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Office of Education Outreach & Community Programs

Get Involved!

Our programs provide a broad range of opportunities not only to give back, but also provide an opportunity to practice your science communication skills. For many of our events, we provide orientation and training for working with the target audience. 

If you are potentially interested in helping with any of our events, join our volunteer list serve by emailing outreach@seas.harvard.edu to be notified of opportunities!

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Please see below for upcoming volunteer opportunities. 

Full STEAM Ahead on Pi day (Boston Public School 8th grade students) – March 14, 2024

Join us for a career awareness day for 8th grade students in several Boston Public Schools. Students, researchers, staff, and faculty can volunteer to lead a 45-minute lab tour, demonstration, or hands-on activity; serve on a college and career panel, or help with logistics for the day.

Mentor a high school intern on a research project (Spring 2024)

SEAS graduate students and postdoctoral researchers: Mentor a Cambridge Rindge and Latin high school student from February till May to help build the student's skills and knowledge in STEM.  Students from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School are embedded in a research lab with a direct mentor for 10 hours per week, working on a small research project within the lab.  Students are also supported through a course at the high school.

  • Contact: This program is organized by our colleagues, Harvard University's Public School Partnerships team. Please email us at outreach@seas.harvard.edu to get connected.

Share your research:  Lunch & Learn – share your research and career path with high school students (Spring 2024)

Lunch & Learn brings researchers, graduate students, and professors from Harvard to public high schools in Allston/Brighton and Cambridge to discuss their science and journeys with students in an approachable and accessible manner.  This type of outreach, now more than ever, plays an important role in helping students expand their horizons and post-secondary pathways. 

  • Contact: This program is organized by our colleagues, Harvard University's Public School Partnerships team. Please email us at outreach@seas.harvard.edu to get connected. 

Project Teach  – share your research and career path with middle school (7th grade) students (Spring 2024)

Project Teach is a college readiness program for 7th grade students in Cambridge and Boston Public Schools. Faculty, postdocs, and grad students can prepare a 45-minute interactive presentation on the topic of your research, as well as some sharing of your own path.

  • Contact: This program is organized by our colleagues, Harvard University's Public School Partnerships team. Please email us at outreach@seas.harvard.edu to get connected.

ANNUAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

Help with the interactive and demo filled annual Holiday Lecture series

SELECT UNAFFILIATED VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

The Cambridge Science Festival is typically held in April. Many SEAS students enjoy an afternoon inspiring the public with hands-on activities at Cambridge Public Library as a part of the annual Cambridge Science Festival. Visit their website for more information. 

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Science Club for Girls (SCFG) provides free, hands-on science and engineering programs to over 1,000 girls in five cities in eastern Massachusetts.  There are many ways to volunteer, from one-day events to leading weekly after school clubs. Join the community of Harvard Students already committed to the program - the Harvard College SCFG chapter.

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Harvard Science In The News (SITN) provides many types of opportunities to share your research with a broader audience. Team up with two other researchers to give a seminar for the general public.  SITN provides support in developing a presentation relevant and accessible to the public for their seminar series. Mobilize your research group to be featured scientists at a Science By The Pint event. Write for their monthly science news source, The Flash, and more!