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Assistant Professor of Linguistics Brook Danielle Lillehaugen went on an exciting treasure hunt for Zapotec texts during a three-week research trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. Lillehaugen was on the lookout for manuscripts to add to the growing collection in the Ticha Project—a digital publication of Colonial Zapotec resources.
A Zapotec document at the Archivo General de Poder Ejecutivo de Oaxaca in Oaxaca City. Courtesy of the Ticha Project.
Much of Assistant Professor of Computer Science Sorelle Friedler’s research takes place in a heady realm known as “high-dimensional space”—used to model data sets with many attributes—where, instead of the two or three dimensions most of us are familiar with, there can be 250 or even 1,000 dimensions.
Read Office Hour in the Spring/Summer 2015 issue of Haverford Magazine.
Students from the economics department have been involved in related initiatives via the Microfinance and Impact Investing Initiative (Mi3), including the Mapping Microfinance Project (MMP) for Philadelphia, which was created this summer by Ian McGroarty '17, Shan Shan '17, and Noah Weinstein '18.
This map is a geographical plot of business development organizations that serve regions within the Greater Philadelphia area.
Junior Brittany Steel spoke to Haverford Magazine about the unusual heart condition that temporarily derailed her athletic career, as well as "yoga for track" and learning just how long a second actually is.
Read "Anatomy of an Athlete" in the Fall 2015 issue of Haverford Magazine.
Photo: Patrick Montero.
“I returned from study abroad a more thoughtful student and citizen, as well as a much better navigator!” – Grace Mangigian ’16
Each year more than 130 Haverford students take advantage of the opportunity to study abroad.
Haverford students are afforded a large amount of autonomy and may use this opportunity to craft the kinds of experiences they wish to have—and they are given the responsibility, the resources and the respect necessary for that to happen.
History is essential to a free and enlightened citizenry and forms a cornerstone of the liberal arts education at Haverford College. Our varied curriculum encourages students to analyze and interpret the past from many different perspectives and to recognize their own role in writing “history.”
Students in Associate Professor Darin Hayton's "Madness" seminar use primary sources from Friends' Asylum to explore the history of mental illness treatments. Photo: Patrick Montero
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.”
Friend in Residence Dr. Amanda Kemp (center) presented her multi-media performance, #SayHerName: Celebrating Black Women in Resistance. Dr. Kemp returns this spring for two additional weeklong residencies. Photo: Caleb Eckert '17.
The former president of Swarthmore College and renowned epidemiologist known for leading teams that unraveled Legionnaires’ disease and toxic shock syndrome, Haverford biology major David Fraser '65 has approached his late-in-life art career with the same zeal and curiosity he employed as a scientist and physician.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.