From an academic path in chemistry to a career in child literary, John Halifax is broadening his horizons as a Quaker Voluntary Service fellow at West Philadelphia Alliance for the Children.
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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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With support from the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, the psychology major and health studies minor is fighting for civil rights and liberties for the LGBT community in Chile.
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Hoping to become more familiar with the area surrounding the College, Baroff is interning with the Ardmore Initiative this summer.
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The religion major wrote his thesis on the digitization of the Bible—and whether or not that has consequences for Christians’ relationship to its content.
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The economics major and music minor is a Whitehead Intern at WIT Strategy.
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The political science major, who’s considering running for office himself one day, is currently working for Democratic nominee Chrissy Houlahan’s campaign.
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With support from the Center for Career and Professional Advising’s Deborah Lafer-Scher International Internship fund, the prospective anthropology major is unearthing Denmark’s past—literally.
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The biology major and neuroscience minor explored “the unknown” in her thesis, conducting research on the cutting edge of the field of glycobiology.
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The history major with a concentration in Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Studies is applying quantitative data and analysis to the humanities at DataArts.
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As an intern at the Colorado-based Chico Basin Ranch, the biology and anthropology double major is exploring his love for nature.
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The physics major is conducting on-campus research on the electrical properties of modified DNA strands.
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The economics major and her thesis advisor collaborated to publish a portion of Wetzel’s thesis research in peer-reviewed journal Economics Letters.
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The chemistry major and environmental studies minor wrote her thesis on the impact of oil spills on the marine environment.
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Worth nearly half a million dollars, the grant will fund new research, conducted on Haverford and Swarthmore’s campuses, into the physics of dark matter and dark energy.
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For her thesis, the English major and Spanish minor examined the intersections of blackness and femininity in Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple.”
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