Harvard University
Public Service,
Public Good
Every day, Harvard students, faculty, staff, and alumni all across the globe use their time and talents to serve the public good.
Helping hands
During the Global Day of Service, Harvard undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni volunteer in a wide range of fields in the local community and beyond.
Read more about the dayDifference makers
These Harvard alumni and fellows are advocating for others, building community, and creating opportunities to learn.
Helping at home
After graduating from the Graduate School of Education’s Learning and Teaching Program, Aramide Oluwaseun Akintimehin dedicated herself to improving education in her home country of Nigeria.
Local love and care
Harvard Medical School alum Jim O’Connell founded Boston Health Care for the Homeless, dedicating his life to helping the city’s most vulnerable citizens.
A dentist goes to Washington
Jacqueline Burgette was the very first dentist to be selected as a White House Fellow, a leadership program that brings together individuals to work alongside public servants.
Serving locally
We are able to provide care to a patient population in need.”Betty Ben Dor, Harvard School of Dental Medicine student
Betty and many other Dental School students volunteer and learn at ACTION, a student-run pediatric dental clinic at Harvard, which provides care to pediatric patients at the Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge and the Greater Boston area.
Sharing the arts
The Ed Portal’s family-friendly Concerts in the Common bring music, dance, storytelling, and demonstrations to the community.
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The Family Van, a Harvard Medical School-affiliated community health program, now provides mental health support for clients.
Education
A Harvard Graduate School of Education alum created a play-based curriculum for toddlers in Boston.
Nutrition
The Harvard Divinity School Garden provides healthy food for the community.
Finance
Harvard Law’s Consumer Protection Clinic saves thousands of dollars for Boston residents every year.
Community
Staff at the Harvard Business School can be paired with local students in a pen pal program.
Working nationally
No one is less because they go to a food pantry. No one deserves to be hungry.”Leah Gose, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alum
Leah is shedding light on how we can work together to provide nutritional assistance, address barriers to access, and create policies that eliminate food insecurity.
Bringing art to everyone
In Connecticut, Harvard Graduate School of Education alum Clare Murray started cARTie, a van with art and art activities that travels to kids who don’t typically have the financial means or access to art museums.
Designing food security
In his class “The Paradox of Hunger—Rural Mississippi,” Design Critic in Architecture Cory Henry asked students to examine the Mississippi food insecurity crisis and investigate what mitigating role architecture and design could play.
Inspiring future scientists
The “Quantum Engineering Research and You (QuERY)” outreach program connects high school students in Houston, Texas, with current graduate and postdoctoral students at SEAS and MIT.
Working to end homelessness
Through his work with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and in his own consulting work, Harvard Kennedy School alum Chuck Flacks aims to end homelessness in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara County.
Eliminating period poverty
Panelists at a Radcliffe community event discussed menstrual equity and efforts to promote it at Harvard and across the nation.
More ways Harvard is working nationally:
Thinking globally
Why are we just dreaming about it? Can we set a deadline for the end of poverty?”Jim Yong Kim, Harvard Medical and Harvard Griffin GSAS alum
With his friend Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim co-founded Partners in Health, which now delivers care to millions in the world’s poorest places.
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