Harvard Schools Cancel or Move Summer Programming Online

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As a result of the uncertainties and risks presented by the coronavirus pandemic, many Harvard schools have cancelled or adapted their normal Summer programming.

As a result of the uncertainties and risks presented by the coronavirus pandemic, many Harvard schools have cancelled or adapted their normal Summer programming.

On April 13th, Rakesh Khurana, Dean of Harvard College, announced the College’s 2020 Summer programming would be held entirely online. Offices and College-sponsored programs that provide Summer funding have also amended their funding rules, and some pre-approved courses can be taken online for credit.

Other schools – including the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), Harvard Business School (HBS), Harvard Law School, Harvard School of Public Health, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, and Harvard Graduate School for Education – have cancelled or transitioned their regular Summer programming online. According to spokesperson Ann Hall, GSAS will conduct Summer programs remotely and cancelled its annual professional communication program for international students, which was scheduled for August. HBS cancelled the in-person version of the Summer Venture in Management Program and Peak Weekend for college-age prospective students and will host virtual programming in mid-June instead. Jeff A. Neal, spokesperson for the Law School, said the Law School will not hold its annual executive education program focused on leadership development for lawyers and legal organizations.

School of Public Health Dean for Academic Affairs Jane J. Kim, Executive Dean for Administration Katherine A. Hope, and Dean for Education Erin Driver-Linn announced in an email that Summer educational programming will be delivered remotely. According to Radcliffe spokesperson Jane F. Huber, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies cancelled its Summer fellowship program and moved to virtual programming “for the foreseeable future.” The Graduate School of Education is still assessing how to deliver its Summer programming, said spokesperson Bari E. Walsh, who noted, “Across the school, we are consistently and carefully evaluating the best way to deliver our programming, with student, faculty, and staff safety as our primary consideration at this time.”

For more information on Harvard and its Summer programs, visit the Harvard Web site.

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