For her thesis, the English major examined the politics of race and trauma in Octavia Butler’s science-fiction novel Kindred.
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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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Guided by wildlife experts, the work should wrap up by Labor Day. It aims to shape a more favorable habitat and mitigate flooding.
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Through a virtual internship this summer, King is conducting a principal component analysis of 3,783 guide dog puppies.
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Led by professors Anne Preston and Anita Isaacs, a team of Haverford students is working to combat misinformation about immigration and immigrants by collecting and sharing personal stories from migrants in Mexico about their immigration and deportation experiences.
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The Haverford House Fellow is supporting immigrant families at the nonprofit HIAS PA.
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The biology major is spending her summer exploring a series of different medical fields with the Clínica Universidad de Navarra in Spain and soaking in the culture during her free time.
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Political science major and statistics, Chinese, and health studies minor Madeline Guth ’19 used her diverse set of tools to study the many ways that public policy can impact unintended pregnancy rates among low-income women.
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In Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog, Dave Barry '69 takes some wise cues from his beloved dog about how to live a better life, offering thoughts about letting go of anger, having more fun, not letting your happiness depend on things, making new friends (and keeping the ones you have), and the importance of paying attention to the people you love, “Not later. Right now.”
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For his thesis, Chris Goings ’19 pulled research and advice from a wide range of sources, materializing years of classroom experience.
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Jayme Guokas '97 started out with a hobby of teaching himself how to remodel homes on the weekend. He ended up with a fully operational business that designs and constructs interior spaces.
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The economics major and baseball player is preparing for a career in the front offices of the major leagues.
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As a Haverford House Fellow, Gabe Halperin-Goldstein ’19 will spend next year working at the Center for Hunger-Free Communities, which advocates for policies that relieve food insecurity in Philadelphia.
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On her Hurford Center-sponsored internship, religion major Allison Wise ’20 is working with images and illustrations at the Library Company of Philadelphia to supplement one of the Philadelphia area’s canonical records.
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Raymond's presidency began July 1, and her busy first day included a celebratory, campus-wide meet-and-greet. A gallery of images chronicles the 16th president's campus debut.
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For her thesis, the English major wrote two linked short stories, centered on themes of mental illness and coping.
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The classics major is spending the summer at Stanford to assist emerging startups at StartX.
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The linguistics major spent time in a Philadelphia classroom to research the relationship between linguistic discrimination and education for her thesis.
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