News and Announcements for HLS Staff
New ITS Remote Support Tool on 6/29/2020
Dear Members of the HLS Community, On June 29th, Splashtop SOS will replace Teamviewer as the ITS remote support tool that ITS uses to connect to HLS computers. What is happening? On June 29, 2020, Splashtop SOS will replace Teamviewer11 as the ITS remote support tool. When you call the Service Desk, ITS staff will ask to […]
Mindful Movement: Yoga for the (Home) Office
As every office worker knows, sitting for long periods can result in stiffness and discomfort. Start you week off right with a mindful meditation and some stretching. The gentle stretches and postures taught in this program are designed to increase flexibility at the joints – thereby improving one’s range of motion – and also aid […]
Quarantine Cuisine | Foodstagram Face-Off
Have you been stress baking to distract yourself? Maybe you've been coming up with creative uses for the items in your pantry/freezer. Whatever ways you've experimented in the kitchen, we want to see your Quarantine Cuisines in our Foodstagram Face-Off competition. Submit your best picture of a cocktail, appetizer, entree, and/or dessert.
HLS Staff Virtual Game Night
How does a fruit cake turn into a hot dog and then become an airplane? Well, through the artistic skills of those who joined us in last month’s game night, of course. Curious to see what crazy progression could happen next time? Sign up for our second game night to find out! This month we […]
Adobe Acrobat Changes
Dear HLS Faculty and Staff, We are pleased to share an exciting update about your Harvard Adobe service. What is happening? On June 18, 2020, your Harvard Adobe Acrobat license will be upgraded to an Adobe Creative Cloud license. Creative Cloud gives you access to the full suite of Adobe products including Acrobat Pro, Photoshop, […]
Mindful Movement: Yoga for the (Home) Office
As every office worker knows, sitting for long periods can result in stiffness and discomfort. Start you week off right with a mindful meditation and some stretching. The gentle stretches and postures taught in this program are designed to increase flexibility at the joints – thereby improving one’s range of motion – and also aid […]
Mindful Movement: Yoga for the (Home) Office
As every office worker knows, sitting for long periods can result in stiffness and discomfort. Start you week off right with a mindful meditation and some stretching. The gentle stretches and postures taught in this program are designed to increase flexibility at the joints – thereby improving one’s range of motion – and also aid […]
Tips for Keeping Ourselves and Those Around Us Calm
Have you ever noticed that when you are around someone calm, you feel more at ease? And that you end up feeling worse and more agitated around a panicked, worried person? We are learning now, more than ever, that we are connected to one another in complex ways. We can foster our own sense of […]
Mindful Movement: Yoga for the (Home) Office
As every office worker knows, sitting for long periods can result in stiffness and discomfort. Start you week off right with a mindful meditation and some stretching. The gentle stretches and postures taught in this program are designed to increase flexibility at the joints – thereby improving one’s range of motion – and also aid […]
The Best Time to Practice: Building Resiliency during Challenging Times
Each of us has the capability to adapt and to overcome challenges and adversity. We can manage stress, even in the most difficult of situations, while minimizing its impact on our overall well-being. We grow, not in spite of our circumstances, but because of them. Resilience is not an inherent quality or trait that some […]
Managing Stress in the Time of COVID
Stress is a normal part of our day-to-day lives. However, in this new era of COVID-19, when you add working from home, home-schooling your kids, and caregiving for ailing parents to the external stressors of our uncertain world, it can be a dizzying balancing act. How can you manage stress when you feel like you […]
Managing and Supporting Others Through Grief
This webinar is for managers and supervisors supporting grieving employees. Kristin Matthews will discuss how our responses to loss are impacted by COVID-19 circumstances, and what managers and supervisors can do to support employees who have lost loved ones. Kristin will also address what to do when a member of your own team passes away, […]
HLS Staff Virtual Game Night
Join us for a night of laughter, fun, and games in our inaugural Zoom Game Night!
Grief in the Time of COVID
This webinar is for anyone experiencing loss during this period. Laura Jacobson will explain how grieving has been complicated by COVID-19 circumstances, and how to cope with the additional loss of jobs, school closings, and rituals like graduations, funerals, and weddings. Laura will also review the ways in which KGA can assist employees and their […]
Topics @ Ten
Join us as we gather to hear from one of our faculty experts at the next Topics @ Ten. We hope to see you there!
Mindful Movement: Yoga for the (Home) Office
As every office worker knows, sitting for long periods can result in stiffness and discomfort. Start you week off right with a mindful meditation and some stretching. The gentle stretches and postures taught in this program are designed to increase flexibility at the joints – thereby improving one’s range of motion – and also aid […]
Jabber Emergency Update 5/5/2020 7-10pm
Dear Faculty and Staff, This evening, May 5, 2020, from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm, HUIT Communication Services will complete an emergency change to resolve an identified Cisco bug affecting some Jabber mobile users’ ability to access the service. During this change period Jabber service will not be interrupted, however new logon attempts will be […]
HLS VoIP Phone Line Optimization, 4/30/2020 10PM-12AM
Dear HLS Faculty and Staff, HUIT will be migrating HLS VoIP Phone lines to an optimized service this Thursday, April 30th, from 10:00PM – 12:00AM. Please expect the following migration impacts on Thursday from 10-12: HLS VoIP phone sets will reboot Calls in progress will be dropped (Calls that have been forwarded to a cell […]
May Madness Bracket Challenge Submission
Put your creativity to the test in our May Madness Bracket Challenge: Green Screen Scene!
Netflix & Chill with OSAPR
Join OSAPR & Friends for a movie and conversations about consent & relationship representation in media