The psychology major and neuroscience minor used her thesis to study how children understand social categories.
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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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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.
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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.
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The classical culture and society major is working as a humanities teacher at Fusion Academy.
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The political science major is conducting market research as an intern with Engagious this summer.
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The chemistry major is communicating with patients and contributing to ALS treatment research.
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The political science and anthropology double major is working with Common Cause on the Mass Incarceration Policy Project, researching criminal justice corruption across the U.S.
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The biology major is working at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as a lab technician, studying inflammation and immunology.
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The physics major created a framework for building a robotic spotted lanternfly simulation.
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The biology and environmental studies major is studying how changes in carbon and nitrogen concentration affect the plant life of salt marshes.
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The math and linguistics double major will pursue a Ph.D. in math at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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In a wide-ranging interview, Dean of the College John F. McKnight Jr. talks about trust, student agency, social change, and enhancing the Haverford experience.
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The biology major and health studies minor is starting medical school at the University of California, San Francisco.
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The physics and math double major is studying particle packing and deformation with Assistant Professor Ted Brzinski.
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The political science major and economics minor studied the opioid epidemic in Philadelphia from a public policy perspective.
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The anthropology and linguistics double major compared and analyzed how diasporic and homeland communities express and convey their identities.
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