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A rapid prototyping exercise making laptop carriers from the Design Thinking workshop sessions. Photo: Sarah Jennings '21.
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Photos and video from the College’s 180th Commencement ceremony.
Not long before Commencement, a dinner celebrated the Class of 2018 Chesick Scholars, the third class to complete Haverford’s four-year academic mentoring and leadership program for high-achieving students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in academia.
Join us in celebrating the Class of 2018 by following their graduation ceremony via this live feed of tweets.
The annual Black Students’ League’s fashion show took on a new direction and spirit this year, which was rewarded with a line to get in across Founder Green.
Following her work in Golin’s D.C. lab last summer on yeast’s responses to nutrient deficiency, the senior biology major contributed to the alum's paper in Fems Yeast Research last month.
At the 15th Annual Celebration of Scholarships donors to Haverford’s 291 endowed scholarship funds enjoyed lunch with the student scholars who benefit.
The philosophy and political science double major, who is currently pursuing an M.A. in nationalism studies at Hungary's Central European University, will spend next year at Kent Law School's master's in law program in the U.K.
Bi-Co students shared stories and poems at the “Crossing Borders” event, which showcased stories and poems created in workshops as well as open-mic performances.
Neuroscientist and artist Greg Dunn, who works at the intersection of visual representation and experimental science, visited campus to discuss his piece that is on display at the Franklin Institute.
Sabea Evans, Callie Kennedy, Claire Michel, TJ von Oehsen, Sara Ozawa, and Jason Sanchez will spend next year working at Philadelphia nonprofits and strengthening connections between the College and the city.
Upcoming Events
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Alumni Weekend 2018
Friday, June 1, 2018
(All day)
Campus Wide
Does your class year end in 3 or 8? If so, your class will be coming back to campus for a Reunion! But it doesn't have to be your reunion for you to join us for Alumni Weekend, all alumni are invited for days of nostalgia and fun. We can't wait to see you back on campus!
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Opening Reception - Lee Friedlander: The American Monument Photographs
Friday, June 1, 2018
5:00PM to 7:00PM
Atrium Gallery
The photographs that constitute Friedlander’s “American Monument” series consists of work made from the 1960s through 1975 that show the monuments not as isolated celebrations of civic memory, but as part of a complex visual and cultural environment.
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