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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.

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Fall Fun with Friends

On a beautiful fall weekend, more than 700 friends and family members flocked to Haverford.

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Brandon Alston ’14 Shares Research on Police Countersurveillance and “Camera Cues”

The Haverford alum returned to campus to share his most recent research on Black protectionism and the camera as self-defense.

Documentary Spotlights Pioneering Professor

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Dr. Ira Reid: Haverford College’s Unsung Scholar Activist explores the impact of Haverford's first Black professor.
Distance Learning

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Faculty, staff, Students

For two years, students at Haverford and the American University of Sharjah worked together online to study human rights. This spring break, they met in person.
Where They’re Headed: Benjamin Graham ’24

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An economics and mathematics major with a minor in philosophy, Graham is a Research Assistant at the Brookings Institution Center on Health Policy, under its Economics Studies program.
Summer Centered: Isabella Otterbein '26 Combines Art and Activism to Drive Awareness of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

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Summer Centered, Students, Campus, Centers

One of three Hurford Center creative interns, Otterbein is spending the summer as a programs intern for Abortion Access Front and creating a zine designed to educate the College community.
Seun Eisape '24 is Haverford’s First-Ever GEM Fellow

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Alumni, awards

Eisape will pursue a PhD at the University of California Berkeley to explore the potential of brain-computer interfaces and natural language processing.
What They Learned: Isabel Thornberry ’24

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Thornberry’s thesis focuses on oxygen minimum zones in our oceans. It builds on work she engaged with through a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fellowship program.
What They Learned: Ben Bergerson ’24

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For his thesis, the physics major turned to machine learning and neural networks to classify more than 30,000 spiral galaxies in the universe.
What They Learned: Shahla Mukhtar ’24

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Mukhtar’s thesis explores the production of type II polyketides, diverse and chemically active natural products that hold promise as anticancer and antibacterial agents.
What They Learned: Clay Killoren ’24

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For his thesis, Killoren chose to focus on affordable housing in San Francisco, one of the nation’s most expensive real estate markets.
Club Life: The Haverford Ornithological Club

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Campus, Students

While birdwatching is the club’s core activity, with weekly walks around campus, members also delve into bird biology, photography, ethics, conservation, and more.
What They Learned: Maya Antonio ’24

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Alumni

For her thesis, Antonio examined bilingual community education centers, where teaching and learning transcend the traditional classroom space.
What They Learned: Jian Wei ’24

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Wei’s thesis examines the destruction and rebirth of Los Angeles’ Chinatown and the vision and agency of second-generation Chinese American civic leaders and architects who realized it.
What They Learned: Charlie Crawford ’24

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Alumni

Crawford’s interest in machine bias and the ethical use of AI led to a thesis that explores the impact of technologies like ChatGPT on the entertainment industry.
What They Learned: Bela Khanna ’24

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Alumni

Khanna wrote “Playing House,” which explores themes of freedom and futurity against the backdrop of masculine violence and psychological imprisonment.
A Journey of Reconciliation

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Faculty, staff, Students

On a spring break trip organized by Haverford’s Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Access division, students, staff, and faculty got an in-depth look at the Civil Rights Trail, and a glimpse into the country’s fractured history.