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Welcome to Graduate Commons

Welcome to Graduate Commons! This unique interdisciplinary program provides a “home away from home” for the Harvard graduate students, faculty, staff, and their families living in participating Harvard University Housing properties. Please see the list below for details.

We are committed to making your Harvard experience a truly remarkable one, both in and outside the classroom by hosting events that spark your intellectual curiosity, challenge your physical being, and make a difference to your community. Programming includes wine and coffee nights, Meet the Scholar events, yoga classes, game nights, networking Happy Hours, Boston traditions like the Boston Pops! Holiday concert and much, much more!

Watch our video to learn more.

Recent research by our Faculty Directors:

Dr. Jennifer Lerner - Read a Gazette article or listen to an NPR interview.
Dr. David Carrasco

Graduate Commons Properties

Current Program Properties

10 Akron Street

5 Cowperthwaite Street

Cronkhite Graduate Center

Peabody Terrace

New Program Properties as of the 2013-2014 Academic Year

101-103 Plympton Street

1-2 Athens Terrace

12-12.5 Grant Street

16 Grant Street

17 Grant Street

18 Banks Street

2 Grant Street

23-25 Flagg Street (118 Banks Street)

2-4-6 Holyoke Street

28 Hingham Street

3 Athens Terrace

3 Grant Street

33-35 Banks Street

37-39 Banks Street

381-383 Western Avenue

387 Western Avenue

4 Grant Street

41-43 Banks Street

4-6 Athens Terrace

4-6 Mount Auburn Street

47 Banks Street

5 Grant Street

59 Banks Street

6-6.5 Grant Street

69 Banks Street

7 Grant Street

8 Grant Street

8A Mount Auburn Street

Quotes from our Community

Getting to know the faculty directors and students from different graduate schools has helped me to feel like I am a part of the Harvard community.

Getting to know students in other schools helped me deepen my connection to Harvard by exposing me to programs beyond my own.

The blend of grad students and faculty is stimulating and, I think, makes grad students into better neighbors; the social programming is better than at my grad school.

I showed up here with no idea what the Graduate Commons program was and with no intention of participating in any of the activities. After meeting some of the Community Advisors and stopping by a couple events early in the year, I've come to really love it and have made a lot of friends from all over the world and in all sorts of disciplines.