Haverford College Named Top Fulbright Producer

Top Fulbright Producer

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Five Fords earned Fulbrights for the 2018–2019 year, putting the College in the company of fewer than 50 undergraduate liberal arts institutions in the country with the highest number of student grants.

"We are once again absolutely thrilled to see and celebrate our students' extraordinary success in securing Fulbright Awards, which constitute a profound recognition of their extraordinary commitment to enacting ideals of global citizenship." — President Kim Benston

The 2018–2019 cohort of Haverford Fulbright recipients: (clockwise from top center) Julian Schneider '17, Brett Pogostin '18, George O'Hara '18, Anna Russell '14, and Charles Hale '17. Photos by Dex Coen Gilbert '21, Patrick Montero, and Sarah Bowman.

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Previous Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Sterling Duns and Caselli Jordan stand in front of a large piece of paper asking what "belonging" is

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Friend in Residence - Spring 2019

The Friend in Residence program brings gifted and experienced Quakers to campus for extended interactions with students, staff, faculty, and the community to stimulate reflection on the connections between academic pursuits and “letting one’s life speak.”

(From left) Sterling Duns and Caselli Jordan, who make up the duo City Love, are the 2019 spring Friends in Residence. They kicked off their campus residency with an "Ice Cream Social Justice" event on the topic of belonging on campus. Photo: Sarah Jennings '21.

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Next Thursday, February 21, 2019

Various feathers featuring intricate patterns

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Office Hour – Suzanne Amador Kane

The varied research interests of Professor of Physics and Astronomy Suzanne Amador Kane delve into soft condensed matter physics and statistical physics, but it is her work in biological physics—which uses the tools of physics to better understand living organisms—that has attracted widespread attention in recent years.

Read Office Hour in the Fall 2018 issue of Haverford Magazine.

One of Suzanne Amador Kane's ongoing projects uses mathematics to model pattern formation on feathers like these. Photo: Patrick Montero.

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