In the Community

As students prepare for an academic year that will be entirely virtual, many Harvard faculty members have redesigned their courses.

Instead of painting a mural together, this year students in the Harvard Ed Portal’s Mural Club produced individual works of art with virtual guidance from their instructors, local artist Chanel Thervil and Harvard undergraduate Gabi Maduro Salvarrey.

A group of local high school students worked on original astrophysics research projects through the Harvard-MIT Science Research Mentoring Program.

Somerville nonprofit Artisan’s Asylum will move to Harvard property in Allston, where it will make medical gowns used as personal protective equipment.

Harvard Ed Portal’s virtual field trips help students see the world.

Jose Cerda III ’88, Koma Gandy Fischbein ’95, and Theresa Reno-Weber, M.P.P. ’08, offer the Class of 2020 advice about the value of public service.

Harvard University Dining Services has emptied its freezers and storerooms to provide food to area nonprofit grocery programs.

COVID-19 spurs inspiration in student volunteers who find ways to make a difference amid the pandemic’s disruption and loss

Meet Katie Klatt — pediatric intensive care unit nurse, M.P.H. student at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and recovered COVID-19 patient.

Harvard has launched a new grant program that will provide emergency funding to nonprofit organizations responding to COVID-19-related community needs serving the Allston-Brighton neighborhood of Boston.

Explore Harvard’s Widener Library, from its marble rotunda to the Loker Reading Room, through a new 360-degree virtual tour.

Harvard University has donated $250,000 to support a temporary emergency shelter in Cambridge.

Harvard Medical School’s Family Van co-hosted a webinar to discuss what the mobile clinics have to offer during the coronavirus pandemic — and it’s a lot.

Harvard faculty, students, researchers, and staff are working with hospitals, first responders, state and city leaders, and many more across Greater Boston to support the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Harvard School of Dental Medicine student Ryan Lisann’s three-month externship at Charles River Community Health Center in Brighton left him determined to enter pediatric dentistry and education.

The Arnold Arboretum became a hands-on classroom for high school students learning about climate change.

Harvard selects Tishman Speyer to develop first phase of Enterprise Research Campus in Allston.

Harvard undergrads who mentor elementary, middle school and high school students at the Harvard Ed Portal in Allston say they learn as much as they teach.

More than 200 Harvard employees wrote over 4,000 notes of appreciation to colleagues while also making donations to the local shelter.

Harvard and Boston officials celebrated the reopening of Smith Field in Allston after extensive renovations.

Operation Impact gives students from across Harvard firsthand experience with education innovation start-ups.

The Arnold Arboretum and the city of Boston celebrated the nearly complete Weld Hill Solar Project at today’s “switch-throwing” ceremony.

Roslindale native Kate Swain Smith is the fourth student to become a fellow since the Harvard Presidential City of Boston Fellowship program debuted in 2016.

For her Service Starts with Summer project, South Carolina native Izzy Goodchild-Michelman ’23 spent six weeks working on a farm, revamping the educational Seed to Table curriculum that serves elementary and middle-school students.

Harvard College first-year Ezra Feder spends his summer doing public service through Artists For Humanity, a nonprofit that provides employment in art and design to lower-income teens in the city.

For the fourth year, Harvard’s Summer Explorations helped local students stay sharp over the school break while learning in free weeklong workshops at the Ed Portal in Allston.

Greater Boston is facing a housing crisis that is hitting lower-income and working-class residents particularly hard. To combat the crisis, Harvard University is recommitting $20 million toward local affordable housing.

Phillips Brooks House program brings dogs to a local rehab center to interact with residents.

Students see professors stand up in front of a class every day, but they don’t often see them do stand-up onstage. The Harvard College Stand Up Comic Society has changed that with the Harvard faculty comedy showcase.

Harvard President Larry Bacow helped honor 16 local nonprofits at the 11th annual Harvard Allston Partnership Fund ceremony at the Ed Portal in Allston.