The English major and health studies minor is researching the Spanish flu of 1918 and the impacts of the disease on Philadelphia.
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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 chemistry major wrote his thesis on the chirality, or “handedness,” of molecules, which refers to their planar asymmetry.
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Summer Centered: Claire Blood-Cheney '20 and Jessie Chen BMC '20 Are Teaching— and Learning—in China
The rising juniors will work together this summer as interns for the Nanjing, China, chapter of the Amity Foundation.
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The political science major is going to Johannesburg, South Africa, to teach economics at the African Leadership Academy.
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The art aficionado and religion major is interning in the technology department of the world-famous Philadelphia Museum of Art this summer.
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The English major is combining his interests in law and higher education as the development coordinator at the University of San Francisco School of Law.
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This summer, the chemistry major is working with Associate Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Studies Helen White to investigate colony collapse disorder in honeybee hives.
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The biology major and neuroscience minor is researching the genetic basis of Autism Spectrum Disorder at the Yale Child Study Center.
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As an intern at the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the anthropology and history of art double major is helping to run a summer camp for kids interested in archaeology.
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The English major with a concentration in gender and sexuality studies combined her interests in queer and performance studies for her thesis on “Belle Reprieve.”
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This summer, the biology major will be interning at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, just as her campus mentor did before her.
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The chemistry major with a biochemistry concentration synthesized organic molecules to identify therapeutic treatments for pancreatic cancers.
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The political science major is building on her interest in Philadelphia politics as an intern at the city’s only nonpartisan, good-government organization.
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The history major and museum studies minor is off to Portland, Ore., as a Quaker Voluntary Service fellow for Physicians for Social Responsibility.
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The religion major with a concentration in peace, justice, and human rights is 'queering' ideas of religious possibilities at Metropolitan Community Church in New York City this summer.
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