Current Status:
Level 2: CAUTION
What You Need to Know Today
Mar
01
Complete your self-attestation before coming to campus.
Student Organization Events, On-or-Off Campus
Outdoors – 25
Indoors – 10
Indoors – 10
Informal Gatherings, On-or-Off Campus
Outdoors & Indoors – 10
Plan an Event (login required)
Reserve Space On-Campus (login required)
Students
Overnight personal travel discouraged.
If necessary 6 community member limit.
If necessary 6 community member limit.
Faculty & Staff
Overnight personal travel discouraged.
Business travel prohibited.
Business travel prohibited.
Required for all who have traveled outside of MA, including day trips, in the last 14 days.
Students
2 negative tests,
7 days apart.
7 days apart.
Faculty & Staff
2 negative tests,
7 days apart.
7 days apart.
Open / Closed (Mon)
MBA Classes
Hybrid
Faculty Office Visits
Closed
Aldrich Hall
Open
Spangler Study Rooms
Open
Pick-up (Mon)
- Chao Center Guest Services Desk
8 am-5pm
5 pm-10 pm (after hours) - Spangler Center 2nd Floor Service Counter
8 am-5 pm - Shad Hall Fitness Counter
10 am-6 pm - OSS Pack City
(HBS Residence Hall residents only)
Open
Drop-off (Mon)
- Chao Center Guest Services Desk
8 am-5pm
5 pm-10 pm (after hours) - Shad Hall Fitness Counter
10 am-6 pm - Spangler Center 1st Floor East Rotunda
8 am-5 pm - Rock Center Student Mailbox Area
24 / 7
2
Stay Safe. Protect Others.
Physically Distance
Indoors: Always
Outdoors: Always
Outdoors: Always
Wear a Facial Covering
Always wear a mask indoors and outdoors, except when eating or drinking.
Wash Your Hands
Regularly for 20 seconds with soap and water. Use hand sanitizer if soap and water are unavailable.
Stay Home if You Feel Sick
If you or a member of your household have COVID-19 symptoms, stay home and note your symptoms in Crimson Clear. A nurse practitioner will call you to discuss your symptoms. If you are assigned to an in-person seat in a hybrid course, you should attend class virtually instead. If you cannot attend class virtually due to your symptoms, please report your absence.
Events
Outdoors: 25
Indoors: 10
Informal Gatherings
Indoors & Outdoors: 10
Indoors: 10
Informal Gatherings
Indoors & Outdoors: 10
Look for Signage
Follow all guidance shown on campus signage (e.g., limits on occupancy, space usage).
Adherence to Harvard University, state and federal guidelines is critical as we resume activity on campus. All members of our community share this responsibility.
Creating the HBS Hybrid Classrooms: Collaboration, Experimentation, Equity, and Innovation
Re: Srikant Datar & Luis Viceira
- 16 Oct 2020
Faced with multiple uncertainties for the fall 2020 semester, a team of faculty, staff, and students created a unique remote and in-person learning experience that maintains the integrity of the case method pedagogy while ensuring the health and safety of the community.
Air Quality and Safety at HBS: A Q+A with Facilities Management
- 04 Sep 2020
Many of the new COVID-19 safety modifications around campus are visible and obvious, from signage and hand sanitizer units to single tables and capacity caps. Equally important are the changes that are invisible—notably the air in our offices, common spaces, student dorms, and in classrooms. We talked with those tasked with monitoring, evaluating, and upgrading those systems, Doug Scatterday, senior director of Facilities, and Rich Stewart, director of Facilities, to find out more about their crucial behind-the-scenes work.
Re-Opening Shad Fitness: Q+A with General Manager Sue LaRose
- 28 Aug 2020
We last spoke with Shad General Manager Sue LaRose in the spring after Shad closed amid COVID-19 restrictions. Now, with students moving in and Shad recently re-opened, we caught up with her to ask about all of the many changes that she and her team have put into place for the community’s health and safety.
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For students: All HBS students may come to campus without additional permissions to use public spaces as long as physical distancing is maintained and face coverings are worn. Doctoral students looking to use their offices should email Jen Mucciarone.
For faculty and staff: For faculty and staff: Staff are primarily working remotely until further notice, although essential personnel—including staff working to support the delivery of our educational programs and other core functions—are coming to campus. Staff should continue to discuss their need and plans for on-campus work with their manager; throughout the winter and spring, as safety and conditions warrant, on-campus activities (e.g., working at School one day a week) will be encouraged. Based on current demand, those faculty who have completed the Campus Access Protocol are able to come to campus to teach and use their offices. For faculty and staff, the School’s approach may change should Harvard, Boston, or Massachusetts indicate the need for higher or lower occupancy rates.
For Executive Education participants: Specific information on campus access will be posted once timing is set for the return of on-campus Executive Education programs. At this time, due to continued strong interest in HBS Executive Education, we have developed a set of virtual programs as part of our portfolio, with more information here: HBS Executive Education Virtual Programs.
For Visitors & Guests: Visitors and guests are strongly discouraged from coming to campus at this time. Those who do must receive prior approval and complete the Campus Access Protocol.
Anyone coming to campus must complete the Campus Access Protocol.
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All individuals coming to campus must receive advance permission and complete the Campus Access Protocol. Campus buildings are locked and will require Harvard ID card access.
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Consistent with Massachusetts guidance, HBS will follow limits on gathering sizes (currently no more than 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors) as well as requirements for physical distancing and the appropriate use of face coverings. Signage, markings, and the removal or relocation of furniture (e.g., in the Schwartz Common or in project rooms) will support these efforts. Additionally, campus buildings are locked and will require Harvard ID card access.
Face coverings currently are required in indoor spaces, including all dining facilities and retail locations, where contact or interaction with others is expected. Face coverings also are required outdoors even when physical distancing is possible. There is a limit of 10 for informal gatherings both inside and outside.
Site Updates in Last 10 Days
Quarantine Policy Updates
Page: Health & Safety
- 23 FEB 2021
Added the following important notes to the Students section of Quarantine Policies:
-If you are a close contact as a result of a potential exposure and you have previously tested positive and are within you 90 day window of testing positive, you typically will not need to quarantine. However, HUHS contract tracers make the final determination on who needs to quarantine.
-If you are a close contact and you have already received two doses of vaccine, you are still likely required to quarantine because even vaccinated populations can become infected and contagious to others.
Student Travel Quarantine Policy Reminder
Page: Health & Safety
- 23 FEB 2021
All students who travel outside of Massachusetts (including on day trips), must follow HBS’s latest quarantine protocol upon return. Travel quarantine is required for all students, even if you are within 90 days of a positive result or if you have received two vaccine doses.