Harvard College Observatory Harvard College Observatory The Harvard College Observatory (HCO) is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy. It is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and was founded in 1839. With the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, it forms part of the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. HCO houses a collection of approximately 500,000 astronomical plates taken between the mid-1880s and 1989 (with a gap from 1953–68). This 100-year coverage is a unique resource for studying temporal variations in the universe. The Digital Access to a Sky Century @ Harvard project
The Harvard Salient The Harvard Salient The Harvard Salient is the conservative student newspaper at Harvard University. The "Harvard Salient" was founded in 1981, during a movement of conservative newspapers established in the Ivy League during the beginnings of the Reagan administration. It publishes biweekly. It has often started heated campus debates, often owing to the "Back Page" feature, which features parodies of Harvard's politically correct culture. Past editors include the "Wall Street Journal"s Naomi Schaefer Riley, the critic and "The New York Times" columnist Ross Douthat, "Commentary" contributor Kevin Shapiro, University of Virginia law professor Caleb Nelson, Claremont McKenna College Professor Charles