Satellite Facilities of Harvard University, Harvard University Facilities.

Satellite Facilities of Harvard University, Harvard University Facilities.

Besides its Cambridge / Allston and Longwood schools, Harvard owns and operates Arnold Arboretum, in the Jamaica Plain area of ​​Boston, the Oaks Research Library and Collection Dumbarton, in Washington, DC, the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Massachusetts, and the Villa I Tatti research center in Florence. Harvard also operates the Harvard Shanghai Center in China.

Further expansion of the campus

Over recent years, Harvard has purchased large tracts of land in Allston, a walk along the Charles River in Cambridge, with the intent of major expansion southward. The university now owns approximately fifty percent more land in Allston than in Cambridge. Various proposals to connect the traditional Cambridge campus with the new Allston campus include new and enlarged bridges, a shuttle service and / or a tram. Ambitious plans also call for sinking part of Storrow Drive (at Harvard expense) for replacement with park land and pedestrian access to the Charles River, as well as the construction of bike paths, and a fabric building planned care throughout the Allston campus. The institution asserts that such expansion will benefit not only the school, but surrounding community, pointing to such features as increased transit infrastructure, possible transfers open to the public, and park space which will also be publicly accessible.

One of the most important driving forces for the expected expansion of Harvard's your goal of substantially increasing the scope and strength of its science and technology programs. The university plans to construct two 500,000 square foot (50,000 m²) research complexes in Allston, which would be home to several interdisciplinary programs, including an expanded engineering department and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute.

In addition, Harvard intends to relocate the Graduate School of Education and the Harvard School of Public Health at Harvard Allston. The university also plans to construct several new accommodation centers for undergraduate and graduate students in Allston, and it is considering large-scale museums and performing arts complexes as well. Unfortunately, the large drop in endowment has halted these plans for now.

Sustainability

In 2000, Harvard hired a sustainability professional full-time campus and launched the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, since institutionalized as the Office for Sustainability (OFS).

With a full time staff of 25, dozens of student interns, and a fund of $ 12 million loan for water projects and energy conservation, OFS is one of the programs most advanced campus sustainability of the country. Harvard was one of 27 schools to receive a grade of "A-" from the Sustainable Endowments Institute on its College Sustainability Report Card 2010, the highest rating.