Haverford Headlines

Education as Liberation

Philadelphia’s Freedom Side School imagines future intersections between education and anti-carceral movements with a Haverford first-year writing seminar.

Students

Changing Stigmatized Views of Menstruation in Nepal

For the past four years, Kripa Khatiwada '26 has been working with an eco-friendly feminine hygiene products company and supporting the women of her home country.

Students

Two Students Receive Innovation Microgrants

The grants provided by the Haverford Innovations Program are intended to sustain Fords' entrepreneurial spirit during the busy academic year.

Clyde Daly Awarded Department of Energy Grant

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Faculty, awards

The assistant professor of chemistry and his collaborators from the University of Pittsburgh are one of the teams from 54 universities and 11 national labs selected for $540 million in funding to transform energy production and cut emissions.
Standing Up for Freedom

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Alumni, magazine

As a teen, Steven Pico ’81 became the plaintiff in the only book-banning case to reach the Supreme Court. Forty years later, book bans are on the rise.
Hee Sook Kim Brings Her Thoughts to the Surface

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Arts, Campus, Faculty

The professor of fine arts portrays her emotions, identity, and experience through richly layered paintings with “Surfacing,” her fourth exhibition in the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery.
Chace Pulley ’21 Wins Fulbright Award

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Alumni, awards

Before starting law school at Columbia University next fall, the political science major is currently teaching English at the Universidad Cooperativa De Colombia in Villavicencio.
Summer Fun in the Maker Space

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Students

For the third year of the Design + Make Fellowship, four students learned to design and prototype toys in VCAM’s Maker Arts Space.
Latinx Heritage Month 2022 at Haverford

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Students, Campus

The Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Alliance of Latin American Students (ALAS), and Children of Caribbean Origin (COCO) are pleased to present Latinx Heritage Month (also referred to as Latine Heritage Month or National Hispanic Heritage Month), from September 15 through October 15.
Roads Taken and Not Taken: Michelle A.T. Hughes '15

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Alumni, magazine

Hughes is working to make farming an accessible career for those new to the field through the National Young Farmers Coalition and the United States Department of Agriculture.
Where They’re Headed: Jackson Trevor ‘22

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Alumni

The political science major is working as a corporate paralegal at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York City.
Parasite Resistance May Not Always Be Evolutionarily Advantageous

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Faculty, Science

A paper in the latest issue of Science, co-authored by Haverford Assistant Professor of Biology Foen Peng, finds that immune response in threespine stickleback fish to freshwater tapeworms cost them their fertility, thus some populations chose to tolerate the parasites.
Summer 2022 Faculty Update

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Faculty

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances, awards, and publications.
Shifting the Culture One Book at a Time

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magazine, Alumni

Rakia Clark ’01, an executive editor at Mariner Books, discusses her two decades in the publishing industry, and what changes she has witnessed over the years.
Where They’re Headed: John Jayasankar ’22

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Alumni

The economics and linguistics major is a technical business analyst at OpenGamma, a financial technology startup.
Connecting Haverford to the Community

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magazine, Campus

New initiatives aim to build a stronger relationship with the Ardmore neighborhood that borders the campus.
Levi Raskin ‘24 Researches Human Evolution in the Field

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Students, Centers

The anthropology major and biology minor studied human evolution and ecology in Kenya this summer.
Where They’re Headed: Ziyao Wang ‘22

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Alumni, Science

The computer science and fine arts double major is pursuing a master’s degree in engineering, focusing on computer graphics and game technology, at the University of Pennsylvania.