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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.

What They Learned: Magnolia Clayton ’23

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Alumni

The independent major in Education Studies explored how education has functioned as promise, oppression, hope, and liberation in her own life, which invoked many ideas from scholars who have influenced how she sees education as a tool for liberating practice.
Summer Centered: Jocelyn Gao '26 Explores Diabetes and Clinical Research

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Students, Campus, Centers

As an intern at a diabetes center affiliated with Harvard University, Gao is part of a research study seeking to understand why cardiovascular and kidney issues often occur together in people with Type 1 diabetes.
What They Learned: Christina McBride ’23

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McBride’s research seeks to understand the ways in which microbes produce a particular class of natural products.
Summer Centered: Eshal Asim '26 Is Studying Microscopic Life Forms

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Students, Campus, Centers

As an intern in Assistant Professor of Biology Kristen Whalen's lab, Asim is studying the relationship between a marine phytoplankton and a marine bacterium when they are cultured together.
What They Learned: Nick Lasinsky ’23

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Alumni

For his thesis, the double major in history and English examined the effect of built space upon a mining community.
Summer Centered: Khady Ndiaye '26 Explores the Properties of Ionic Liquids as a Chemistry Lab Intern

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Students, Campus, Centers

In an internship funded by the Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center, Ndiaye is working in the lab of Assistant Professor of Chemistry Clyde Daly.
Summer Centered: Noah Kogut Levin '26 Works With Environmental Organizations in Brazil

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Over the course of two internships in Rio de Janeiro sponsored by the Center for Career and Professional Advising, Levin is learning about protecting the environment from both a hands-on and a policymaking perspective.
What They Learned: Anubhav Sharma ’23

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Alumni

The math and computer science double major explored the applications of finite fields in cryptography.
With 1,000 Trees Planted, Haverford College Arboretum Achieves 10-Year Plan in 5

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Haverford Arboretum

When Sally Anderson interviewed for the job of Haverford College Arboretum Plant Curator in the winter of 2017, Director Claudia Kent didn’t beat around the bush—or more appropriately, the trees—about what the job would entail.

"We have to plant 1,000 trees in 10 years," Kent told her.
What They Learned: Eva White ’23

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Alumni

The physics major and environmental studies minor used her thesis research to explore the sustainability efforts by Haverford College to design a microgrid.
Summer Centered: Mimi Tran ’23 Supports Fishadelphia

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Alumni, Campus, Centers

With support from the Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities, Tran is working with seafood CSA Fishadelphia’s social media and content team.
Summer Centered: Callie Rabins ’25 Gets Hands-On With Organic Agriculture in Italy

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Students, Campus, Centers

Rabins is working at three different farms across Italy as part of a self-designed internship supported by the Center for Career and Professional Advising.
What They Learned: Juliana Brinn ’23

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Alumni

The history major focuses on a concept of anthropophagy and its role in 20th century artistic representations of Indigenous people.
What They Learned: Emily Hsiang ’23

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Alumni

Hsiang’s senior thesis “Franny: A Musical” is a one-act musical written for two voices and piano, originally performed by Aviana Rivera (“Franny”), Joseph Correale (“Lane”), and Ting Ting Wong (piano).
What They Learned: Jack Crump ’23

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Alumni

Jack Crump’s thesis journey helped him realize the type of research he enjoys, leading him to continue a similar line of work as he pursues his PhD in physics.