered on [[Harvard Yard]], colloquially known as "the Yard," in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], about {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} west-northwest of downtown [[Boston]], and extending to the surrounding [[Harvard Square]] neighborhood. The Yard houses several Harvard buildings, including four of the university's libraries, [[Houghton Library|Houghton]], [[Lamont Library|Lamont]], [[Pusey Library|Pusey]], and [[Widener Library|Widener]]. Also on Harvard Yard are [[Massachusetts Hall (Harvard University)|Massachusetts Hall]], built between 1718 and 1720 and the university's oldest still standing building, [[Memorial Church of Harvard University|Memorial Church]], and [[University Hall (Harvard University)|University Hall]] Harvard Yard and adjacent areas include the main academic buildings of the [[Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences|Faculty of Arts and Sciences]], including [[Sever Hall]], [[Harvard Hall]], and [[List of Harvard College freshman dormitories|freshman dormitories]]. Upperclassmen live in the twelve [[Harvard House system|residential houses]], located south of Harvard Yard near the [[Charles River]] and on [[Radcliffe Quadrangle (Harvard)|Radcliffe Quadrangle]], which formerly housed [[Radcliffe College]] students. Each house is a community of undergraduates, faculty deans, and resident tutors, with its own dining hall, library, and recreational facilities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dso.college.harvard.edu/houses |title=The Houses |publisher=Harvard College Dean of Students Office |access-date=December 13, 2019 |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214033329/https://dso.college.harvard.edu/houses |url-status=live }}</ref> Also on the main campus in Cambridge are the [[Harvard Law School|Law]], [[Harvard Divinity School|Divinity]] (theology), [[Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences|Engineering and Applied Science]], [[Harvard Graduate School of Design|Design]] (architecture), [[Harvard Graduate School of Education|Education]], [[Harvard Kennedy School|Kennedy]] (public policy), and [[Harvard Extension School|Extension]] schools, and [[Harvard Radcliffe Institute]] in Radcliffe Yard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University |url=https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/ |access-date=January 24, 2022 |website=Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005022734/https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/ |archive-date=October 5, 2021 }}</ref> Harvard also has commercial real estate holdings in Cambridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridgema.gov/~/media/Files/CDD/Maps/Institutions/cddmap_institutions_ownership.pdf|title=Institutional Ownership Map – Cambridge Massachusetts|access-date=September 8, 2016|archive-date=October 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022201633/https://www.cambridgema.gov/~/media/Files/CDD/Maps/Institutions/cddmap_institutions_ownership.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Tartakoff |first1=Joseph M. |first2= Jessica R. |last2=Rubin-wills |date=January 7, 2005 |title=Harvard Purchases Doubletree Hotel Building |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2005/1/7/harvard-purchases-doubletree-hotel-in-the/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920021640/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2005/1/7/harvard-purchases-doubletree-hotel-in-the/ |archive-date=September 20, 2016 |access-date=September 8, 2016 |website=The Harvard Crimson |language=en-US}}</ref> === Allston === {{Main|Harvard University's expansion in Allston, Massachusetts}} [[Harvard Business School]], [[Harvard Innovation Labs]], and many athletics facilities, including [[Harvard Stadium]], are located on a {{convert|358|acre|ha|adj=on}} campus in the [[Allston]] section of [[Boston]] across the [[John W. Weeks Bridge]], which crosses the [[Charles River]] and connects the Allston and Cambridge campuses.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Tim|last=Logan|date=April 13, 2016|title=Harvard continues its march into Allston, with science complex|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/04/13/harvard-continues-its-march-into-allston-with-science-complex/7EVJQcLlS3XtbzKnGegR9M/story.html|access-date=January 24, 2022|website=BostonGlobe.com|language=en-US|archive-date=May 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518165423/https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/04/13/harvard-continues-its-march-into-allston-with-science-complex/7EVJQcLlS3XtbzKnGegR9M/story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The university is actively expanding into Allston, where it now owns more land than in Cambridge.<ref>{{cite web |title=Allston Planning and Development / Office of the Executive Vice President |url=http://evp.harvard.edu/allston-planning-and-development |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508133917/https://evp.harvard.edu/allston-planning-and-development |archive-date=May 8, 2017 |access-date=September 7, 2016 |website=harvard.edu |publisher=Harvard University}}</ref> Plans include new construction and renovation for the Business School, a hotel and conference center, graduate student housing, Harvard Stadium, and other athletics facilities.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bayliss |first=Svea Herbst |date=January 21, 2007 |title=Harvard unveils big campus expansion |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-harvard-expansion-idUSN1110846820070112 |access-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414105603/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-harvard-expansion-idUSN1110846820070112 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, the [[Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences]] expanded into the new Allston-based Science and Engineering Complex (SEC), which is more than 500,000 square feet in size.<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Rourke |first1=Brigid |title=SEAS moves opening of Science and Engineering Complex to spring semester '21 |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/04/opening-of-new-science-and-engineering-complex-moves-to-spring-21/ |website=The Harvard Gazette |date=April 10, 2020 |access-date=May 14, 2020 |archive-date=May 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515230512/https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/04/opening-of-new-science-and-engineering-complex-moves-to-spring-21/ |url-status=live }}</ref> SEC is adjacent to the Enterprise Research Campus, the Business School, and Harvard Innovation Labs, and designed to encourage technology- and life science-focused startups and collaborations with mature companies.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Campus |url=https://www.seas.harvard.edu/about-us/our-campus/allston |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207222706/https://www.seas.harvard.edu/about-us/our-campus/allston |archive-date=December 7, 2019 |access-date=December 20, 2019 |website=harvard.edu}}</ref> === Longwood === {{Main|Longwood Medical and Academic Area}} [[File:Harvard Medical School HDR.jpg|thumb|[[Harvard Medical School]] in the [[Longwood Medical and Academic Area]] in [[Boston]]]] The university's schools of [[Harvard Medical School|Medicine]], [[Harvard School of Dental Medicine|Dental Medicine]], and [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health|Public Health]] are located on a {{convert|21|acre|ha|adj=on}} campus in the [[Longwood Medical and Academic Area]] in [[Boston]], about {{convert|3.3|mi|km}} south of the Cambridge campus.<ref name="Campus" /> Several Harvard-affiliated hospitals and research institutes are also in Longwood, including [[Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center]], [[Boston Children's Hospital]], [[Brigham and Women's Hospital]], [[Dana–Farber Cancer Institute]], [[Joslin Diabetes Center]], and the [[Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering]]. Additional affiliates, including [[Massachusetts General Hospital]], are located throughout [[Greater Boston]]. === Other === Harvard owns [[Dumbarton Oaks]], a research library in Washington, D.C., [[Harvard Forest]] in [[Petersham, Massachusetts]], Concord Field Station in [[Estabrook Woods]] in [[Concord, Massachusetts]],<ref>{{cite web|website=mcz.harvard.edu|url=http://cfs.mcz.harvard.edu/|title=Concord Field Station|publisher=Harvard University|access-date=March 4, 2017|archive-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213183455/http://cfs.mcz.harvard.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Villa I Tatti]] research center in [[Florence]], Italy,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itatti.it/|title=Villa I Tatti: The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies|publisher=Itatti.it|access-date=June 30, 2010|archive-date=July 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702154341/http://www.itatti.it/}}</ref> and the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece. The Harvard Shanghai Center in [[Shanghai]], China,<ref>{{cite web|website=Harvard.edu|title=Shanghai Center|url=http://shanghaicenter.harvard.edu/|access-date=January 3, 2014|archive-date=December 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217232815/http://shanghaicenter.harvard.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Arnold Arboretum]] in the [[Jamaica Plain]] neighborhood of Boston.
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