The curator of rare books & manuscripts and head of Quaker & Special Collections writes about shifting her work from sharing physical editions to digital ones and becoming “the hands” for researchers far from campus, turning pages for them onscreen.
Headline Archive for Rebecca Raber
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Jacob Lowy '14, a Haverford political science major, writes about pivoting his career to medicine during a global pandemic.
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As part of their Center for Peace and Global Citizenship-sponsored summer internships, Owen Deitcher ’20 and Matthew Katz ’22 worked remotely on the proposed bike route that would offer a more equitable, sustainable, and safe means of transportation through Philly’s western suburbs.
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Four new funds will support research by students underrepresented in STEM fields, internships in Philadelphia focused on justice and equity, anti-racism research and teaching at Haverford, and LGBTQIA+ student support.
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She joins scores of university and college leaders in urging the U.S. Department of Education to abandon a civil rights investigation of Princeton University.
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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.
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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.
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The award recognizes full-time faculty members with outstanding teaching records.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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The recent Haverford House fellow begins medical school at the University of Virginia this fall with support from the over-100-year-old Haverford College fellowship for graduate study.
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Margaret Chen ’21 and Sara Matsumura ’20 spent the summer creating a return system for reusable fast food containers as a part of Haverford Innovation Program’s Incubator.
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The prize honors young women dedicated to creating a future where the people who imagine and build technology mirror the people and societies for which they build.