Guide to Harvard University acronyms

What does this abbreviation mean?

In a place as complex as Harvard University, organization names can get rather long and unwieldy. It's no surprise that these names are often reduced to abbreviations or acronyms to make them easier to handle. Here's a list of Harvard acronyms along with links to the organization to which they refer. For more translations of Harvardspeak, visit Lamont Library's "Harvard Lingo Revealed."

ABCD	ABCD Committee (University-wide computer user group)
ABLE	A Better Learning Environment (web-based documentation for new online financial tools)
ADG	Allston Development Group
AIE	Arts in Education
ALPS	Active Learning Practices for School
ART	American Repertory Theatre
ASPERIN	Arts and Sciences Personal Information Network (internal network)
BBRI	Boston Biomedical Research Institute
BCMP	Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
BCSIA	Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
BGIE	Business, Government and the International Economy
BIDMC	Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center
BSC	Bureau of Study Counsel
BTI	Boston Theological Institute
BWH	Brigham and Women's Hospital
BWR-VAMC	Brockton-West Roxbury VA Medical Center
CAIT	Central Administration Information Technology
CAPS	Center for American Political Studies
CAS	Committee on African Studies
CB	Cell Biology
CBAR	Center for Biostatics in AIDS Research
CBG	Center for Business and Government
CBR	Center for Blood Research
CCB	Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of
CCPE	Center for Continuing Professional Education
CES	Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
CFA	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
CFIA	Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
CGR	Harvard Center for Genomics Research
CHGE	Center for Health and the Global Environment
CHS	Center for Hellenic Studies
CID	Center for International Development
CJI	Criminal Justice Institute
CJS	Center for Jewish Studies
CLCS	Center for Literary and Cultural Studies (The Humanities Center)
CMES	Center for Middle Eastern Studies
CMT	Harvard Condensed Matter Theory Group
CNS	Center for Nanoscale Systems
CPDS	Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
CSVPL	Center for the Study of Values in Public Life
CSWR	Center for the Study of World Religions
CUDS	Center for Urban Development Studies
CWD	Center for Workplace Development (Password-protected access for Harvard employees only)
DBS	Division of Biological Sciences
DCE	Division of Continuing Education
DCJ	Documentation Center on Contemporary Japan
DEAS	Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences
DFCI	Dana Farber Cancer Institute
DJO	Digital Journal of Ophthalmology
DMS	Division of Medical Sciences
DOR	Division of Research
DRCLAS	David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
DSG	Decision Systems Group
DSM	Division of Social Medicine
EALC	East Asian Languages and Civilizations
EAP	Employee Assistance Program
EAS	East Asian Studies
ECI	Enhancing Care Initiative (Harvard AIDS Institute)
EECS	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
EH&S	Environmental Health and Safety
ELOB	Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound
ELRC	European Law Research Center
ENRP	Environment and Natural Resources Program
ENT	Education with New Technologies
EPL	Eaton-Peabody Laboratory of Auditory Physiology
EPS	Earth and Planetary Sciences
ERC	Educational Resource Center for Occupational Safety and Health
ESE	Environmental Sciences and Engineering
ESPP	Environmental Science and Public Policy
ETC	Educational Technology Center
FAD	Financial Administration (central financial services for the University)
FAS	Faculty of Arts and Sciences
FDO	Freshman Dean's Office
FEP	Field Experience Program
FIRS	SAO Far-Infrared Spectroscopy Group
FMO	Facilities Maintenance Operations
FSAP	Faculty and Staff Assistance Program
FSC	Film Study Center
FXB	Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
GCC	Gutman Conference Center
GCD	Genetics and Complex Diseases
GEA	Global Environmental Assessment Project
GRHF	Global Reproductive Health Forum
GRS	General Records Schedule (University guidelines for administrative record maintenance)
GSAS	Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
GSD	Graduate School of Design
GSE	Graduate School of Education
HAA	Harvard Alumni Association
HAI	Harvard AIDS Institute
HAPR	Harvard Asia Pacific Review
HASCS	Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Computer Services (computing support for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences)
HBR	Harvard Business Review
HBS	Harvard Business School
HBSP	Harvard Business School Publishing
HCI	Harvard Children's Initiative
HCL	Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
HCL	Harvard College Library
HCP	Health Care Policy
HCPDS	Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
HCRA	Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
HCS	Harvard Computer Society
HCTAR	Harvard Center for Textile and Apparel Research
HD	Harvard Depository (offsite storage facility for library materials)
HDM	Harvard Design Magazine
HDP	Human Development and Psychology
HDS	Harvard Divinity School
HEAL	History and East Asian Languages
HEPG	Harvard Education Publishing Group
HEPG	Harvard Electricity Policy Group
HER	Harvard Educational Review
HFA	Harvard Film Archive
HFRP	Harvard Family Research Project
HGSE	Graduate School of Education
HHP	Harvard Homepage
HICRC	Harvard Injury Control Research Center
HIFIP	Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program
HIID	Harvard Institute for International Development
HIIP	Harvard Information Infrastructure Project
HILR	Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement
HIO	Harvard International Office
HIR	Harvard International Review
HIRES	Harvard University job listings
HLR	Harvard Law Review
HLS	Harvard Law School
HMCNET	Harvard Medical Center Network
HMNH	Harvard Museum of Natural History
HMS	Harvard Medical School
HNO	Harvard News Office
HOLLIS	HOLLIS (online library catalog)
HPPS	Harvard Printing and Publication Services
HP+AI	Harvard Planning + Allston Initiative
HPRE	Harvard Planning and Real Estate
HRCA	Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
HRES	Harvard Real Estate Services
HRI	Human Rights Policy, Carr Center for
HRL	Harvard Robotics Laboratory
HRP	Human Rights Program
HSA	Harvard Student Agencies
HSDM	Harvard School of Dental Medicine
HSPH	School of Public Health
HTC	Theatre Collection, Houghton Library
HTUP	Harvard Trade Union Program
HUAM	Harvard University Art Museums
HUDS	Harvard University Dining Services
HUCE	Harvard University Center for the Environment
HUECU	Harvard University Employees Credit Union
HUH	Harvard University Herbaria
HUHS	Harvard University Health Services
HUHEPL	High Energy Physics Lab
HUID	Identification and Data Services
HUL	Harvard University Library
HUNAP	Harvard University Native American Program
HUP	Harvard University Press
HUPD	Harvard University Police
HURI	Ukrainian Research Institute
IAAS	Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
IATT	Institute for Advanced Theatre Training
ICCB	Harvard Institute of Chemistry and Cell Biology
ICG	Instructional Computer Group
ICLS	Institute for Cultural Landscape Studies (Arnold Arboretum)
ILSP	Islamic Legal Studies Program
IMS	Instructional Media Services
IOP	Institute of Politics
IPNI	International Plant Names Index
IQSS	Institute for Quantitative Social Science
ITAMP	Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics
ITP	International Tax Program
JBCC	Judge Baker Children's Center
JCRT	Joint Center for Radiation Therapy
JOLT	Harvard Journal of Law and Technology
KSG	John F. Kennedy School of Government
L&T	Learning and Teaching
LASPAU	Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas
LDI	Harvard Library Digital Initiative
LRC	Language Resource Center
MBB	Mind/Brain/Behavior Interfaculty Initiative
MBMI	Mind/Body Medical Intitute
MCB	Molecular and Cellular Biology
MCZ	Museum of Comparative Zoology
MEEI	Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
MFDP	Minority Faculty Development Program
MGH	Massachusetts General Hospital
MIDMAC	John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development
MRSEC	Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
NAP	Native American Program, Harvard University
NCSALL	National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
NELC	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
NERPRC	New England Regional Primate Research Center
NOC	Network Operations Center (UIS)
O&I	Outings and Innings (employee discount program, password-protected access for Harvard employees only)
OAP	Office of the Assistant to the President
OASIS	Online Archival Search Information System (digital finding aids project)
OCS	Office of Career Services
OEB	Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
OFS	Office of Financial Systems
OGC	Office of the General Counsel
OHR	Office of Human Resources
OIE	Office of International Education
OIS	Office for Information Systems (information technology department for library system)
OSR	Office for Sponsored Research
OTD	Office of Technology Development
PBHA	Phillips Brooks House Association (public service organization)
PEEMT	Program on the Economic Evaluation of Medical Technology
PEPG	Program on Education Policy and Governance
PHP	Division of Public Health Practice
PICAR	Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution
PIL	Program of Instruction for Lawyers
PIRP	Program on Information Resources Policy
PNP	Plant Names Project
PON	Program on Negotiation
PONSACS	Program on Nonviolent Sanctions and Cultural Survival
PPE	Programs in Professional Education
PRG	Politics Research Group
QCARE	Center for Quality of Care Research and Education
R&P	Risk and Prevention
RCC	Research Computing Center
RIJS	Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
RL&L	Romance Languages and Literatures
RPPC	Radcliffe Public Policy Center
RSEA	Regional Studies: East Asia
SAO	Smithsonian Astrophysics Observatory
SDR	Student Disability Resources
SED	Science Education Department, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
SEO	Student Employment Office
SERI	Schepens Eye Research Institute
SICA	Summer Institute on College Admissions
SOC	Server Operations Center
SSP	Secondary School Summer Program
TAP	Tuition Assistance Plan (tuition reimbursement for Harvard employees)
TEP	Program on Technology and Economic Policy
TIE	Technology in Education
TPC	Technology Product Center (on-campus computer salesroom)
UC	Undergraduate Council
UCE	University Center for the Environment, Harvard
UDO	University Development Office
UHO	Undergraduate Housing Office
UHS	University Health Services
UIS	University Information Systems
UOS	University Operations Services
UPD	Urban Planning and Design
UPO	University Planning Office
UTEP	Undergraduate Teacher Education Program
VES	Visual and Environmental Studies
VIA	Visual Information Access (online library catalog for visual materials)
WAPPP	Women and Public Policy Program
WCFIA	Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
WJH	William James Hall
WSRP	Women's Studies in Religion Program