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Alex Norquist with Students Associate Professor of Chemistry Alex Norquist and his students have co-authored scholarly papers published in leading chemistry journals.

Student and Faculty Collaboration

Student-faculty collaboration is a manifestation of core Haverford values such as trust, concern and respect by–and for–each participant. The Annual Fund supports opportunities for collaboration both in and out of the classroom.

Elkinton Family Letters Quaker & Special Collections received a collection of more than 5,000 letters, photographs and documents, which capture more than 100 years of Quaker history, from Rev. Dr. Theodora Elkinton Waring

Elkinton Family Letters

Haverford’s Quaker Collection spans the history of the Society of Friends from 17th-century Britain to the present day in many parts of the world, with emphasis on Quakerism as lived and practiced in the eastern United States and antecedent American … Continue reading

Research Cruise White and her students recently blogged while attending (and presenting at) the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference.

Return to the Gulf

Through funding from the KINSC, Katie Sheline ’13 was able to join Environmental chemist Helen White as part of a team of scientists on a research cruise that studied the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Jesse Shipley Ghana Anthropologist Jesse Weaver Shipley (pictured with camera) recently published his book, Living the Hiplife: Celebrity and Entrepreneurship in Ghanaian Popular Music.

Unsurpassed Faculty

Haverford faculty model academic excellence through their scholarship and an ongoing commitment to compelling, effective instruction.

Research Cruise White and her students recently blogged while attending (and presenting at) the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference.

Return to the Gulf

Through funding from the KINSC, Katie Sheline ’13 was able to join Environmental chemist Helen White as part of a team of scientists on a research cruise that studied the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Beth Willman Pictured here, astronomer Beth Willman’s role as an inspiring scholar-educator was recognized with a CAREER Grant from the National Science Foundation.

Physics and Astronomy at Haverford

Virtually all Haverford Physics and Astronomy majors engage in cutting-edge research, working closely with faculty in fields such as biophysics, quantum computers, cosmology, quantum gravity, fluid dynamics, nanoscience, and extra-galactic astronomy.

Alexander Norquist with students Alexander Norquist in his lab with some of the students on his research team.

Faculty Profile: Alex Norquist

Associate Professor of Chemistry Alexander Norquist helped develop an introductory chemistry curriculum and has published 16 research papers with 15 different students as co-authors. Read the Winter 2011 Faculty Profile in HAVERFORD magazine »