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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.
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.
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What They Learned
A series exploring the thesis work of recent graduates. View More
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.
What They Learned: Robbie Spratt ’21
The anthropology and French double major’s two theses explore unlikely sites of queer solidarity.
What They Learned: Shreya Kishore ’21
The chemistry major’s thesis research identified a compound that could function as an antibiotic.
What They Learned: Hannah Beilinson ’20
The computer science major’s interdisciplinary thesis applied computer science methods to study fairness in social networks.
Where They’re Headed
A blog series detailing the post-Haverford plans of our recent graduates. View More
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.
Where They’re Headed: Marisa LaBarca ’21
Chemistry major Marisa LaBarca ’21 is going to veterinary school at Tufts University.
Where They’re Headed: Grace Coberly ’21
The music and linguistics double major will teach elementary music this fall at Shrewsbury Montessori School.
WHERE THEY’RE HEADED: Jordyn Greenbaum ’20
The biology major and neuroscience minor is now working at the National Institutes of Health as a postbac IRTA fellow, studying cardiovascular development and abnormalities.
Cool Classes
A series highlighting interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience. View More
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.
COOL CLASSES: “On Higher Ed: Introduction to Critical University Studies”
This first-year writing seminar explores the structural and historical conditions that define higher education, and offers an opportunity to explore those conditions by asking what college is as a historical, political-economic, and cultural institution.
COOL CLASSES: “Childhood and Children’s Literature”
This writing seminar focuses on how British and American culture has defined the child since the 18th century, tracing the ever-evolving definitions of childhood through books, games, and toys of different periods.
COOL CLASSES: “First Language Acquisition”
This linguistics seminar explores how humans acquire their native languages.
COOL CLASSES: “Asian American Psychology”
This seminar course addresses major theories and findings in Asian American psychology, with a focus on immigration and acculturation, ethnic identity, stereotyping and discrimination, families and development, and mental health.
COOL CLASSES: “Chemical Dynamics”
This chemistry course introduces students to the rules of thermodynamics and then uses them to explain and predict things at many levels, from systems as small as atoms and molecules to the entire planet.
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