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Merry and Bright, Courtesy of Lloyd Lights
The College’s hallowed holiday light competition returns, adding a bright spot to a stressful time of year for Fords.
Library Panel Unpacks AI’s Role at Haverford
A discussion with administrators, faculty, and students probed the use of tools like ChatGPT on campus and AI’s place in higher education.
COOL CLASSES: “Lithography – Materials and Techniques”
In Hee Sook Kim’s class, students explore the foundation of offset printing, the standard before the dawn of digital printing.
Fall Fun with Friends
On a beautiful fall weekend, more than 700 friends and family members flocked to Haverford.
Brandon Alston ’14 Shares Research on Police Countersurveillance and “Camera Cues”
The Haverford alum returned to campus to share his most recent research on Black protectionism and the camera as self-defense.
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What They Learned
A series exploring the thesis work of recent graduates. View More
What They Learned: Molly Hawkins ’21
The religion major studied prosperity theology’s role in Christian faith-based social services organizations.
What They Learned: Raynor Bond-Ashpole ’21
The history major and sociology and environmental studies double minor analyzed the role of the levee in producing and reproducing Jim Crow along the Mississippi River.
What They Learned: Yvonne Yan ’21
The political science major, who also majored in psychology, explored China’s lack of military allies for her thesis.
What They Learned: Anqi Yan ’21
The growth and structure of cities major studied the politics of civil society in Shenzhen, China.
What They Learned: Leonard Gadicke ’21
The English major explored the religious references in J.D. Salinger’s “Franny and Zooey.”
What They Learned: Shufan Xia ’21
The physics major used Oort constants to study the Milky Way for her thesis.
Where They’re Headed
A blog series detailing the post-Haverford plans of our recent graduates. View More
Where They’re Headed: Felix Qin ‘22
The classical culture and society major is working as a humanities teacher at Fusion Academy.
Where They’re Headed: Yuval Luria ‘22
The chemistry major is communicating with patients and contributing to ALS treatment research.
Where They’re Headed: Junior Nguyen ‘22
The biology major is working at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as a lab technician, studying inflammation and immunology.
Where They’re Headed: João Pedro Carvalho ‘22
The math and linguistics double major will pursue a Ph.D. in math at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Where They’re Headed: Zakiyyah Winston ‘22
The biology major and health studies minor is starting medical school at the University of California, San Francisco.
Where They’re Headed: Isabel Schwam ‘22
The political science major is pursuing a master’s in sport administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Cool Classes
A series highlighting interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience. View More
COOL CLASSES: “Religious Organizing for Racial Justice”
This religion course examines grassroots democratic coalitions and movements, and considers how they try to forge solidarity and build power across religious and racial divides.
COOL CLASSES: “Medieval Music: Women, and Performance”
This music course considers some of the many intersections between music and gender during
the European Middle Ages, with particular attention to the roles of women as performers, composers, patrons, and audiences.
COOL CLASSES: “Technology and International Security”
This political science class investigates the ways technological developments shape strategic interactions between states, as well as between states and non-state armed actors.
COOL CLASSES: “Communicating Psychological Science”
This psychology course is a skill-building workshop in the many forms of communication central to psychological science, including writing funding requests, research proposals, empirical research reports, research reviews, and peer reviews.
COOL CLASSES: “Advanced Chinese: Musical Traditions and Practices in China”
This advanced language course enhances students’ competence in the four skills in Chinese—speaking, listening, reading, and writing—by exploring music concepts and practices in China from Confucius writing on the topic to Peking Opera.
COOL CLASSES: “Inquiries into Black Study, Language, Justice, and Education”
Growing out of the ten-year-old Lagim Tehi Tuma/”Thinking Together” program, this education course explores transnational and diasporic Black language study and Black studies by engaging with a community in Northern Ghana.
The Club Life @ Haverford
A series exploring the many varied student clubs on campus. View More
CLUB LIFE: Pokémon Fans Rejoice!
This year a new student-run club is providing a space where casual fans, competitors, and newcomers alike can come together and enjoy the Pokémon world of games and other entertainment.
CLUB LIFE: Students Become The Teachers
In the Spectrum, a campus community-outreach club, Haverford students lead activities to help local children with autism learn social skills and make friends.
CLUB LIFE: Bringing Yoga To The Haverford Community
Power Posers is a relatively new student-run club that brings certified instructors from a local studio to campus for yoga classes that are free to students, faculty, and staff.
CLUB LIFE: A New Football Team At Haverford?
Though the College hasn’t fielded a varsity team since 1972, a new club began biweekly flag football games this past fall.
CLUB LIFE: Seeking The Most Effective Ways To Make The World Better
Haverford Effective Altruism Effective brings the titular philosophy and social movement to campus.
CLUB LIFE: Ethical Food With ETHOS
The student group’s name is an acronym for “ethical, transparent, homegrown, organic, and sustainable,” which is how they would like the food they consume here on campus to be produced.