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An Evening of Poetry with Ahmad Almallah
The Palestinian poet read from his two recent collections, “Bitter English” and “Border Wisdom.”
Haverford Welcomes Celebrated Author James McBride
The author of 2023’s award-winning The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store visited campus as part of the College’s Campus Read and Meeting the Moment initiatives.
Where They’re Headed: Alexander Abramenko ’24
Abramenko is pursuing a Ph.D. in neuroscience at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is driven by the support and inspiration he found at Haverford.
Welcome, New Friends!
Last week, the 387 students comprising the Class of 2028 began their transition to college life with Customs, Haverford’s signature orientation program.
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.
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What They Learned
A series exploring the thesis work of recent graduates. View More
What They Learned: Kevin Kaufman ’21
The physics major and economics minor used his thesis to study the properties of millisecond pulsars and their emission of Giant Pulses.
What They Learned: Sarah Evenson ’21
The sociology major’s thesis rethinks how Western medicine diagnoses postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome.
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.”
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: “Finding a Voice: Identity, Environment, and Intellectual Inquiry”
This intensive first-year writing seminar considers students’ fluid relationship to identities that they examine, explore, and take on through course materials.
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.
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