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Politico reporters Annie Karni '04 and Alex Isenstadt '07 race to cover the campaign of a lifetime.
Read "They’ve Got the Beat" in the Spring/Summer 2016 issue of Haverford magazine.
Isenstadt (left) has covered Republicans, while Karni follows Hillary Clinton. Photo: Greg Kahn.
“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.
Haverford hosts guest speakers through programs such as Distinguished Visitors and Young Academic Alumni Lecture Series. These lectures, classroom visits, and workshops enhance and supplement the core curriculum.
November 3, 2016–December 9, 2016
Alcove Gallery and Rufus Jones Study, Magill Library
Inspired by the Inquisition case of an F to M surgeon, Eleno de Céspedes (Toledo, 1587), Cabello / Carceller’s mixed media project (photos and video) reflects on the traces of a life recorded in the inquisitorial dossier. Details »
Artists' talk and opening in the Philips Wing, Magill Library on November 3 at 4:30 p.m. Image courtesy of the artist.
Haverford has more than 145 student clubs and organizations, like Spectrum, a student-run community-outreach group that leads recreational activities to help local children with autism improve their social skills.
(L-R) Spectrum co-heads Lauren Benedetto '18, Catherine Bunza BMC'18, and Kathryn Sommer '17. Photo: Caleb Eckert '17.
As part of an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional team, Assistant Professor of Biology Jonathan Wilson published a paper in Nature Geoscience about the implications of the ancient CO2 record for future climate change.
Photo of a cross-section of a fossilized tree fern stem (courtesy of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum) from the Carboniferous Period by Jonathan Wilson.
October 21, 2016–December 11, 2016
Morley Alcove, Magill Library
The Right Brain of Darkness is a series of watercolor drawings by Tuesday Smillie celebrating Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic sci-fi novel, The Left Hand of Darkness, claiming the book as a proto-transfeminist text. Details »
Four covers of The Left Hand of Darkness from the series The Right Brain of Darkness by Tuesday Smillie. Images courtesy of the artist.
“In addition to providing an excellent and rigorous training in the physical sciences, Haverford offered so many unique opportunities that shaped my professional interests and career path.” – Mimi Fuchs '13, astrophysics major
October 28, 2016–January 27, 2017
Sharpless Gallery, Magill Library
Curated by Courtney Carter '17 and Kristin Lindgren, Riva Lehrer's Consent to be Seen borrows the concept of "informed consent" from biomedicine in order to pose questions about consent in the context of portraiture, especially portraiture involving subjects who are socially stigmatized. Details »
"66 Degrees, self portrait in response to my changing relationship to my body", 24" x 36" acrylic on wood panel by Riva Lehrer, 2016.
“The biggest capital we have are the people that are here—the faculty and staff and students.” –Ken Koltun-Fromm '88, Professor of Religion at Haverford College
Ben Hickernell ’00 takes us further into the lives of Haverfordians profiled in the documentary “Lives That Speak.”
Photo: Patrick Montero.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.