Our Initiatives
Community and Campus Life at Harvard offers a range of programs and initiatives for students, faculty, staff, researchers, and alumni to learn, engage in dialogue, and foster community.
Community members observe HCLIF-funded ON DISPLAY HARVARD, a performance commemorating International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
At Harvard, everyone plays a role in creating a community where all can thrive.
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Whether you’re attending an annual event, joining a community conversation, or applying to fund a project that advances the University’s values, there’s a place for you to get involved, learn, and thrive.
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Harvard Culture Lab Innovation Fund
The Culture Lab Innovation Fund (CLIF) is an incubator for cutting-edge ideas that advance a culture of mutual respect and full participation at Harvard. If you have an idea for a project that fosters and supports community, subscribe to learn more.
The Pulse Survey
2024 Pulse Survey results found a strong sense of belonging among community members, but lower levels of comfort sharing opinions and forming relationships across differences.
Chief Community and Campus Life Officer Sherri Ann Charleston (far left) moderates the What it Means to Be a Good Neighbor dialogue with Harvard chaplains.
Community Dialogues
Community Dialogues is a University-wide series that brings together experts from different viewpoints to discuss critical issues in productive ways and model dialogue across difference.
Building Bridges Fund
Building Bridges funds projects focused on building community across faiths, cultures, and backgrounds.
Event Spotlight
Welcome to Harvard attendees share their favorite photo booth souvenirs.
Welcome to Harvard
To kick-off the new academic year, schools and offices partnered with Community and Campus Life to host a Welcome to Harvard Block Party in August. Everyone— whether arriving at Harvard for the first time or having been a part of our community for years—was invited to discover resources and celebrate together.
Information tables from offices and centers across campus, including from Counseling and Mental Health Services and Interfaith Engagement, Information Technology, and University Disability Resources to name just a few. Attendees enjoyed lawn games, personalized crafts, and international snacks, and took home a souvenir picture from the photo booth.
Community News
Paula A. Johnson to deliver fifth annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture
Paula A. Johnson ’80, M.D. ’84, M.P.H. ’85 has been named Harvard's 2026 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture speaker.
HDS students win Harvard Culture Lab Grant for Deep Listening Project
Paula Ortiz and Lia Pikus tackle the loneliness epidemic on campus by teaching people to listen.
‘Our American compass is still true’
2025 honoree Darren Walker, former president of the Ford Foundation, delivered his keynote address titled “The American Idea at a Crossroads” on Monday, October 27.