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The computer science major is returning to Philadelphia to kick off her professional career as a software engineer for management consulting company Accenture.
Building on earlier NIH-funded work that engaged 40 undergraduate researchers, the associate professor of chemistry will continue her acyl carrier protein research thanks to a new $297,992 grant.
Over the past few weeks, 998 Fords moved into their single dorm rooms on campus, and over the last few days, 338 first-year students were oriented to their new home as part of Customs.
On view again this fall after shutting down due to COVID-19, the exhibit grew out of a fall 2019 writing seminar which explored geographic, linguistic, social, and racial border crossing through literature.
The award recognizes full-time faculty members with outstanding teaching records.
The associate professor of computer science is studying discrimination and mitigation of algorithms on social networks with her collaborators, including Haverford alum Aaron Clauset ’01.
Due to COVID-19, the College’s first ever Design + Making Collaborative had to be run virtually, but that didn’t keep its three student participants from creating utensil-holding devices for a double amputee via a partnership with E-Nable.
After a spring of COVID-mandated virtual learning, faculty partnered with students as part of a new summer program to revise courses and make them more inclusive and responsive.
His Free for the Frontlines Tutors, begun in March as schools shut down due to COVID-19, uses fellow Ford volunteers to remotely help high school and middle school students with their virtual coursework.
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