Category Archives: Faculty

Student adjusts equipment at Kitt Peak Observatory. Students had hands-on time with the telescope and its control systems while gathering data and taking images of star clusters.

Kitt Peak

Peter Ferguson ’13, an astrophysics major, regulates the temperature of the WIYN 0.9-meter telescope with liquid nitrogen during a four-day field trip to Kitt Peak National Observatory.

Inside a Haverford College classroom Here students celebrate handing in their exams by tossing them to the front of the room.

The Honor Code

In the academic context, the Honor Code engenders an immediate sense of trust and colleagueship between students and faculty and creates a relaxed, personal atmosphere.

Bamboo stem section stained with Toluidine Blue O (TBO). Bamboo stem section stained with Toluidine Blue O (TBO).

Superlab

Biology superlab is designed so that students get first hand experience using techniques and equipment commonly used in graduate labs and research facilities; however, what really makes superlab special is the independence the professors give.

Hank Glassman Hank Glassman with a Jizō statue (center) in the College’s Japanese garden.

Faculty Profile: Hank Glassman

More than 25 years after first laying eyes on a cloth-draped stone statue in Japan, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies Hank Glassman publishes his book on Buddhist deity Jizō. Read the Spring/Summer 2012 Faculty Profile in HAVERFORD magazine »

Wendy Sternberg Wendy Sternberg and Emily Alspector '08 observe a stained slice of mouse brain as part of the senior thesis experience.

Faculty Profile: Wendy Sternberg

Students interested in studying the nervous system can declare a concentration in Neural and Behavioral Sciences (NBS). Professor Wendy Sternberg’s behavioral neuroscience lab focuses on nervous system mechanisms of pain and pain inhibition in laboratory mice and Haverford athletes.

Leaf Walk Red Leaf Walk, Red, 2009, Oil on canvas, 12.5” x 12.5”, © Ying Li. Courtesy of the artist and Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York.

Ying Li: No Middle Way

Ying Li: No Middle Way Friday, September 7—Friday October 12, 2012 Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery Curated by Franklin Einspruch, this exhibit explores Haverford College professor of fine arts Ying Li’s visceral connection with place through landscapes. Details »