In the Community
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Call it summer school in public service
Presidential fellowships give students a chance to kick the tires on careers for greater common good
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City approves new home for A.R.T. in Allston
Project includes large residential building for Harvard affiliates, will add to vibrancy of emerging hub of creativity, innovation
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Breaking ground on a groundbreaking project
City and University leaders celebrate mixed-use development in Allston
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Celebrating Mass STEM Week with astrophysics and AI
“Astronomy Is for All of Us: Celebrating Women Astrophysicists and the History of Cosmic Discovery” recognized Mass STEM week, a statewide effort to boost high schoolers’ interest in and awareness of science, technology, engineering, and math.
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High schoolers go all-in at Harvard’s Active Learning Labs
Twenty-three high school students did some hands-on work focusing on new cancer therapies and emerging issues in water quality.
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Harvard’s Crimson Summer Academy marks a 20-year milestone
More than 200 current students, alumni, and staff celebrated the 20th anniversary of Harvard’s Crimson Summer Academy.
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Exploring from home
Harvard Ed Portal’s virtual field trips help students see the world.
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Doing the right thing
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.
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Helping to feed the community
Harvard University Dining Services has emptied its freezers and storerooms to provide food to area nonprofit grocery programs.
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A time of need and a desire to help
COVID-19 spurs inspiration in student volunteers who find ways to make a difference amid the pandemic’s disruption and loss
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From patient to front lines
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.
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Harvard launches emergency grant program for Allston-Brighton
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.
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Explore Widener in all its glory, from your desk or phone
Explore Harvard’s Widener Library, from its marble rotunda to the Loker Reading Room, through a new 360-degree virtual tour.
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Harvard and MIT donate $500,000 to Cambridge
Harvard University has donated $250,000 to support a temporary emergency shelter in Cambridge.
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Mobile clinics finding their place in pandemic
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.
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University community rallies to deal with COVID-19 crisis
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.
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Getting his teeth into the community
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.
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When the trees become the teacher
The Arnold Arboretum became a hands-on classroom for high school students learning about climate change.
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Tishman Speyer to develop first phase of Enterprise Research Campus in Allston
Harvard selects Tishman Speyer to develop first phase of Enterprise Research Campus in Allston.
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The lessons of teaching
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.
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Notes of gratitude, gifts of charity
More than 200 Harvard employees wrote over 4,000 notes of appreciation to colleagues while also making donations to the local shelter.
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Reopen for business and pleasure
Harvard and Boston officials celebrated the reopening of Smith Field in Allston after extensive renovations.
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Innovation assignment
Operation Impact gives students from across Harvard firsthand experience with education innovation start-ups.
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A flip of the switch to mitigate climate change
The Arnold Arboretum and the city of Boston celebrated the nearly complete Weld Hill Solar Project at today’s “switch-throwing” ceremony.
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Hometown girl makes good by making hometown better
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.
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Growing connections
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.
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A summer of helping
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.
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Summer explorers
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.
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Harvard recommits $20M to create local affordable housing
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.
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The simple joy of pets
Phillips Brooks House program brings dogs to a local rehab center to interact with residents.
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From lecture to comedy sketch
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.
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Investing in Allston
Harvard President Larry Bacow helped honor 16 local nonprofits at the 11th annual Harvard Allston Partnership Fund ceremony at the Ed Portal in Allston.
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A worm named Peanut
Kindergarten through fifth grade Boston Public School students become “Young Scientists” for a day through the Arnold Arboretum’s Field Study Experiences program.
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Bridge to a new life
Success stories from Harvard’s Bridge Program, which pairs student tutors with immigrant employees to ease the transition to a new culture, are celebrated.
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Demystifying the workplace
Harvard welcomes Boston Public School students to speak to staff about their goals and gain perspective about college and career.
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Rocking the House(s)
Harvard Housing Day, when first-year students learn what House they’ll be living in beginning sophomore year, is a big celebration