# Harvard Statistics Graduate Council **Contact Information:** **What we do:** - Organize events for graduate students and faculty in the department. In particular, we host weekly social hours and a departmental PhD retreat. - Support PhD students. We provide student feedback to the department through a student liaison who acts as a confidential resource for students to give feedback to the department and also via the graduate student survey. We also organize the department mentoring program for first year students. - Produce a monthly newsletter to inform students of departmental events and news, upcoming conferences, job openings, deadlines, etc. ![PhD students posing for a photo while enjoining their ice skating night.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10116/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/2025-09/New%20PhD%20Retreat-iceskating%20photo_edited.PNG?itok=ackPifNq) ![PhD students posing for a group photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum10116/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/2025-09/PhD%20Iceskating%20photo%202024_jpg.jpg?itok=YnXWUUXW) **Summary of Activities:** Weekly social hours Annual retreat Student survey Mentoring program Monthly newsletter