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Chemistry major and environmental studies minor Alexandra Morrison '18 wrote her thesis on the impact of oil spills on the marine environment.

Biology and anthropology double major Brandon Sickel '18 is exploring his love for nature as a Ranchlands intern at the Colorado-based Chico Basin Ranch.

As the first executive director of the Philadelphia Land Bank, Angel Rodriguez ’89 has a vision for creating a more equitable Philadelphia—one vacant lot at a time.

Read "Banking on Land" in the Spring 2018 issue of Haverford Magazine.

Tina Le '19, an English major and health studies minor, is researching the Spanish flu of 1918 and its impact on Philadelphia at the Mütter Museum.

Political science major Safiyah Riddle ’18 is going to Johannesburg, South Africa, to teach economics at the African Leadership Academy.

 Jessica Koshinski ’18, a chemistry major with a biochemistry concentration, synthesized organic molecules to identify therapeutic treatments for pancreatic cancers.

Along with teaching courses in calculus, geometry, and linear algebra, Senior Lecturer of Mathematics and Statistics Jeff Tecosky-Feldman directs the Chesick Summer Institute, a vital part of the Chesick Scholars Program, a four-year academic mentoring and leadership program for under-represented, under-resourced, or first-generation Haverford students that includes a residential summer program.

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

When 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.

Emma Bullock '19, a chemistry major, is working with Associate Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Studies Helen White to investigate colony collapse disorder in honeybee hives.

Biology major and fine arts minor Natalia Amaral Marrero '18 will attend Purdue University’s College of Veterinary Medicine this fall.

“I‘m excited for a career that will constantly challenge my understanding of biology in a context that I find completely rewarding and beneficial to society,” she says. “I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to complete my undergraduate education at Haverford, where I was able to prepare for vet school by gaining a general literacy in STEM fields, learning the necessary skills and concepts, while also becoming more competent in academic spaces that are not restricted to my biology major.”