Resources

The Office of Academic Programs works with other offices at SEAS and throughout Harvard to enhance and support the student experience.

Wellness Resources

Counseling and Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
CAMHS offers in-person counseling, a 24/7 mental health support line (617-495-2042), as well as workshops and support groups.  CAMHS seeks to support students who are experiencing any measure of distress in their lives.  This may include bereavement, adjustment difficulties, depression anxiety, stress, concerns interfering with work or relationships, sexual concerns, or high-risk behaviors around food, alcohol, or other substances.

TimelyCare is a virtual health and wellbeing platform for Harvard Students to find providers who can offer support for a wide range of common concerns, including scheduled counseling, psychiatry, and self-care content. You can go to https://timelycare.com/Harvard or download the TimelyCare app to access care.

We’re All Human is a university-wide mental health awareness campaign that explores ways to make counseling and mental health services more accessible. It also addresses mental health, sexual climate, inclusiveness, isolation, and belonging. Learn more about the campaign, its resources, and support services available to students, faculty, and staff.

Harvard University Health Services (HUHS)
HUHS provides high quality, comprehensive health care including primary care and mental health counseling.

Center for Wellness and Health Promotion (CWHP)
CWHP works to cultivate a happy, healthy, and engaged Harvard community through education and promotion of holistic health and wellbeing.  Students can participate in a wide range of offerings, including workshops that highlight activities to enhance wellbeing, such as massage and acupuncture services, yoga, meditation, Pilates, and other group classes.

GSAS Student Services
The GSAS Office of Student Services is the go-to office for GSAS students.  Staff provide advice and ongoing support and make referrals to other services as necessary.  A case manager is available to meet with students having academic or personal difficulties.

SEAS InTouch (for Graduate Students)
InTouch is a peer-to-peer support network, for grad students, by grad students.

Diversity Peer Educators (for Undergraduate Students)
Undergraduates are trained student facilitators who utilize their passion for inclusion, intersectionality, and social justice to help create a better Harvard community.

Academic Resources

SEAS Graduate Writing Advisor
Dr. Suzanne Smith offers individualized consultations and workshops to assist Ph.D. students with their writing.  Dr. Smith works closely with students to develop and improve papers as well as research statements and grant and fellowship proposals.  Email Dr. Smith to arrange for an individual consultation: smith03@seas.harvard.edu.

GSAS Fellowships and Writing Center (FWC)
The FWC works with GSAS students at all stages of their careers who seek to improve their academic papers, dissertations, and presentations by fostering and refining their written and oral communication skills.

GSAS Office of Student Affairs
The Office of Student Affairs is responsible for the welfare of graduate students and monitors their academic status, progress, and discipline.  View more GSAS resources here.

Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
By supporting experimentation, innovation, and evidence-based practices, the Bok Center seeks to create transformational learning experiences for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. 

Harvard College Writing Center
The Writing Center is available to undergraduate SEAS students who need assistance in all aspects of their writing, from specific assignments to general skills. 

Advising Project
Launched by GSAS Dean Emma Dench, The Advising Project is an in-depth initiative focused on improving the advising experience of Master's and Ph.D. students at GSAS.  The Project partners with faculty, students, and staff across GSAS to support effective advising relationships that allow our diverse community of graduate students to flourish as scholars and develop as professionals in their chosen fields.

SEAS Active Learning Labs (ALL)
The ALL fosters an environment in which student learning and support extend beyond the classroom.  The ALL partners with SEAS faculty to execute their vision of hands-on engineering experiences and design projects for students.

Technology and Entrepreneurship Center (TECH)
TECH advances the understanding and practice of innovation and entrepreneurship through experiential education.

Career Resources

SEAS Office of Experiential and Career Development
Dr. Keith Karasek meets with students to discuss questions about career services and events, internships, job fairs, student clubs, and NECTAR student funding.

Other Resources

SEAS Audio-Visual Assistance
Students who need audio-visual services while on either the Allston or Cambridge campus, should reach out to the SEAS A/V Office by emailing avservices@seas.harvard.edu or calling (617) 496-1014.

Office of Sustainability
The Harvard Office of Sustainability has developed university-wide programs to fuel on-the-ground action and collaborative problem-solving related to environmental and social sustainability on campus.

Harvard College Admissions
Contact the Harvard College Admissions Office with questions about undergraduate admissions.  SEAS is not involved with the undergraduate admissions process and all questions should be directed to the Harvard College Admissions Office.