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Previous Monday, February 10, 2014
Monday, February 10, 2014

Hackathon

Students from Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore colleges had just 48 hours to conceive, develop, and present their web and mobile technology ideas at the first Tri-Co Hack-a-Thon. The winning entry, called “TryLinGO,” is a language-learning app that uses a geolocation program to identify where the user is and instantly present translations of nearby objects on a mobile device such as a smartphone.

A total of 63 students, primarily computer science majors, participated in the Hack-a-Thon. Students and faculty filled Founders Great Hall for the presentation and judging. Photo: Thom Carroll Photography
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Next Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Desika Narayanan

A film crew from Japan’s public television network NHK came to Haverford last week to shoot a segment for the show “Cosmic Front” that features Assistant Professor of Astronomy Desika Narayanan. The segment will focus on Narayanan’s work on simulations of star formation.

Narayanan, who started at Haverford in January, was previously a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Photo: Thom Carroll Photography
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