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
This 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, isolation, and belonging.
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 Harvard Griffin 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.
Community, Culture, and Engagement
The Harvard CCE office serves as a consultant, partner, and leader, working closely with potential graduate students, students, staff, and faculty across all schools. We support recruitment and engagement efforts, including on- and off-campus events, training programs, and programs for admitted students.
Peer to Peer Leadership
The peer-to-peer model is one way staff within the Harvard Office of Culture & Community advance the work of fostering belonging at Harvard College. The peer-to-peer model empowers our student interns by offering them professional development skills, opportunities for cross-collaboration, and meaningful connections among their community of peers.
University-wide Resources in Times of Crisis
These resources include contact information for assistance if your physical safety is threatened, you are targeted by online harassment, or you need support for your mental health and wellbeing. Also has information on other support resources and services and guidance for faculty and staff seeking assistance for themselves or for students or other community members. Also see Harvard's Hazing Prevention site.
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.
Non-Discrimination, Anti-bullying, and Other Professional Conduct Policies
Harvard University is committed to the principles of equal opportunity in education and employment and cultivating a community that is open, welcoming, and inclusive, and that supports all community members in pursuit of the University’s mission of learning, teaching, research, and discovery. Discrimination, bullying, hostile and abusive behavior, and power-based harassment directly threaten community members’ ability to freely exchange ideas and pursue their educational and professional goals. The University’s non-discrimination and anti-bullying policies can be found here: https://www.fas.harvard.edu/non-discrimination-anti-bullying-and-other-professional-conduct-policies
Other Resources
SEAS Building Guides [HarvaryKey login required]
Note also SEAS's guidelines for protest activities on our campus.
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.
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.