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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.

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.

This curatorial seminar examines the revolutionary transformation of Japanese artistic production and exhibition practice from the late 19th century through the present day.

Students from across the Tri-Co spent Saturday learning about the refugees arriving in Europe in the mid ’90s and the ones trying to flee violence today and the solidarity movements designed to support them.

The Multicultural Alumni Action Group welcomed five political insiders, all Bi-Co alumni, back to campus to discuss the upcoming election and its implications. 

Marshall Auditorium hosted a lineup of a cappella groups, the Chamber Singers, and other campus musicians as part of the cross-country concert series.

Mark Kleiman ’72, professor of public policy at NYU’s Marron Institute of Urban Management, and Eric Sterling ’73, executive director of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, were the speakers at this year’s Alumni Economics Forum.