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Previous Thursday, July 11, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013

Where They’re Headed

“[Haverford taught me]academic and humanitarian interests need not be mutually exclusive,” says AmeriCorps member Rebecca Schwartz ’13, “and that my academic background can, and should, serve my community and help to build connections among the people I encounter.”

Rebecca Schwartz '13 gives a tour to prospective students on Open Campus Day 2013.

“Where They’re Headed” is a series of occasional blog posts reporting on the post-Haverford plans of members of the Class of 2013.
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Next Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Faculty Profile: Peter Love

Associate Professor of Physics Peter Love not only trains future scientists in the intricacies of quantum mechanics, he helps non-science majors acquire a concept of the field as well.

Read the Spring/Summer 2013 Faculty Profile in Haverford magazine »

“In non-major science courses, we’re trying to give an understanding of science to people who are not going to be scientists, but who might very well be policy makers or have an impact on the world in other ways,” says Love. Photo: Thom Carroll Photography.
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