Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (OSAPR)

All information from the OSAPR website, as of October 7, 2010.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, call 617-495-9100 and press option 3 to be connected immediately, at any hour, to an OSAPR staff member who can assist you.  Also, consider seeking medical attention.  Click here for more detailed guidance of what you should do next.

  • Location & Hours: Holyoke Center 731; 9 am-5 pm, Monday through Friday
  • Phone: 617-495-9100 (24 hr. hotline)
  • Email: osapr@fas.harvard.edu
  • History: Established in 2003 to provide confidential support, information, and resource referrals to survivors of sexual violence.
  • Mission: to promote the compassionate and just treatment of student survivors, their friends, and significant others, foster collaborative relationships between campus and community systems, and affect attitudinal and behavioral changes on campus as we work toward the elimination of sexual violence against all people.
  • More info:
    • You can call us, 24 hours a day (617-495-9100), for information and resources. We are trained to listen and help, confidentially.
    • We strive to provide empathic, supportive services to students of the College who have experienced sexual assault. Knowing that some students will prefer to seek services outside of Harvard’s campus, The Office works closely to provide easy linkages to off-campus resources as well.