The Penn Treaty Elm

The Penn Treaty Elm

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Previous Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Cool Classes Haverblog series

From “Cruising Home: Queer Kinship in Theory and Practice” to “Psychology of Music”, our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Justine Melo teaches a class called "Perspectives in Biology: Poisons, Plagues, Pollution, and Progress". Photo: Charting the Path of the Deadly Ebola Virus in Central Africa. PLoS Biol 3(11): e403

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Next Thursday, December 18, 2014

In the Collection: Letter from Frederick Douglass

This 1859 letter from Frederick Douglass is part of a collection of more than 100 letters held by Special Collections written by an array of 19th-century abolitionists and others to Philadelphia businessman and Quaker Benjamin Coates.

"In the Collection" highlights some of the rare and marvelous items that are part of Magill Library's Special Collections. Photo: Thom Carroll Photography

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