Smith Campus Center
Harvard Affiliates Attend Vigil to Mourn Victims of Al-Shifa Attack in Palestine
Approximately 80 Harvard affiliates and local residents attended a vigil in the Smith Campus Center Tuesday afternoon to mourn the victims of the Israeli raid on Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza.
HUA General Meeting
HUA Co-President LyLena D. Estabine ’24 speaks at Sunday's general meeting at the Smith Campus Center.
Seven New Members Elected to the Board of Overseers
Harvard alumni elected seven members to the Board of Overseers, the University’s second-highest governing board, the University announced Thursday.
‘Back to Our Roots’: Plant-Based Cafe Mother Juice to Open in Smith Center in March
Mother Juice, a plant-based cafe with Boston roots, is set to open a fourth location in the Smith Campus Center in March 2022.
Smith Center Mother Juice
Passerby walk by the front entrance of the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center. Mother Juice is set to open inside in March.
Weather Smith Campus Center
People walk by the entrance of the Smith Campus Center on a cold Wednesday morning.
Blackbird Doughnuts Returns to the Smith Campus Center with Sally’s Sandwiches In Tow
More than a year after Covid-19 forced Blackbird Doughnuts to close, the artisanal donut shop has returned to the Smith Campus Center with a savory surprise in tow: Sally’s Sandwiches.
Sally's Sandwiches
Sally's Sandwiches opened earlier this month in the Smith Campus Center in a combined storefront with Blackbird Donuts. Both stores are operated by the Gallows Group, a local restaurant group.
A ‘Bummer’: Students Frustrated by Closed Campus Spaces, Reduced Hours
Most of Harvard’s popular cafés — including Barker, Bauer, Cabot, Gato Rojo, and Lamont — and House Grilles at Dunster, Eliot, Pforzheimer, Quincy, and Winthrop Houses are temporarily closed.
Smith Center During the Pandemic
Strict coronavirus restrictions left students who wanted to visit the Smith Campus Center this spring limited to socially distanced tables available by reservation.
Philanthropist Richard A. Smith, Who Was ‘Deeply Devoted to Harvard,’ Dies at 95
To most at Harvard, Richard A. Smith ’46 is perhaps best known for what former University President Drew G. Faust called his “last gift” to the University: the donation that enabled the redesign and renovation of what is now the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center. But his generosity to Harvard extended well beyond just the edifice that sits as a primary hub for student gatherings.
Garber Announces Smith Center
In November 2013, University Provost Alan M. Garber ’76 announced the renaming of the Holyoke Center to the Richard A. & Susan F. Smith Campus Center and the renovation project into a new campus center expected to open by 2018.
Smith Campus Center Renovations
Harvard began renovations of the Smith Campus Center in April 2016 after receiving a donation from Richard A. Smith and Susan F. Smith.
Rendered Vision of Smith Center
In a rendering of the expected external appearance of the renovated Smith Campus Center, people can be seen playing chess, enjoying the outdoor pavilion, and purchasing food from the variety of eateries.
Students in Smith Campus Center
In the Harvard Commons of the Smith Campus Center, students study on the modern furniture while members of the public also utilize the space.
Tourists at Smith Campus Center
Tourists gather outside the newly renovated Richard A. & Susan F. Smith Campus Center on a warm fall afternoon.
UC Meeting Space
When students are on campus, the Undergraduate Council meets weekly on Sunday afternoons in the Isaacson Room of the Smith Campus Center.
Smith Center Harvard Commons
Harvard University police officer Anthony T. Carvello has received criticism for his use of force in three incidents in the Smith Campus Center within the past six months.
HUPD Officer Involved In February Smith Center Arrest Criticized For Use of Force In Two Prior Incidents
Anthony T. Carvello, a Harvard University police officer who came under scrutiny last month for his use of force in an arrest at the Smith Campus Center, has also received criticism for his use of force in two other recent arrests of homeless black men at the Smith Center.
Smith Campus Center
Police arrested a man in the Smith Campus Center by Bon Me shortly before noon on Thursday.