The Harvard Department of Statistics will move from the Science Center to the Maxwell Dworkin Laboratory in January 2026.

In an email from Statistics Administrative Director Michelle Monestime, department heads asked concentrators and partners for input on the design of the new office.

The move — while not far away — represents a significant shift for the statistics department, which has been housed in the Science Center for more than five decades.

According to Monestime's email, “four prints of inspiring design styles associated with departmental zones or themes” will be released in the current statistics department suite in the Science Center. Students and partners are encouraged to provide feedback on the design elements by writing their thoughts on each design on a piece of paper and gluing it to the prints. In addition, students have the opportunity to give oral feedback in real time.

The Maxwell Dworkin Laboratory was designed for and housed computer science and electrical engineering. It consists of large lecture halls, faculty offices, student lounges and an applied physics research laboratory.

Following the opening of the new $1 billion School of Engineering and Applied Sciences complex in Allston in 2021, Harvard began downsizing the SEAS Cambridge campus, housed primarily in the Maxwell Dworkin Laboratory and Pierce Hall next door.

Then-SEAS Dean Francis J. “Frank” Doyle III announced in 2021 that Maxwell Dworkin would be rearranged and renovated to meet the needs of the SEAS Cambridge campus plan. It's unclear whether Pierce Hall will follow suit soon.

As the Renovation Planning Committee designs the new Statistics Department space behind the Science Center, students have until Wednesday, Oct. 30, to share their thoughts on plans for the new interior.

–Staff writer Caitlyn C. Kukulowicz can be reached at [email protected].