Tag: Philips Brooks House

  • Campus & Community

    Service time, and the living is easy

    Harvard College’s incoming class will have a chance to participate in the inaugural Service Starts with Summer Program (3SP), an initiative meant to encourage students to engage in public service in their hometowns.

    3 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Student-run haven gives shelter — and a boost — to homeless

    The song tells us that there is “no place like home for the holidays,” and soon, many on the Harvard campus will be destined for far-flung places, both dear and familiar. The Harvard Square Homeless Shelter (HSHS) helps those who are not fortunate enough to have a home at all.

    4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Toys, clothes, and a visit from Santa

    Santa came to Harvard a little early last week (Dec. 13). He sat comfortably in a chair on the second floor of Phillips Brooks House, clad in his familiar bright red outfit with white trim, plus the less familiar, yet practical, Merrell hiking shoes. He was taking a brief break between meeting groups of eager…

    2 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    John U. Monro portrait is unveiled at PBH

    The Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations has unveiled a ninth portrait in its Minority Portraiture Project. The latest honoree on canvas is John U. Monro, former dean of Harvard College. Monro’s portrait, painted by Stephen Coit ’71, was unveiled last week (Oct. 16) in Phillips Brooks House.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Phillips Brooks House welcomes first fellow

    With its long tradition of service and community involvement, the Phillips Brooks House (PBH) — composed of the Phillips Brooks House Association, the student-run, public service organization, and the Harvard Public Service Network, which supports more than 45 student-led service groups — extended its scope last week as it welcomed the first Phillips Brooks House…

    4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    SUP builds safe, exciting, productive summers for kids

    As summer heats up and school lets out, public officials throughout the Boston area scramble for new ways to keep kids off the streets and out of trouble through summer jobs and activities. As in years past, Harvard undergraduates are answering the call, mentoring low-income children, and recruiting and working with teenage counselors throughout Boston…

    3 minutes