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.
SEM image showing the silicified epidermis and vasculature of primitive land plant Selaginella courtesy of Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert.
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As you perform real-world research and immerse yourself in hands-on learning, you'll work side-by-side with professors who are at the top of their fields.
Our mascot—the Black Squirrel—has a genetic adaptation that gives it a bold, black coat. Join our distinctive community and stand out from the pack with your fellow Haverfordians.
An anonymous graduate has made a seven-figure gift for financial aid, sustainability, and diversity. The gift will support operational needs, new endowed scholarships and a presidential discretionary fund for strategic initiatives.
Haverford's $225 million Lives That Speak campaign was publicly launched in October 2014. To date, more than $208 million has been raised.
Much of Assistant Professor of Computer Science Sorelle Friedler’s research takes place in a heady realm known as “high-dimensional space”—used to model data sets with many attributes—where, instead of the two or three dimensions most of us are familiar with, there can be 250 or even 1,000 dimensions.
Read Office Hour in the Spring/Summer 2015 issue of Haverford Magazine.
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