Five Student-Created Art Projects Debut in VCAM
Unveiled at the Hurford Center and VCAM Fall Open House, the projects are meditations on everything from the bias embedded in technological programming to the digital nature of long-distance relationships.
COOL CLASSES: “Introduction to Science and Technology Studies: Fridges, fMRIs, and ‘Finstas’ in Social Context”
This sociology class introduces students to the social forces that shape the production of scientific knowledge and technological devices.
COOL CLASSES: “The Viet Nam Wars”
This history class is an in-depth analysis of Vietnamese history and the country’s struggles for independence and national unification from antiquity to the present day, and it includes an oral history project with members of the “Viet Nam Generation” as a core component.
Global China Connection Offers A Taste of Xi’an
Following the success of last year’s “Taste of Guangdong,” the student-run club continues to celebrate different Chinese cuisine traditions via annual dinners.
COOL CLASSES: “Warriors and Outlaws in China and England”
In this East Asian Languages and Cultures course students read and compare the two most iconic outlaw epics of England and China: Water Margin, about Song Jiang’s band of brothers in Shandong Province, and the many ballads about Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest.
54 Hours, One Idea
Three Haverford students quickly pitched and developed entrepreneurial ideas in one weekend with a team of collaborators at the TechStars Startup Weekend Philadelphia.
Hearing and Seeing Street Art
A multimedia exhibition curated by three Haverford students in the VCAM builds on their summer work on oral history and public art.
Cool Classes
The Club Life @ Haverford
A series exploring the many varied student clubs on campus.
What They Learned
A series exploring the thesis work of recent graduates.
Where They’re Headed
A blog series detailing the post-Haverford plans of our recent graduates.