Harvard University is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It was established by the colonial legislature of Massachusetts in 1636. It was originally named New Citizen College in memory of Reverend john harvard, who gave generous support to the college in its early days.
Harvard University has trained eight presidents of the United States of America, and its alumni, professors and researchers have produced 158 Nobel Prize winners (global 1), 18 Fields Medal winners (global 1) and 14 Turing.
The school has a lofty academic status and extensive influence in the fields of literature, medicine, law and commerce, and is recognized as one of the top higher education and research institutions in the world today.
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Harvard's earliest motto is VeritasChristoetEcclesiae, which means "TruthforChristandtheChurch" in English, meaning "Pursuing the truth in the sense of Christianity and the church". Later, with the secularization of Harvard and its separation from religion, this sentence was naturally simplified to one word-truth.
The emblem of Harvard University is also engraved with the word "VERITAS", which is a traditional shield shape, meaning to stick to and defend; The background color is Harvard standard color "crimson".
The main part of the school emblem is based on three books, two facing up and one facing down, symbolizing the dynamic relationship between rationality and enlightenment. The above two books are engraved with the letters "ve" and "RI" respectively, which together with the following book constitute the "truth" in the school motto, which means "truth" in Latin.
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