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The former biology major came out of retirement to help investigate new treatments for Sickle Cell Disease.
Read "Pioneering a New Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease" in the Spring/Summer 2017 issue of Haverford magazine.
Love is the CEO of Global Blood Therapeutics in South San Francisco, California. Photo: Chuck Hall.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Lou Charkoudian '03 has lots of books in her office, but two have particular significance: the chemistry textbooks she used when she was a Haverford student in the organic chemistry classes of professors Karin Åkerfeldt and Fran Blase, who are now Charkoudian’s colleagues.
Read Office Hour in the Spring/Summer 2017 issue of Haverford Magazine.
Charkoudian kepps a box outside of her office so students can let her know what’s on their mind about class. Photo: Patrick Montero.
Though the College’s cherished Honor Code started its life in 1897 as a simple system for holding exams without proctors, it has become the purest expression of the College’s values and an intrinsic part of a Haverford education.
This year marks the 120th anniversary of Haverford’s Honor Code.
Part of Customs, Dorm Olympics is the beloved annual tradition in which the blue Barclay residents, red South campus dwellers from HCA and Tritton, and green Gummere inhabitants compete against one another in demonstrations of unusual abilities and dorm pride.
Doing splits for Team Barclay. Photo: Victoria Merino '20
Starting this semester, students can declare a minor in visual studies, which aims to create a dynamic model for critical and creative engagement with visual experience across media, time, and cultures. The minor is supported by the renovation of the Old Gym into the VCAM facility,
Photo: Leigh Taylor
An increasing number of international students are being drawn to Haverford by the promise of intellectual exploration, academic rigor, and close-knit community. Once here, they must also contend with unfamiliar food and strange American social customs, and a climate that may be way outside their comfort zone. A robust support program for students from abroad eases intercultural adjustment.
International students from Swarthmore and Haverford start a new Lantern Festival tradition in which the schools come together during International Student Orientation. Photo: Victoria Merino '20
Through October 13, 2017
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery
In Dear 1968,… artist Sadie Barnette mines personal and political histories using family photographs, recent drawings, and selections from the 500-page file that the FBI amassed after her father joined the Black Panther Party in 1968. Details »
Detail from The Living Room, 2017. Custom wall vinyl, installation dimensions variable. © Sadie Barnette. Courtesy of the artist.
Artist’s Talk & Opening Reception
Friday, September 8, 2017
Talk: 4:30 p.m., Reception: 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery
In Dear 1968,… artist Sadie Barnette mines personal and political histories using family photographs, recent drawings, and selections from the 500-page file that the FBI amassed after her father joined the Black Panther Party in 1968. Details »
Detail from The Living Room, 2017. Custom wall vinyl, installation dimensions variable. © Sadie Barnette. Courtesy of the artist.
Haverford’s new Visual Culture, Arts, and Media (VCAM) facility houses the College’s Interdisciplinary Minor in Visual Studies, the Haverford Innovations Program, and the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities and its new Philadelphia Area Creative Collaboratives initiative.
Students can get up close and personal with VCAM tonight, September 7, at 6:30 p.m. during the the VCAM & Hurford Center Student Open House. Photo: Cole Sansom '19.
Magill Library will be transformed by a renovation and revitalization that is scheduled to begin in January, 2018. The building will be renamed Lutnick Library in recognition of a $25 million lead gift from Howard Lutnick '83. Planned changes include enhanced technology, open and flexible spaces, increased accessibility for special collections, and a café. Heritage spaces, including the Magill Wing and its historic façade on Founders Green, will be preserved.
Missed yesterday’s photo? See Magill Library back “Then“.
Magill Library in its current form. Photo: Patrick Montero.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.