What would John Harvard think of Harvard University today?

For the next week, Daniel Chester French's iconic statue will be animated by the faces, voices, and gestures of Harvard students as part of “John Harvard Projection,” a video installation created by artist and Harvard Graduate School of Design Professor Krzysztof Wodiczko. read more

John Harvard was by all accounts a learned and accomplished man (also a member of the clergy), so I think he would be both enormously pleased that his gift provided the seed for the academic powerhouse that is Harvard University and amazed at the worldwide reach and influence that Harvard possesses. read more

A statue of John Harvard stands today in front of University Hall in Harvard Yard, and is perhaps the University’s best known landmark. View of list of historical facts. Harvard University has 12 degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. read more