  Quantum Monte Carlo results for the specific heat c of the two dimensional
Hubbard model are presented. At half-filling it was observed that $c \sim T^2$
at very low temperatures. Two distinct features were also identified: a low
temperature peak related to the spin degrees of freedom and a higher
temperature broad peak related to the charge degrees of freedom. Away from
half-filling the spin induced feature slowly disappears as a function of hole
doping while the charge feature moves to lower temperature. A comparison with
experimental results for the high temperature cuprates is discussed.
