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Where They’re Headed: Theresa Haupt ’24
A chemistry major, Haupt now sets her sights on a Ph.D. in bioengineering, focusing on research and innovation. She encourages graduates to embrace opportunities and stay engaged.
Where They’re Headed: Juno Bartsch ’24
The computer science major heads to Virginia Tech for a Ph.D. focused on supporting neurodivergent students in K-12 computer science education.
Where They’re Headed: Zhongyin (Maggie) Zhang ’24
Zhang, a psychology major, neuroscience minor, and Velay scholar, is heading to Ontario Veterinary College.
Get in the Game
This year, participants in VCAM’S Design + Make Summer Fellowship learned about video game design — and then made their own fun.
Where They’re Headed: Lucas Winkler ’24
The history major is now an underwriting analyst for Walker & Dunlop, a national real estate financial services and advisory firm.
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What They Learned
A series exploring the thesis work of recent graduates. View More
What They Learned: Sonia Schmidt ’21
The religion major analyzed Christianity’s influence in U.S. politicians’ justifications for war.
What They Learned: Leela Krishnan ’21
The mathematics major examined models of lung cell repair after patients are put on a ventilator.
What They Learned: Allison Hall ’21
The history and Spanish double major completed two theses, both focusing on South American identity and culture through the lenses of natural and built environments.
What They Learned: Federico Perelmuter ’21
The English major’s thesis reexamined Jean Toomer’s “Cane.”
What They Learned: Silvia Lang ’21
The mathematics major combined her interest in statistics and political economy to examine models of Chinese currency’s exchange rates.
What They Learned: Andrew Lummus ’21
After studying abroad in Aberdeen, Scotland, the history major found interest in Scottish art and its portrayal of Scottish identity.
Where They’re Headed
A blog series detailing the post-Haverford plans of our recent graduates. View More
Where They’re Headed: Sophie Brous ’21
The linguistics major is helping children and families in New York City access counseling and other social services through Catholic Guardian Services.
Where They’re Headed: Marly Banatte ’21
Psychology major Marly Banatte ’21 is beginning an accelerated nursing program in the hopes of working directly on battling health disparities as a nurse practitioner.
Where They’re Headed: Emma Iacobucci ’21
The biology major and neuroscience minor is helping others overcome vision problems as a clinical research coordinator at Scheie Eye Institute.
Where They’re Headed: Kaito Nakatani ’21
The computer science and mathematics double major is taking his analytical skills to B2C2 in Japan, where he will work as a quant trader.
Where They’re Headed: Lourdes Taylor ’21
The English major is continuing her studies in a Ph.D. program at the University of Chicago.
Where They’re Headed: Brett Hungar ’21
The math and linguistics double major is pursuing a Ph.D. in theoretical math at Ohio State University starting this fall.
Cool Classes
A series highlighting interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience. View More
COOL CLASSES: “Topics in Astrophysics: Extragalatic Data Science”
Students learn some of the current understanding of how galaxies in our Universe form and evolve over time, as well as the data science techniques commonly used by extragalactic researchers in their work.
COOL CLASSES: “Sensing Beyond the Human”
This anthropology course explores human attempts to extend sensory capacities through robots, sensors, nonhuman animals, and plants, considering how colonialism, race, disability, gender, and surveillance shape the desire to sense beyond the human.
COOL CLASSES: “Indigenous Women: Gender, Ethnicity, and Feminism in Latin America”
This history course explores Indigenous women’s experiences in the history of Latin America including the dynamics of women’s social movements in the region, whose agendas often conflict with established gendered traditions.
COOL CLASSES: “Law and Anthropology: The War on Drugs”
This course explores anthropological approaches to the law and legal regimes, with special emphasis on the relationship between law, power and politics, social hierarchy, and the institutionalization of inequality in the United States in the context of the War on Drugs.
COOL CLASSES: “Cancer Narratives”
This health studies course explores the human experience of cancer patients and their families to provide a lens to critically examine the healthcare system and sociopolitical conditions of their societies.
COOL CLASSES: “Advanced Japanese: Discerning Hidden Meanings in Japanese Media”
This modern Japanese language course immerses students in an array of common Japanese media forms that subtly reinforce powerful, widely held, and often unquestioned historical, cultural, and political preconceptions underlying popular ideas about Japanese identity.
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