This course explores the important issues of health and healthcare from an economic perspective, including the roles and perspectives of individuals, providers, insurers, and governments, and how their decisions are shaped by different economic, political, and ethical motivations.
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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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Robinson’s gift helps realize a cornerstone of Haverford 2030, the College’s strategic plan.
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Last week, the 387 students comprising the Class of 2028 began their transition to college life with Customs, Haverford’s signature orientation program.
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The two-decade-old tradition, which invites community members to enjoy film, music, and speakers encompassing all things Yiddish every semester, welcomed queer, Yiddish, anarchist band Koyt Far Dayn Fardakhtn, featuring bassist Rose Kaplan-Bomberg ’10, to campus.
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Haverford hosted scholars, activists, educators, and creators for a symposium on extending the guarantees of human rights policy more broadly.
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Ehaus’ third annual Haverfarm dinner celebrated final big harvest of the season.
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This course in the Department of Religion investigates the range of meanings attributed to the term “yoga” over 2,000 years and across multiple geographical and cultural communities.
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The professor of economics has earned a year of support for her research into the current magnitude and character of occupational exit of scientists and engineers in the U.S.
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Thanks to funding from the Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center, Liana Alves ’18 and Aaron Schankler ’18 used their week off from classes to gather data for their senior theses.
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Existence as Resistance was formed to bring students together in the name of activism, intersectionality, and equality.
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This history course examines the theories and strategies that people developed to explain the advent and spread of individual plagues and epidemics.
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An exhibit in Haverford’s Magill Library, born of a spring 2017 history class, attempts to distinguish fact from fiction in examining William Penn’s Colonial-era treaty with the Lenape Native Americans.
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New festive events hosted by the Haverford College Arboretum celebrated fall and Halloween on campus.
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This course, which is cross-listed in East Asian languages and cultures, environmental studies, and visual studies, examines the relationship between environment and the arts in China and Japan—particularly how artists engage with and respond to nature through varied modes of artistic production and exhibition.
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Two new art exhibitions opened over Family & Friends Weekend: Futureproof in the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, and Keeping in Touch in Marshall Fine Arts Center’s Atrium Gallery.
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Students from “Advanced Topics in Biology of Marine Life” give a series of solution-oriented presentations introducing audience members to a variety of case-study analyses on the artificial impact to the world’s marine ecosystems.
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The College hosted alums, parents, friends, and more for the official opening of the campus hub for visual culture, arts, and media; the celebration of the successful completion of the <em>Lives That Speak</em> campaign; and Homecoming, which included four home games against Swarthmore.
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