Resources for Current Scholars & Fellows

A Harvard ID number will be assigned to you. It activates on the first day of your appointment (August 20, 2020). You will receive an ID card (possibly a virtual version).

Harvard Key is your password which connects you electronically to resources at Harvard including full access to the Harvard University Library System and its collections. Obtain your Harvard Key at https://key.harvard.edu/.

Visiting Scholars: If you would like to have an “@fas.harvard.edu” email address, please email ithelp@harvard.edu and tell them you are a Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar, provide them with your HUID number, and explain that you would like to open a FAS account.

Visiting Fellows: You will automatically receive a “g.harvard.edu” email address after registering your HUID.

OR: The Harvard Key process should direct you to the website you need to access the activation of a Harvard e-mail account for you. If you are not presented with this option right away when you sign up for your Harvard Key, you should be able to select an option on the https://key.harvard.edu page that allows you to activate your Harvard e-mail account.

You are in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) division at Harvard.
Your email extension will read @fas.harvarad.edu
You may also set up a Harvard gmail account with extension @g.harvard.edu

Set up a device that you have access to remotely for two-step verification. Search for “backup devices for two-step verification” on https://harvard.service-now.com/ithelp.

Activate two-step verification

• HYI – Harvard-Yenching Institute
• HIO – Harvard International Office
• HUID – Harvard University ID
• HUIT – Harvard University Information Technology
• FAS – Faculty of Arts and Sciences
• RSEA – Regional Studies – East Asia
• HUHS – Harvard University Health Services (or just UHS)
• CGIS – Center for Government and International Studies
• EAS – East Asian Studies
• EALC – East Asian Languages & Civilizations
• GSAS – Graduate School or Arts and Sciences
• RSVP – “répondez s’il vous plaît” (French for “please respond” – in context, this is a request to confirm if you plan to attend an event or not.)
• ASAP – as soon as possible

If you need help, contact the HUIT (Harvard University Information Technology) Service Desk or visit the IT Help Portal:

HUIT Service Desk (617.495.7777 or ithelp@harvard.edu

Hours (EST): Monday – Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Saturday: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m; Sunday: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m

Tools and resources for remote work

Local IT Help Desks (select FAS)

IT Help Portal

You may sit in (remotely) classes as an auditor with the course instructor’s permission. Please note that classes are offered remotely for 2020-21. If there is a specific course that you are very interested in auditing, please directly get in contact with the course instructor/faculty. It is advisable to get in touch with the instructor one week to 10 days prior to the first meeting of the class, and ask them for permission. It will be very helpful to send a brief message to the instructor to introduce yourself and share your research interests and the reasons why you would like to take the course. For more information about auditing classes, please refer to the HYI Working Remotely Handbook.