Cricketer Alisa Strayer ’13—who picked up the sport her freshman year—surprises with her “flighty ball.”

Read “Bowling Them Over on the Cricket Field” in the Spring/Summer 2013 issue of Haverford magazine »

Virtually all our Physics & 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.

“Looking out on this gorgeous vista, I could not help but be thankful to go to a school that offers me opportunities like the very one I am experiencing now. And while I miss Haverford, I am having the time of my life here in lovely Siena, Italy!“—Diane Rojas ’14

Virtually all our Physics & 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.

“Looking out on this gorgeous vista, I could not help but be thankful to go to a school that offers me opportunities like the very one I am experiencing now. And while I miss Haverford, I am having the time of my life here in lovely Siena, Italy!“—Diane Rojas ’14

In a unique student-faculty collaboration, Professor Carol Solomon and Janet Yoon ’10 co-curated Mapping Identity, an exhibition featuring internationally-recognized artists whose works deal with issues of transnational identity, and the effects of displacement, exile, hybridity cosmopolitanism and the state of the in-between.

The Departments of astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics, and psychology are housed in the state-of-the-art Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center (KINSC).

Through funding from the KINSC’s travel stipend program, 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.

Academic departments maintain state-of-the-art research instrumentation for both research and teaching. The equipment that students learn to use in introductory courses plays a major role in both their research and in classes such as Superlab.

“I cannot imagine writing a senior thesis of the same quality without my CPGC experience in Venice. …I felt it was essential to experience the urban environment first hand.” – Meaghan Ryan ’11

The Center for Peace and Global Citizenship funds a variety of activities, including student research, summer internships, and service learning.