Haverford Innovations Program

Students participate in the Tri-Co Startup Weekend

Haverford Innovations Program

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The Haverford Innovations Program (HIP) encourages and supports creative and strategic thinking around a problem, a need, a question, or simply an interest. The goal is to find new solutions and opportunities for entrepreneurial projects and paths of learning.

HIP recently sponsored the Tri-Co Startup Weekend, an immersive gathering that explored entrepreneurship with an emphasis on social impact. Photo: Cole Sansom '19.

Character

Haverford attracts intellectually curious, independent learners who value honesty, collaboration, and above all, new ways of seeing and improving the world.

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Mind

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.

Academics

Squirrels

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.

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Previous Friday, February 16, 2018

Students

Music at Haverford

The Department of Music at Haverford offers a creative approach to music theory, a curriculum in music history that deals with music in the social context and embraces world music and jazz, while our applied music program and ensembles provide students with opportunities for performances and tours.

Georgia Meyer '19 receives instruction from David Kim, concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra, during a masterclass for violin students. Photo: Dex Coen Gilbert '21.

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Next Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Academics

COOL CLASSES: “Inequality and Public Policy”

"Inequality and Public Policy"

Taught by Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science Matthew Incantalupo, this interdisciplinary course explores the relationship between policy and economic outcomes in order to understand “who gets what” in the United States.

Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience.

Incantalupo in class showing the change in the poverty rate from 1960 to 2015. Photo: Holden Blanco ’17. See what other courses the Department of Political Science is offering this semester.

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