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The Harvard University Science Center is Harvard University's main classroom and laboratory building for undergraduate science and mathematics, in addition to housing numerous other facilities and services.
Welcome to Science Center Building Operations! Our team maintains and manages the physical building in support of the teaching and research mission of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. We are here to help!
The Harvard University Science Center, the largest building ever built for the university at the time of its completion, comprises nine stories, plus a basement and observatory floor, and is sited at the meeting point of a number of pedestrian paths that connect Harvard's north and south Cambridge campuses.
ASTRONOMY LAB and CLAY TELESCOPE. DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY. DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES. DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS. DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY (MCB) DEPARTMENT OF ORGANISMIC AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY (OEB) DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS. DEPARTMENT OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE. EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICES.
The Harvard University Science Center was built in 1972 and opened in 1973 after a design by Josep Lluís Sert (then dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design). Administrators and educators at Harvard had been interested in building an undergraduate science center since before World War II.
The Science Center is open Monday through Sunday from 6am to 11:30pm. Harvard IDs are required to access to the building after hours. After 5:00pm on weekdays and during weekends, departmental access is limited to Harvard ID holders and others with proper authorization.
May 8, 2024 · Richardson to Receive 2024 Adele E. Clarke Book Award. Professor Sarah Richardson 's recent book, The Maternal Imprint: The Contested Science of Maternal-Fetal Effects, has been named this year's recipient of the Adele E. Clarke Book Award.
