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This page contains content from the Summer School 2009. For current information, visit the Harvard Summer School website at www.summer.harvard.edu.
As a Summer School student, you are eligible for a computer account that includes e-mail, access to campus computing resources, and remote access to computing resources using an Internet service provider and secure applications that meet Harvard specifications.
If you are registered and paid in full, you may activate your account. Accounts remain active through the end of the summer session. You will need your Harvard University ID number and PIN to set up your account. To get started, you must first read and agree to the computer use rules, provide your Harvard ID number and Harvard PIN, then complete a brief quiz about computer rules and responsibilities. Ready? Activate Your FAS Computer Account.
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences Information Technology website is a good online resource for computer and network use information. In addition, the Student Handbook and Guide to Computing is also a useful guide.
The Science Center has computer labs open 24 hours per day. Macintosh and PC-compatible computers and Linux workstations are available, as well as color and black-and-white laser printers. Printing is available for a small fee.
The 53 Church Street lab has Macintosh and PC-compatible computers. Laser printers are also available for use without charge.
Most Harvard residences have on-site computer facilities available for Summer School student use. The computer facilities in residences are open only to students who live in those particular residences.
To connect your on-campus computer to the FAS computer network, follow these network instructions.
As a student, you are eligible for special student pricing on computer hardware and software from Apple, IBM, Microsoft, and GovConnection. These special prices are available via online services once you are registered.
The user assistants at the service desk, located in the main computer lab in the basement of the Science Center, can help with many software and computer account problems. Call (617) 495-9000, e-mail help@fas.harvard.edu, or visit the service desk in the basement of the Science Center.
Mondays–Fridays,
9 am–10 pm
Saturdays–Sundays, 10 am–10 pm
User assistants are available at the 53 Church Street lab; see the lab schedule. You can also call (617) 495-5485 or e-mail Thomas Lane, computer lab manager, at lane@dcemail.harvard.edu.