Campus as a Canvas
The 12 Bi-Co students in Naomi Safran-Hon’s “Sculpture: Materials and Techniques” class were asked to construct site-specific installations across campus—from the library to the Nature Trail to the KINSC Rotunda—for their final projects this fall.
COOL CLASSES: “In the American Strain: Music In Writing (1855–1975)”
This English seminar, investigating music in American literature, explores how poetic music and music diverge and examines the ways in which music and poetry have fed and inspired each other.
COOL CLASSES: “How Stuff Works”
This writing seminar explores several pervasive systems that operate by virtue of being invisible, while emphasizing writing as a means of inquiry, analysis, and persuasion.
Sophie McGlynn ’18 Helps Celebrate the American Friends Service Committee Centennial
The junior political science major curated a collaborative exhibition, now on view in Magill’s Sharpless Gallery, on the history (and future) of the peacemaking Quaker organization that was founded at Haverford College.
The Student Becomes The Teacher: Sarah Derbew ’09
The Yale Ph.d. student and Haverford Latin major returned to campus to give a lecture as part of the library’s long-running Young Academic Alumni Lecture Series.
Sharpless Hall Officially Reopens
President Kim Benston and faculty members expressed words of gratitude about the recent renovations to the home of biology and psychology at Friday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony.
COOL CLASSES: “Topics in Environmental Chemistry: Lead in our Environment”
This chemistry course aims to understand the chemistry of lead, including as a public health effects of it as a toxin in the water, soil, and paint of our made environment.
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.