Haverford Headlines

Community Care and Resources in Response to Israel-Gaza

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.

Faculty

COOL CLASSES: “Design for All”

In Ronah Harris’ class, students are introduced to the creative problem-solving methodology of human-centered design.

Students

Club Life: Haverford Outdoors Club

The Haverford Outdoors Club offers meaningful positive outdoors experience, no matter a student’s experience or financial circumstances.

Summer Centered: Bukky Olugbeko ’25 Is Advocating to End Mass Incarceration

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Summer Centered, Students, Campus, Centers

As a summer intern working with the Abolitionist Law Center’s probation and parole campaign, she has witnessed up close the injustice of the criminal legal system.
Where They’re Headed: Sarina Smith ‘23

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Alumni, Science

The biology major and health studies minor now works as a lab technician in Dr. Elizabeth Bhoj’s lab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Where They’re Headed: Anubhav Sharma ‘23

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Alumni

The double major in computer science and math currently serves as an Associate Software Engineer at Morningstar Inc., a financial-services company based in Chicago.
What They Learned: Natasha Bansal ’23

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Alumni

For her thesis, Bansal researched the impact of immigrant-led grassroots.
Summer Centered: Natalie Goeler-Slough ’24 Is Helping to Preserve Coral Reefs

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Students, Campus, Centers

A summer internship at the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology has her working on a variety of projects, including research on materials that could enhance the health of coral reefs.
Where They’re Headed: Celia Page ‘23

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Alumni

The economics major now works as a markets analyst at JPMorgan Chase.
What They Learned: Samuel Tan ’23

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Alumni

In his thesis, the double major in physics and computer science focuses on quantum error correction.
Summer Centered: Finding Inspiration and Power in Public Art

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Summer Centered, Students, Campus, Centers

Curtis Kline '24 is spending his summer working with an organization in New York focused on public artists.
What They Learned: Mackenzie Tygh ’23

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Alumni

For her thesis, the physics major and astronomy minor researched the intersection of spiritual and secular imaginations by using the scientific phenomena in the cosmology of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy as a case study.
Summer Centered: Lyali Pereda Figueroa ’26 Finds Her Rhythm In Reggaetón’s History

At the Hasta ’Bajo Project in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Figueroa is spending the summer researching the history and culture of the popular dance music genre.
What They Learned: Amolina Bhat ’23

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Alumni

For her thesis, the double major in philosophy and sociology argues that the process of interpretation is not, and can never be, completely satisfied or complete in art.
Summer Centered: Noah Tunis ’25 Works Toward Justice in the Legal System

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Students, Campus, Centers

Supported by the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, Tunis is spending his summer assisting in the Baltimore Office of the Public Defender.
Summer Centered: Theo Schefer '24 Finds a Gateway to History in Folk Music

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Students, Campus, Centers

During an internship with the American Song Archives, Schefer is creating displays and public programming aimed at exposing a wider audience to folk music's cultural history.
National Science Foundation Award Goes to Assistant Professor of Biology Foen Peng

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Faculty

Assistant Professor of Biology Foen Peng has won an award from the National Science Foundation for his project "Genomic and molecular bases of pollination syndrome evolution in monkeyflowers."
What They Learned: Lina Marsella ’23

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Alumni

For her thesis, the double major combined her interests in linguistics and Italian studies to conduct her research.