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Students holding gesture recognition devices
Friday, December 16, 2016

Education and Accessibility

Student and faculty research and innovation are helping to make classrooms more accommodating to those with a variety of disabilities and learning styles.

Read "Education and Accessibility" in the Fall 2016 issue of Haverford magazine.

A number of Haverford students have conducted senior thesis research on gesture recognition devices such as the Myo armband (left and right) and the Leap Motion Sensor (center). Photo: Caleb Eckert '17.

Angela Merkel
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Cool Classes - “Women in War and Peace”

“Women in War and Peace”

"If we cannot see women, in a variety of roles, as political actors, or the political world as a gendered space, then we are missing an essential aspect to the study of politics. If we are unaware of the double standard to which women in politics are held then it is even harder to make informed decisions about politics."— Associate Professor of Political Science Susanna Wing

Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience.

Photo: Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, courtesy of the European People’s Party.

Cool Classes - “Eating and Identity”
Monday, December 5, 2016

Cool Classes - “Eating and Identity”

"This class considers the way food practices and the discourses that surround them can unite families, consolidate ethnic identity, reinforce class boundaries, and even express gender." — Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Writing Fellow Elizabeth Blake

Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience.

The class sampled cookies from this year’s Family Circle election cookie contest contestants (Clinton’s oatmeal chocolate chip versus Trump’s star cookie). Photo: Patrick Montero.

Beijing Opera performance
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

East Asian Languages & Cultures

Haverford's East Asian Languages and Cultures program engages students in a broad and deep exploration of culture and society in East Asia, particularly China and Japan. Majors undertake rigorous language training and comprehensive study of the region’s culture and society. 

Performer and educator Hongyong Jia taught a workshop featuring detailed demonstrations of Beijing opera’s various roles and style and then gave performances of two pieces. Photo: Claire Chenyu Wang ’20

Monday, November 21, 2016

Physics at Haverford

Haverford’s Physics major and minor bring together students and faculty interested in investigating the physical principles that animate the natural world. Our rigorous programs provide significant opportunities for first-hand experimental and theoretical investigations and a solid foundation in the basic principles of the discipline.

Professor of Physics Suzanne Amador Kane used a headcam on a goshawk to learn how it searches for its prey.

Music class
Friday, November 18, 2016

Cool Classes - “Thinking About Music”

"Thinking About Music"

"The class examines the big questions that swirl around music and musical creativity, and it tries to examine how musicians and musical thinkers have tried to answer them over the ages."John C. Whitehead '43 Professor of Humanities and Associate Provost Richard Freedman

Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience .

See what other courses the music department is offering this semester.

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Cool Classes - “Case Studies in Environmental Issues”

Case Studies in Environmental Issues: Concepts, Contexts, and Conundrums

"The study of the environment is larger than any one class—or faculty member’s expertise—so we’ve designed the course to study a small number of case studies each year from the perspective of two faculty members in different disciplines: ideally, a scientist and someone from the social sciences, humanities, or arts." Assistant Professor of Biology Jonathan Wilson

Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience .

See what other courses the Environmental Studies Program is offering this semester. Photo: Frank J. Aleksandrowicz/NARA

Photo mosaic of Earth
Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Cool Classes - “Introduction to Visual Studies”

Introduction to Visual Studies

"I wanted to create a space of real interdisciplinarity. Many fields—including history, cultural studies, and gender and sexuality studies—address the visual. Bringing them together can help us map out a picture of the world that is truly nuanced and complex—one that centers critical questions rather than answers." Assistant Professor of Visual Studies Christina Knight

Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience .

See what other courses Independent College Programs is offering this semester. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Music class
Friday, October 7, 2016

Cool Classes - “Thinking About Music”

"Thinking About Music"

"The class examines the big questions that swirl around music and musical creativity, and it tries to examine how musicians and musical thinkers have tried to answer them over the ages."John C. Whitehead '43 Professor of Humanities and Associate Provost Richard Freedman

Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience .

See what other courses the music department is offering this semester.

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