Starting this semester, students can declare a minor in visual studies, which aims to create a dynamic model for critical and creative engagement with visual experience across media, time, and cultures. The minor is supported by the renovation of the Old Gym into the VCAM facility,
Organized by Assistant Professor Christina Knight (far right), The Black Extra/ordinary Symposium invited scholars and artists from the greater Philadelphia area and members of the Haverford community to explore blackness in the realm of visual studies. Photo: Lev Greenstein '20.
Haverford attracts intellectually curious, independent learners who value honesty, collaboration, and above all, new ways of seeing and improving the world.
As you perform real-world research and immerse yourself in hands-on learning, you'll work side-by-side with professors who are at the top of their fields.
Our mascot—the Black Squirrel—has a genetic adaptation that gives it a bold, black coat. Join our distinctive community and stand out from the pack with your fellow Haverfordians.
Assistant Professor of Biology Roshan Jain’s research focuses on how genes control behavior, using zebrafish to ask and answer questions about decision making, learning, and memory.
Read Office Hour in the Special issue of Haverford Magazine.
The system housing Jain's zebrafish automatically tracks water conditions and adjusts them as necessary. It also sends an email if something goes wrong. Photo: Cole Sansom '19.
Haverford’s first orchestra was founded in 1895, and joined forces with Bryn Mawr in 1940. Under William Heartt Reese’s sustained guidance the orchestra grew in numbers and skill, and in 1963 and 1964 it undertook its most ambitious concert repertoire to date, including pieces by Bartók, Fauré, and Shostakovich.
Come back tomorrow to see Music at Haverford “Now”.
1963 photo of a Haverford-Bryn Mawr College Orchestra performance shows Reese, who led the group for more than a quarter-century, from 1947 to 1975.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.