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COOL CLASSES: “Anthropology of Empire”

Ezgi Guner’s class is an anthropological exploration of empire, both as an analytical category and a historical phenomenon.

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.

Students Athletics

Eric Chen '27 Headed to NCAA Fencing Championships

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

News & Updates

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.

J. Morris Evans '43 1921–2017

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Alumni

The emeritus member of the Haverford College Board of Managers died Dec. 16.
COOL CLASSES: “Stress and Coping”

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Faculty

This psychology seminar examines the theory and research of stress and coping processes and their links with disease and mental health, and includes an experiential learning component in which students learn stress-management techniques.
Science Made Visual

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Faculty, Science, Students

This semester the Biology Department launched its first film series to “spark a conversation about biological themes and how students can get involved in research early during their time at Haverford.”
Marilou Allen 1933–2017

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Campus

The former director of Haverford's Women*s Center and 8th Dimension died Dec. 9.
COOL CLASSES: “The End of the World as We Know It”

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This class in the Department of Religion on early Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature explores the social functions of apocalyptic and ask why this form has been so persistent and influential.
The Class That Publishes Together

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Faculty, Students

A "Biochemistry Superlab" course co-taught by Professor Rob Fairman and Assistant Professor Lou Charkoudian recently published a peer-reviewed paper in PLOS Biology detailing not only the results of in-class research, but also how the class itself was designed to facilitate such research.
COOL CLASSES: “Bodies of Injustice: Health, Illness, and Healing in Contexts of Inequality”

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For students returning from internship experiences who wish to deepen their understanding of social justice and healthcare, this course integrates experiential learning with readings on cultural conceptions of health, structural determinants of health, and addressing health inequalities in the United States and other countries.
Fall 2017 Faculty Updates

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Faculty

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances, awards, and publications.
A “PACC’d” Calendar

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Arts, Centers, Faculty

A new program out of the VCAM building facilitates classroom connections to Philadelphia and local artists.
Celebrating India’s Revolutionary Optimists

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Students

A recent screening of a documentary about Prayasam, which works to empower disadvantaged youth from the Kolkata slums and has employed CPGC-sponsored interns in the past, showcased the connection between the organization and Haverford.
Decorating for the Holiday Season

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Campus

The Arboretum welcomed members of the Haverford community to Haverford to learn how to build holiday decorations using plant material from across the campus.
Translating the Russian AIDS Crisis

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Students

George O'Hara '18, a double major in Russian and chemistry, combined his interests by joining an epidemiological research project that resulted in a paper in PLOS Medicine's recent special issue on HIV/AIDS.
COOL CLASSES: “Artists Under Policing Gaze of the State: Politics, History, and Performance”

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This course, which is crosslisted in both comparative literature and peace, justice, and human rights, investigates what permanent surveillance meant and means historically and today for society at large and for individual artists living under its pressure.
Celebrating Professorial and Intellectual Diversity in Higher Education

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Students, Campus

At the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference for the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, fellows and coordinators from local MMUF institutions visited Haverford for two days of discipline-spanning workshops, presentations, and discussions related to diversifying the academy.
Learning to Serve, Serving to Learn

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Students, Centers

Over fall break, the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship sent its latest contingent of volunteers to High Rocks, an education and leadership institute for rural girls in West Virginia.