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Magill Library houses more than half a million volumes and provides access to 2.5 million more through a catalog system that connects it to libraries at neighboring Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges.

The KINSC Scientific Imaging Contest is an annual competition for student-submitted images from experiments or simulations that are scientifically intriguing as well as aesthetically pleasing. Judging is based on both the quality of the image and the explanation of the underlying science.

Among the holdings in Special Collections' vast Charles Roberts Autograph Letters Collection are a number of letters written by Alexander Hamilton—who, though he's been dead for more than 200 years, has become just about the hottest Founding Father ever, thanks to the smash broadway musical Hamilton.

Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore students take classes at all three schools and frequently collaborate on extracurricular activities.  

A recent open classroom event, exploring “the everyday language of racism,” brought together Swarthmore and Haverford classes and showcased the strength of Linguistics, the first Tri-College department.

Professional dancer Dana Nichols '14, an English Major and Africana Studies Concentrator, discovered the Philadelphia Dance Company— known as Philadanco—as a sophomore on her first trip to West Philadelphia. Now an apprentice in the first company and a principal dancer in the second, Nichols went straight from Haverford to Philadanco.

Read her story in the Winter 2017 issue of Haverford magazine.

“I never understood what a 'life-changing' experience was until I went to Rome. I walked in with eyes half-lidded and walked out with a new respect for the beauty of the world and its infinite complexities.” – Zakery Oglesby '17

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

Dan Greenspan '77, a former Haverford music major, is the founder, owner, and head (and only) baker at Dan’s Brick Oven Bread, which he launched in 2010.

Read his story in the Winter 2017 issue of Haverford magazine.

The KINSC Scientific Imaging Contest is an annual competition for student-submitted images from experiments or simulations that are scientifically intriguing as well as aesthetically pleasing. Judging is based on both the quality of the image and the explanation of the underlying science.

Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery

The Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery now mounts four group or solo exhibitions each year, including shows by faculty artists. Visitors at the January opening of ALL BIG LETTERS, curated by RJ Rushmore '14, explored a survey of the styles, tools, and methods graffiti writers have adopted over the decades. 

Missed yesterday’s photo? See the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery back “Then“.

Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery

The 1994 opening exhibition of the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery featured sculptures by Rodin. The vision for the gallery expanded in 2007 when the Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities took up oversight.

Come back tomorrow to see Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery at Haverford “Now”.