Harvard Yard (Boston)

This building, now housing administrative offices and a freshman dormitory, is the oldest surviving building (1718-20) on the campus of Harvard University, and the second oldest academic building in the nation.

Architect Charles Bulfinch designed, and engineer Loammi Baldwin, Jr. constructed this Harvard College facility. Originally used for classes and dining, it now houses the administrative offices.

Designed by William Robert Ware and Henry Van Brunt, this High Gothic hall was built in the 1870s as Harvard University's memorial to its fallen in the American Civil War. Its amenities include Annenberg Hall (a dining hall) and Sanders...

This mature work of H. H. Richardson is a classroom building. Richardson sought to integrate contemporary ideas of architecture into Harvard's largely Georgian campus.

A brief overview on Hemoglobin from Harvard Medical School, with suggested medical textbooks listed for more in depth information.

CT scan identifying the thalamus. Also identifies some other brain structures.

CT scan identifying the thalamus. Also identifies some other brain structures.

CT scan identifying the hypothalamus. Also identifies some other brain structures.

Students perform many inquiry activities related to Earth's orbit. Included are recording daily temperatures, observing the sun's path over several weeks, tracking sunrise and sunset times, and angle of sunlight. Diagrams make lessons...

Students perform many inquiry activities related to Earth's orbit. Included are recording daily temperatures, observing the sun's path over several weeks, tracking sunrise and sunset times, and angle of sunlight. Diagrams make lessons...

These hands-on activities are are a great way for students to gain perspective on the relative sizes and distances of each planet, the relationship between the sun and Earth, and much more.

These hands-on activities are are a great way for students to gain perspective on the relative sizes and distances of each planet, the relationship between the sun and Earth, and much more.

An expert in occupational health issues, Dr. Alice Hamilton (1869-1970) was Assistant Professor of Industrial Medicine, Harvard Medical School. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Hamilton did additional research in Germany...

Harvard University biologist Walter Bauer, Chairman of the Whitney Foundation's Scientific Advisory Committee; Rockefeller Institute microbiologist Rebecca Price Craighill Lancefield (1895-1981); and Rockefeller Institute biologist...

Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin (1900-1979), astrophysicist at Harvard College Observatory, was known for her research on stellar spectra

Muriel E. Mussells Seyfert (b. 1909) was an astronomer at Harvard College Observatory and had just discovered three new ring nebulae in the Milky Way when this photograph was taken, March 1936

This Federalist house, designed by Ithiel Town and built in 1810, most notably served as the longtime home of botanist and Harvard professor Asa Gray (1810-88). Gray was one of the most important botanists of the 19th century, publishing...

This Queen Anne style house was the longtime home of geologist and Harvard University professor Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871-1957). Daly was a pioneer in the application of physics and chemistry to the field of geology.

This 1760s Georgian house and estate was home to three historically important individuals: Massachusetts colonial Lieutenant Governor Thomas Oliver (who had the house built), Massachusetts Governor and US Vice President Elbridge Gerry,...

This 1880s Shingle style home by H. H. Richardson was one of his last commissions, and the best surviving example of his works in that style. The house's residents included Harvard University professor and historian John Fiske.

American educator and professor at Brown University, Harvard, and Cornell University teaching philology and Greek.

Educator who became president of Harvard and presided over a period of great growth which included the introduction of the elective system and the teaching of women.

(1834-1926) American educator and academic and president of Harvard University.