2021-2022 Academic Year Planning

Update on 3/22/2021 from Dean Sarah M. Whiting
We are all hopeful that, as vaccines continue to be administered and as public-health conditions remain on an optimism-inducing trend, Harvard will be able to gradually increase activities on campus and bring more people back to Cambridge over the next few months. Harvard leadership is targeting Monday, August 2 as a goal for an authorized return to campus for all members of the Harvard community, but individual schools and units are responsible for planning for their respective needs, and we all must be mindful of how public-health conditions shift over the coming months. Regardless, the guiding priority for us all will remain as it has been this entire pandemic: the health and safety of each member of our community.
At the GSD, we are planning a return to some form of in-person teaching and learning in the fall—contingent, as always, on public-health guidelines and our shared priority of safety for all. With that in mind, we will continue with contingency- and scenario-planning for various possibilities so that we are not only prepared but adaptable. In other words, we are proceeding forward with strategizing for both in-person and hybrid instruction.
GSD Building Committee
The newly established GSD Building Committee, which is chaired by Mark Lee (Chair of the Department of Architecture) and includes a mix of design faculty and staff, is charged with establishing and evaluating re-entry strategies and options. Your input and suggestions are welcomed at fallplanning@gsd.harvard.edu
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Harvard University coronavirus website
We’re Healthier Together
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Harvard University vaccine information
COVID-19 Vaccine guidelines, availability and planning
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Harvard University testing and tracing
Resources, policies and data for the Harvard Community
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Harvard University Health Services COVID-19
Information and Resources
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Emergency Information
Contact information and procedures for the GSD Community
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Access to GSD Buildings
Building Services
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Frances Loeb Library
Library and online services that are available
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Virtual Events and Public Programs
Upcoming and previously held
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Academic Calendars & Schedules
2021-2022 Academic year Calendar
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Leave of Absence
Policies, Procedures and Deadlines for submission (June 15, 2021 for the Fall semester)
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Fabrication Lab
A resource for 'making' at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design
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Harvard International Office
Information on general travel and visa concerns, student issues, work authorization applications, etc.
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Harvard University Housing
A resource to find out about eligibility requirements, the application and selection processes, and details about the temporary policy adjustments
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Student Forum
The executive board level of the GSD's elected student government. The Student Forum works to improve student life at the GSD and serves as a link between the student body and the school administration.
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Conversation with the Dean
On Friday, March 26, a Conversation with the Dean was held – via GSD Now on Zoom - to answer questions from the GSD community relating to Fall 2021 planning. Times and links to upcoming Q&A sessions will be posted here.
Striving toward a return














