Heidi Witmer ’02, founder of the LEAF Project, brings together diverse groups of teenagers to learn about nutrition, cooking, and farming—and the values of hard work, entrepreneurship, and sustainable living.
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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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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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Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances, awards, and publications.
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The English major is going from reading literature to reading college applications in Haverford’s Office of Admission.
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The rising junior fine arts major spent her summer helping to produce the guide to the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, among other things, at local arts nonprofit FringeArts.
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Inspired by an oceanside sunrise, the English major took on Virginia Woolf’s The Waves to reconcile introspection with natural surroundings.
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The college archivist and records manager recommends three titles that grapple with what America has become—politically, racially, even sartorially—and how it got that way.
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The computer science and mathematics double major is at the University of Maryland this summer, working on finding kidney donor-recipient matches using neural networks, as part of the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates program.
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With College Possible, the Spanish major will counsel and support Philadelphia high school students through the college application process.
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The English major’s creative writing thesis adds intersectionality to literature.
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The economics major is working with San Francisco company Chirps Chips, which makes chips out of sustainable and protein-rich cricket powder.
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The East Asian language and culture major is living in Ningbo, China, counseling high school students seeking an education abroad.
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The prospective political science major is immersing himself as a volunteer in Mexico City.
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The English major, who minored in psychology and Spanish, is beginning her journalism career at AL DÍA News Media in Philadelphia.
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The math major is working with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a nonprofit government contractor that helps address national security concerns.
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The music major is volunteering in the music therapy program at the Philadelphia private school this summer.
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The chemistry major drew from chemical and biological techniques in his thesis research to devise a faster route to a new antibiotic.
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