Freeman Hrabowski on Broadening Participation in American Higher Ed
The president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and chair of the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans came to campus for a talk.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Matt Johnson ’14
Chemistry major Matt Johnson investigated the mechanisms by which some species of bacteria naturally produce pharmaceutically useful compounds, such as antibiotics, for his senior thesis.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Katie Ulrich ’14
Katie Ulrich traveled far from Haverford’s campus to conduct the research for her senior thesis, “Problematizing the Future: Brazil, Biofuels, and Basic Science,” traveling to Brazil to conduct fieldwork in a botany lab.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Robert Brooks ’14
Robert Brooks is looking toward a career in healthcare, but his desire to help people through science was partially inspired by his senior thesis, “Epigenetic Inheritance in a C. elegans Model of Increased Second Generational bli-5 Penetrance,” which studied C. elegans, a worm model organism.
Where They’re Headed: Minna Yoshikawa ’14
Since graduating from Haverford, Minna Yoshikawa ’14 has been working at the New York AIDS Institute, which is part of the state’s Department of Health.
IN THE COLLECTION: Spotlighting the Holdings of Quaker & Special Collections
Joseph S. Meyer, Notebook: Excavation in Niffer [Nippur], 1894. Massachusetts Institute of Technology architecture graduate Joseph Meyer was finishing up a world tour in the summer of…
Where They’re Headed: Daniel Barton ’14
Computer science major Daniel Barton ’14 went straight from Commencement to a job with Garmin as a Software Engineer. As part of the company’s Hardware Integration…
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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.