# In Focal Point in Harvard Gazette January 22, 2021 Sort [](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/01/advice-to-students-enact-your-agency-build-resilience/) [Advice to students: Enact your agency, build resilience – Harvard Gazette](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/01/advice-to-students-enact-your-agency-build-resilience/) This is part of a series called Focal Point, in which we ask a range of Harvard faculty members to answer the same question. The start of a new academic term always fills me with excitement and eager anticipation of who will join me in my courses and where our discussions will take us. I care ... news.harvard.edu Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)