When movie director Ava DuVernay went looking for a science advisor for the new Disney film adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s 1962 science fiction/fantasy novel A Wrinkle in Time, she found the perfect candidate in Stephon Alexander ’93, a professor of physics at Brown University.
Read "Tell Us More" in the Spring/Summer 2018 issue of Haverford magazine.
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History major and museum studies minor Madison Arnold-Scerbo '18 examined the history of science and social class through a botanical lens for her thesis.
Madison Arnold-Scerbo ’18 conducting field research for her history thesis on early modern English botany. "What They Learned" is a blog series exploring the thesis work of recent graduates.
Jointly sponsored by the Marian E. Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center and the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, biology major and Spanish and environmental studies double minor Amelia Keyser-Gibson '18 is exploring food sustainability in Trinidad and Tobago.
Amelia Keyser-Gibson shows off Green Market's booth at the weekly farmers' market in Trinidad and Tobago. "Summer Centered" is a series exploring our students' Center-funded summer work.
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