This year’s Family and Friends Weekend, which welcomed hundreds of our students’ relatives to campus, was themed around issues of environmentalism and sustainability. It also served as a homecoming weekend for our youngest alumni.
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At a time of conflict and divide, the College is working to bring students, faculty, and staff together to support one another and engage these important issues through peaceful and constructive dialogue.
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Zhang, a psychology major, neuroscience minor, and Velay scholar, is heading to Ontario Veterinary College.
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This summer, the prospective chemistry major leveraged her studies and interest in medicine to support the city’s African Family Health Organization.
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In a dog-eat-dog world, the political science alumna (now deputy homeland security adviser and deputy assistant to President Barack Obama) believes in bringing people together rather than holding them in strife.
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A recent symposium brought together experts and academics from around the globe to unpack issues related to the the increasingly important intersection of science and ethics: a photo gallery.
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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.
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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.
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More than 150 Haverford students, alumni, and staff attended the two-day symposium, which was supported by Haverford’s Initiative in Ethical Engagement and Leadership.
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People always ask, “What can I do?” when it comes to ethically engaging in social justice work, particularly in being an ally to Black Lives Matter. Writer and activist King addressed how to do so in his on-campus talk last Wednesday.
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As part of an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional team, the assistant professor of biology published a paper in Nature Geoscience about the implications of the ancient CO2 record for future climate change.
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At the sixth annual Food Day, hosted by student food justice club ETHOS, attendees sampled healthy, environmentally conscious options from local purveyors while learning about ethical consumption.
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The latest exhibit, featuring the work of transgender artists and archives, was celebrated and discussed at its opening on Friday. The show is up through Dec. 11.
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Teacher, translator, and Clerk of Friends World Council for Consultation Section of the Americas Benigno Sánchez-Eppler joins us on campus for Religion and Spiritual Life Week.
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In the Spectrum, a campus community-outreach club, Haverford students lead activities to help local children with autism learn social skills and make friends.
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In the Spectrum, a campus community-outreach club, Haverford students lead activities to help local children with autism learn social skills and make friends.
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Find out how to support Haverford through AmazonSmile...Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the José Padín Scholarship.
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Back in the 1990s, neuroscientist Andrew Newberg began scanning the brains of people deep in meditation. Since then, he’s done hundreds of brain scans of people engaged in spiritual and religious practices, along the way becoming a pioneer in a new field called neurotheology, which is revealing the connections between these practices and emotional and physical health.
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