A paper in the latest issue of Science Magazine, co-authored by Haverford Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Jonathan Wilson, sheds light on a pattern that has been an evolutionary mystery for more than a century: Why did plants, soon after they evolved the capacity to survive on land, evolve increasingly elaborate forms of the vascular systems that formed their internal anatomy?
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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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Over the summer, Haverford’s Bookstore received a facelift and now sports a broader array of College-branded merchandise. The book-purchasing process has also been simplified.
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The campus-wide initiative builds on the College’s previous work to build a stronger sense of welcome and belonging for all who live, learn, and work on Haverford’s campus.
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As a Tuttle Creative Resident, alum-turned-tour guide Rebecca Fisher ’18 designed a library exhibit to accompany her People’s History of Haverford College Tour.
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This psychology course explores the application of drugs to treat mental health disorders and diseases of the brain.
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Excitement abounds for the new Asian American Studies Program at Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr, and Haverford, which builds upon existing courses and programs and creates new opportunities across the Tri-College Consortium.
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Newly launched as the Office of Race and Ethnicity Education to make its mission more explicit and visible, it is now run by Interim Director Ahyana King.
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The College has a storied connection with Major League Baseball, and when it comes to the Phillies’ World Series appearances, campus memories to match.
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At the biannual student body meeting, students debated, voted, and discussed how best to shape Haverford for the future.
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Initially approved in spring 2020 as a three-year pilot, the policy, which allows prospective students to decide whether or not to submit their ACT or SAT scores as part of their applications, will now continue on an on-going basis.
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This year’s Family and Friends Weekend welcomed hundreds of our students’ nearest and dearest to campus for a full schedule of panels, screenings, concerts, exhibits, games, and much more.
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Students in this class build their French-language speaking, listening, and reading skills by analyzing, discussing, and debating current events and areas of contemporary interest from newspapers, television, radio, and films.
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The chemistry professor and his team of collaborators from institutions across the country have been selected for a grant that will support the creation of new models for teaching physical chemistry.
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This semester, an exhibit in Lutnick library maps migrants who died trying to cross the US-Mexico border.
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This core course in the astronomy program uses observations of the night skies—made in campus’ Strawbridge Observatory—to learn about the astrophysics of the Universe.
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The Hurford Center’s yearlong “Imagining Abolitionist Futures” series explores the possibilities of arts and humanities programming to aid the struggle to dismantle the carceral state and build reparative practices and institutions.
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The Haverford philosophy and mathematics double major discussed his time as a Ph.D. student at Harvard University as part of the Young Academic Alumni Lecture Series.
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