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## Canaday

[Canaday](https://mapprod.cadm.harvard.edu/portal/apps/indoors?appid=2c3969f8d1b14147920610a68f6db713&itemUniqueIdField=objectid&x=-71.1159847928298&y=42.3754446494507&l=0&itemSourceKey=Harvard%20Building&itemUniqueId=4112&visibleLayers=%5B%7B%22layerId%22%3A%22196682dea1d-layer-77%22%7D%5D) houses 255 students. It's Harvard’s newest and largest first-year dorm as well as one of the most conveniently located in the Yard. Highlights of living in Canaday include:

- A wide variety of rooming configurations - Canaday is divided into seven vertical entryways consisting of a variety of suites from singles to sextuplets.
- Some rooms on the top floors also have skylights, which give them great natural light.
- Canaday’s courtyard serves as a great space for all students to congregate.
- Close to: [Annenberg Dining Hall](https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~memhall/annenberg.html); the [Science Center](https://mapprod.cadm.harvard.edu/portal/apps/indoors?appid=2c3969f8d1b14147920610a68f6db713&itemUniqueIdField=objectid&x=-71.11672168310315&y=42.37639262541101&l=0&itemSourceKey=Harvard%20Building&itemUniqueId=4513&visibleLayers=%5B%7B%22layerId%22%3A%2219668399b92-layer-77%22%7D%5D); key classroom spaces; and the [University Plaza](http://commonspaces.harvard.edu/venues/the_plaza/plaza-tent), which holds food trucks, pop-up concerts, wellness activities, and a weekly Farmer's Market.

## Thayer

Built in 1870, [Thayer](https://mapprod.cadm.harvard.edu/portal/apps/indoors?appid=2c3969f8d1b14147920610a68f6db713&itemUniqueIdField=objectid&x=-71.11674106200962&y=42.37503692504431&l=0&itemSourceKey=Harvard%20Building&itemUniqueId=4103&visibleLayers=%5B%7B%22layerId%22%3A%22196682dea1d-layer-77%22%7D%5D) lies at the heart of Harvard Yard. Thayer is also home to [Room 13](https://harvardroom13.wixsite.com/peercounseling), [ECHO](https://harvardecho.crd.co/), and [Contact](https://camhs.huhs.harvard.edu/peer-counseling), peer counseling groups that offer a safe and supportive space for all students. Famous former residents include poet e.e. cummings and actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas. Highlights of living in Thayer include:

- A social and tightly-knit community fostered by the building's wide hallways and elevator.
- Room configurations include shared doubles and triples with hall-style bathrooms and spacious common rooms complete with decorative fireplaces.
- Close proximity to [Annenberg Dining Hall](https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~memhall/annenberg.html), the [Science Center](https://mapprod.cadm.harvard.edu/portal/apps/indoors?appid=2c3969f8d1b14147920610a68f6db713&itemUniqueIdField=objectid&x=-71.11672168310315&y=42.37639262541101&l=0&itemSourceKey=Harvard%20Building&itemUniqueId=4513&visibleLayers=%5B%7B%22layerId%22%3A%2219668399b92-layer-77%22%7D%5D), and the bustling [University Plaza](http://www.commonspaces.harvard.edu/venues/the_plaza/plaza-tent).



 

  [### Madeleine Currie, Ed.D.

 ](/people/madeleine-currie-edd) <oak-yard-dean@fas.harvard.edu>Oak Yard Resident Dean of First-Year Students

Assistant Dean of Harvard College

 

 

 As Resident Dean of First-Year Students for Oak Yard, I have the amazing privilege of working with first-year students living in Canaday and Thayer. I hold an EdD in Human Development and Psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a BA... 

 

 

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##  Useful Links 

[Residential Portal](http://harvard.starrezhousing.com/starrezportalx)

[Harvard College Housing Office](https://collegehousing.fas.harvard.edu/)

[Student Organization Center Online (SOCO)](https://soco.college.harvard.edu/)

[Reserve a Space](https://roombook.harvard.edu/)

[my.harvard](http://my.harvard.edu/)

[Submit a Work Order](https://www.pin1.harvard.edu/pin/default.asp?__authen_application=FAS_PHYS_RES_DMS)

[HUDS Menu](http://www.foodpro.huds.harvard.edu/foodpro/menu_items.asp?type=30&meal=1)

[Handbook for Students](https://handbook.college.harvard.edu/)

[College Facebook](https://facebook.college.harvard.edu//searchform)

[Ten Year Calendar](https://registrar.fas.harvard.edu/ten-year-calendar)