First Year Urban Program

The First-Year Urban Program is a student-run pre-orientation program that introduces incoming first-years to the Boston-Cambridge area and the service community in and around Harvard. Students who participate in FUP spend the week preceding Freshman Week working on construction and renovation projects for non-profit community organizations in the area. FUPpies work in teams of 10 with three upper-class leaders at their group’s project site in Greater Boston. At night, the groups come together for dinner, speakers, discussions, and evening events (including on- and off- campus food outings, music jam sessions, spoken word readings, movie nights, and more).