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Photo of an American soldier standing with the Berlin Wall in the background
Friday, December 11, 2015

The Wall in Our Heads: American Artists and the Berlin Wall

The Wall in Our Heads: American Artists and the Berlin Wall
Through December 13, 2015
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Whitehead Campus Center

Features critical American artistic perspectives of the Berlin Wall from 1961 through the present, including artworks that confront social boundaries in the United States as well as the complex historical crossroads of Berlin. Curated by Paul M. Farber, Postdoctoral Writing Fellow. Details »

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Leonard Freed, American Soldiers Stand Guard as the Berlin Wall is Put Up, 1961, Brigitte Freed/Magnum Photos.

Charlie Marquandt running on the nature trail
Thursday, December 10, 2015

Men's Cross Country

Upgraded facilities, more full-time coaches, state-of-the-art strength training and other enhancements have helped Haverford’s teams post impressive results in recent years. But the true measure of success for athletics is reflected in how well the program allows students to excel in both sports and academics.

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Men's Cross Country is ranked among the top 10 teams in the country, and Charlie Marquardt '16 (pictured) is considered one of the best runners in the Centennial Conference. Photo: Ryan Gooding Photography.

Plant skeleton under microscope
Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Jonathan Wilson Uncovers 400-Million-Year-Old Plant Skeletons

Jonathan Wilson, assistant professor of biology and environmental studies, recently published a paper outlining an extensive evolutionary history of silica biomineralization—the absorption of silica from soil—in plants, proving that this process is much older than previously thought.

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SEM image showing the silicified epidermis and vasculature of primitive land plant Selaginella courtesy of Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Speaking Truth to Power in the Philippines

Emeritus Professor of Psychology Doug Davis went to the Philippines in 2014 with pioneering human rights attorney Bob Swift '68 as he distributed some of the $19 million won in a landmark case brought on behalf of thousands of victims of the Ferdinand Marcos regime’s reign of terror.

Read Speaking Truth to Power in the Philippines in the Fall 2015 issue of Haverford Magazine.

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Claimants waiting to receive their checks. Photo by Tony Oquias.

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Lives That Speak: Shaun Hill '01

“Arriving at Haverford...you sort of wonder where you’re going. But...after you start to build a life and allow yourself to grow and be challenged by the chaotic world around you, do you realize that this experience that places a great deal ofemphasis on honor and integrity and personal growth...shaped and informed your decisions in daily life.” –Shaun Hill '01, founder of Hill Farmstead Brewery.

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Shaun is the second in a series of individual vignettes directed by Ben Hickernell ’00 that take us further into the lives of Haverfordians profiled in the documentary “Lives That Speak”.

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Anatomy of an Athlete

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 how she learned just how long a second actually is.

Read "Anatomy of an Athlete" in the Fall 2015 issue of Haverford Magazine.

Photo: Patrick Montero.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Office Hour – Jennifer Pals Lilgendahl

Associate Professor of Psychology Jennifer Pals Lilgendahl is a personality/social psychologist whose research looks at how people connect memories of past life events to their present self through the life stories they construct and narrate.

Read Office Hour in the Fall 2015 issue of Haverford Magazine.

Jennifer Pals Lilgendahl's office includes an "inspiration wall" and a chalkboard diagram from her first year teaching at Haverford. Photo: Patrick Montero.
Monday, November 30, 2015

Study Abroad

Studying abroad was educational in more ways than I ever thought it could be. I experienced a new culture and a new language, and gained valuable new perspectives.” – Rachel Grunden ’16

Each year more than 130 Haverford students take advantage of the opportunity to study abroad.

Political science major Natasha Daviduke '17 continued playing Ultimate while abroad with IES Study in Granada, Spain. Photo: XeQueBo! Beach Ultimate

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