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Standing against a white background, Eric Chen wears a fencing uniform with no helmet. He holds his epee in his right hand and points it at the camera.

Eric Chen '27 Headed to NCAA Fencing Championships

Chen, a sophomore, steps onto the national fencing stage at Penn State University later this month.

Haverford Announces 2025 Honorary Degree Recipients

Legendary track and field coach Tom Donnelly and alternative death care pioneer Katrina Spade ’99 will receive honorary degrees at Commencement.

Matthew McKeever is pictured in a portrait taken on Haverford's campus. He smiles while wearing a grey coat and light blue collared shirt.

Faculty

Professor’s New Book Explores the Economics of Single Motherhood

Thanks for Nothing by Professor and Chair of Sociology Matthew McKeever draws on 40 years of data to understand why the financial outlook for single mothers remains stagnant.

What They Learned: Anqi Yan ’21

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Alumni

The growth and structure of cities major studied the politics of civil society in Shenzhen, China.
Bi-Co Students Help Spread Awareness About The Migration Experience

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Students, Centers

Ellie Keating ‘23, Diana Varenik ‘22, and Fabiola Martinez BMC ‘23 are interning at Mexico City’s Casa Refugiados to raise awareness on the struggles of migrants seeking asylum in the United States.
Summer Centered: Junior Nguyen ’22 Sheds Light on Eco-Friendly WLEDs

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Students, Centers, Science

This summer, the biology major is studying light emission and creating environmentally friendly lightbulbs with a former Haverford professor at Thomas Jefferson University.
What They Learned: Leonard Gadicke ’21

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Alumni

The English major explored the religious references in J.D. Salinger’s “Franny and Zooey.”
Summer Centered: Alissa Vandenbark ’22 Studies the Development of Prejudices in Children

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Students, Centers, Science

The psychology major is a research assistant in Assistant Professor Ryan Lei’s Intersectionality in the Social Mind Lab this summer.
Summer Centered: Fords Get SLOP-PY with New Student-Led Online Programming Platform

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Students, Centers

Sophie Schleifer ‘22, Liana Wilson-Graff ‘23, and Hilda Delgado ‘22 make video production accessible to non-film-school students with SLOP, their new online programming platform.
What They Learned: Shufan Xia ’21

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Alumni, Science

The physics major used Oort constants to study the Milky Way for her thesis.
Summer Centered: Buying Into Impact Investing

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Students, Centers

Rising sophomores Hassaan Rao and Annais Gangolf are analyzing the social and environmental impact of different companies and organizations this summer as a part of Haverford’s Microfinance and Impact Investing Initiative.
What They Learned: Jacob Landsberg ’21

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Alumni, Science

The physics major analyzed the movement of locust swarms in his thesis.
Summer Centered: Becca Matson Dives Into the Archives

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Students, Centers

Becca Matson ’22 is working with digital and physical archives this summer as a summer programs assistant at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Summer Centered: Maria Reyes Pacheco ’24 Interns at the New Sanctuary Movement

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Students, Centers

The prospective history major, sociology minor, and Latin American and Iberian studies concentrator is an education intern thanks to support from the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship.
What They Learned: Elena Marcovici ’21

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Alumni

The political science major explored the forces that affect education reform in her thesis.
Summer Centered: Andrew Lummus '21 Goes Behind-The-Scenes at the Penn Museum

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The history major is a group sales intern at the Penn Museum this summer.
Summer Centered: Rhea Chandran ’23 Builds Institutional Memory

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Students

In her work as the library’s “Documenting Student Life” intern this summer, the history major is chronicling campus strikes by collecting oral histories from students and alumni.
What They Learned: Ethan Weiss ’21

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Alumni

The sociology major analyzed cooperation across party lines in the House of Representatives using social network analysis.