As required under federal law, the Summer School immediately will refer any missing persons report involving a student who lives in on-campus housing to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD). If any member of the Harvard community has reason to believe that a student who resides in on-campus housing is missing, he or she should immediately notify HUPD. If HUPD determines that the student has been missing for more than 24 hours, then within the 24 hours following this determination, the Summer School or HUPD will

(1)    Notify an appropriate external law enforcement agency;

(2)    Contact any person the student has identified as an emergency contact under the procedures described below; and

(3)    Notify others at the University, as appropriate, about the student’s disappearance.

In addition to identifying a general emergency contact person, students residing in on-campus housing have the option to identify confidentially a separate person to be contacted by Harvard in the event that the student is determined to be missing for more than 24 hours. Students are not required to designate a separate individual for this purpose and if they choose not to do so then Harvard will assume that they have chosen to treat their general emergency contact as their missing person contact. Students who wish to identify a confidential missing person contact should notify the Registrar. A student’s confidential missing person contact information will be accessible only by authorized campus officials and by law enforcement in the course of an investigation. In addition, if it has been determined that a student who is under 18 years of age and not emancipated has been missing for more than 24 hours, then the Summer School or HUPD will contact that student’s custodial parent or guardian.

All Summer School students are required to provide general emergency contact information when they register. Students also may provide that information by logging in to MyDCE and selecting “Contact Information” from My Profile. Students who will be living on campus and wish to provide the additional confidential missing person contact information, must submit that information to the Summer School Registrar’s Office.