# News & Events ## Profiles of Central Administration [### HUIT Service Desk and Field Team ](/HUIT%20Service%20Desk%20and%20Field%20Team%20Profile) February 09, 2021 Image from left to right: Lillian Castro, Chris Nadeau, and Jose Neto. The HUIT Service Desk and Field Team, a source of front-line technical support for the University, has been busier than ever since last March’s transition to remote work and learning... description [### Office of the General Counsel Associate Attorneys ](/OGC%20Associate%20Attorney%20Profile) September 11, 2020 Image: from left to right, Genevieve "Eve" Aguilar and Jason McGraw . The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) manages the wide-ranging and highly complex legal needs of Harvard, from regulatory compliance to litigation to contracts, risk-management, and... description [### Harvard University Disability Resources ](/University%20Disability%20Resources%20Team%20Profile) February 11, 2020 Image: from left to right, Michelle Hermans, Kamala Jones, Dorian Havers, Michele Clopper, and Shelby Acteson. Harvard University Disability Resources (UDR) has a broad, University-wide role, welcoming students, faculty, staff and visitors with... description [### HUPD Honor Guard Profile ](/supporting-the-family-in%20-blue-HUPD-honor-guard-profile) September 03, 2019 The HUPD Honor Guard, a volunteer corps of police officers, participates in events and funerals, representing the values of the HUPD and supporting the larger community of police officers and their friends and families. HUPD Officers Sue Clark, Bill... description [### Crimson Catering ](/news/crimson-catering) February 06, 2019 Crimson Catering is highly visible each May during Commencement, when they serve approximately 100,000 meals at 375 events over a 10-day period. But the team is also hard at work throughout the year, providing catered meals and producing events across... description [### HUIT Cloud Project – Cloud Gazing with the PeopleSoft Application Portfolio Team ](/news/huit-cloud-project-cloud-gazing-peoplesoft-application-portfolio-team) September 07, 2018 The vision for HUIT’s Cloud Program is to make it easy for the Harvard community to realize the transformative benefits of the Cloud. To accomplish this goal, HUIT is migrating hundreds of Harvard applications to the Cloud – a highly complex, detail... description [### Alumni Affairs and Development Training and Education ](/news/central-administration-profile-alumni-affairs-and-development-training-and-education) May 07, 2018 Performing a critical function that supports the entire University, staff in Alumni Affairs and Development (AA&D) need to keep their skills in top form, while fitting in training around their busy schedules. Anne Melvin, Director of AA&D Education and... description [### Environmental Public Health ](/news/central-administration-profile-environmental-public-health) February 09, 2018 From helping to control critters to keeping our food safe to managing communicable disease outbreaks, the EH&S Environmental Public Health team provides environmental health services across the Harvard community. Valerie Nelson, EH&S Associate Director of... description [### Office of Institutional Research ](/news/central-administration-profile-office-institutional-research) November 09, 2017 The Office of Institutional Research (OIR) manages, analyzes and reports University data for a range of uses – from federal requirements to data-informed decision making and much more. OIR research analysts Grit Pientka, Jonathan Rossi and Albert Wang... description [### Research Finance, Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) ](/news/central-administration-profile-research-finance-osp) September 18, 2017 Tracking the thousands of grants worth hundreds of millions of dollars that fund thousands of projects and hundreds of professors and researchers requires an eye for detail and a commitment to dotting every i and crossing every t. Manny Amaral, Sheila... description [### Harvard International Office ](/news/central-administration-profile-harvard-international-office) June 19, 2017 For more than 70 years, the Harvard International Office (HIO) has acted as a liaison between international students and scholars and the U.S. government agencies - supporting Harvard’s educational and research mission by supporting scholars from around... description [### Harvard Art Museums Collections Management Department ](/news/central-administration-profile-harvard-art-museums-collections-management-department) April 11, 2017 Harvard Art Museums (HAM) Collections Management Department provides access to HAM’s remarkable collection by installing and caring for Harvard artwork all over campus, for all to see. If your day is made a little better by coming across one of HAM’s... description [### HUHS Center for Wellness ](/news/central-administration-profile-huhs-center-wellness) February 02, 2017 The team at the Harvard University Health Services (HUHS) Center for Wellness has a broad audience, providing services to not just faculty and staff, but also to students – many away from home for the first time – family members, and other Harvard... description [### Office of Treasury Management ](/news/central-administration-profile-office-treasury-management) November 14, 2016 While the concept of a $5+ billion operating budget can be quite abstract for many, for the Office of Treasury, making sure the University has the money to keep running smoothly is all in a day’s work. Craig McCurley, Director, Office of Treasury... description [### Harvard University Archives ](/news/harvard-university-archives) September 12, 2016 The mission of Harvard University Archives – the largest academic archives in the U.S. – is to “ support the University's mission of education and research by striving to preserve and provide access to Harvard's historical records; to gather an accurate... ![spring_views_of_widener_library.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum12041/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/evp2/files/spring_views_of_widener_library.jpg?itok=Z1JiLs8C) [### Harvard Planning and Project Management ](/news/central-administration-profile-it-takes-team-build-village) June 13, 2016 It takes a team to build a village: Science & Engineering Complex takes shape [[{"fid":"660581","view_mode":"default","type":"media","attributes":{"height":"267","width":"600","alt":"Picture of Joe O’Farrell, Kristine Renner and Danny Rico","title":"Joe O... ![newdunsterhouse.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum12041/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/evp2/files/newdunsterhouse.jpg?itok=sKmUdvTZ) [### Arnold Arboretum ](/news/central-administration-profile-sign-spring) April 13, 2016 Lilac Sunday , held this year on Sunday, May 8th, is the Arnold Arboretum’s biggest day of the year. It takes the contributions of staff from a range of backgrounds and specialties to make the day a success. Arboretum staff members Jack Alexander, Rachel... ![Lilac Sunday](/sites/g/files/omnuum12041/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/evp2/files/800px-syringa_vulgaris_bulgaria_3.jpg?itok=biG_jGUi) [### Leave of Absence Administrators ](/news/central-administration-profile-leave-absence-administrators) February 11, 2016 When life gives you lemons...or babies! [[{"fid":"581481","view_mode":"default","type":"media","attributes":{"height":"270","width":"600","alt":"Picture of Lynn Bimmler and Patti Andrews","title":"Lynn Bimmler and Patti Andrews","class":"media-element... ![Picture of Lemons](/sites/g/files/omnuum12041/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/evp2/files/lemon-8.jpg?itok=0BTGsser)