For Rebecca Chang '19, a growth and structure of cities major with a minor in Spanish, her senior thesis was an opportunity to explore personal interests over an extended duration of time in an independent academic framework.
What They Learned
"What They Learned" is a blog series exploring the thesis work of recent graduates. Photo: Claire Chenyu Wang '20
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Raymond's presidency began July 1, and her busy first day included a celebratory, campus-wide meet-and-greet. A gallery of images chronicles the 16th president's campus debut.
The history major is revitalizing the past with a digital exhibit he’s producing for Tulsa’s Woody Guthrie Center.
The biology major’s thesis examined a non-toxic method of controlling the population of the <em>Drosophila suzukii</em>, which pose a threat to the agricultural industry by attacking fruit at a much earlier stage than their standard fruit fly counterparts.
The writer based in Lagos, Nigeria, reports on topics as varied as women's health, trauma, and fashion aesthetics and freelances for publications such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The New York Times.
For her thesis, the English major examined the politics of race and trauma in Octavia Butler’s science-fiction novel Kindred.
Led by professors Anne Preston and Anita Isaacs, a team of Haverford students is working to combat misinformation about immigration and immigrants by collecting and sharing personal stories from migrants in Mexico about their immigration and deportation experiences.
The Haverford House Fellow is supporting immigrant families at the nonprofit HIAS PA.
The biology major is spending her summer exploring a series of different medical fields with the Clínica Universidad de Navarra in Spain and soaking in the culture during her free time.
Political science major and statistics, Chinese, and health studies minor Madeline Guth ’19 used her diverse set of tools to study the many ways that public policy can impact unintended pregnancy rates among low-income women.
For his thesis, Chris Goings ’19 pulled research and advice from a wide range of sources, materializing years of classroom experience.
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