Haverford’s Visual Culture, Arts, and Media (VCAM) facility houses the College’s Interdisciplinary Minor in Visual Studies, the Haverford Innovations Program, the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities, and its new Philadelphia Area Creative Collaboratives initiative.
Visual Culture, Arts, and Media
An exhibition in the VCAM’s Create Space chronicled first-year student Micah Maben's process of building a guitar from scratch using the building’s Maker Space tools. Photo: Abigail Harrison '19
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Haverford attracts intellectually curious, independent learners who value honesty, collaboration, and above all, new ways of seeing and improving the world.
Mind
As you perform real-world research and immerse yourself in hands-on learning, you'll work side-by-side with professors who are at the top of their fields.
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Our mascot—the Black Squirrel—has a genetic adaptation that gives it a bold, black coat. Join our distinctive community and stand out from the pack with your fellow Haverfordians.
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The Review has been Haverford College’s student-run literary magazine for over 20 years.
After graduating with a degree in history, James Truitt ’17 has hit the archives at a historic house in Philadelphia that reflects the story of one Quaker family over the course of 300 years.
The Latin major has earned both a Haverford Classics Utraque Lingua grant and a fellowship from UC Berkeley to attend that university's Intensive Greek Workshop for 10 weeks this summer.
Philadelphia-based artist Mariel Capanna, who studied fresco painting with a conservator in Florence, is sharing her expertise and multidisciplinary take on art with the Haverford community as VCAM’s artist-in-residence.
Ann Marie Baldonado ‘94 can trace her career success in radio and TV to the investigative work she did as an anthropology major at Haverford.
The student group hosted its first Tri-Co coding symposium, which included a student-led programming workshop and a talk by Erica Greene ’10 of Jigsaw.
Haverford's new Visual Culture, Arts, and Media space in the repurposed Old Gym has been recognized by the American Institute of Architects' 2018 awards program for its innovative and sustainable design.
The biology major's work on heart muscle cell proliferation as part of a research team at Thomas Jefferson University was published in the journal Development.
The course, which covers the design, evaluation, and implementation of interactive computing systems, explores how design decisions can impact access to computing and technology.
Is Friday the 13th unlucky? Not this month, when the mysterious annual campus tradition of Pinwheel Day, which marks the arrival of spring’s warm weather, brought sunshine and festive decorations to Founders Green.
Upcoming Events
Apr
25
Tree Planting
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
11:00AM to 12:00PM
North Dorm Green
The Haverford College Arboretum is planting a tree a day on campus from April 22 through April 27. Neighbors and the on-campus community are invited to join in celebration of Earth Day, Arbor Day, and the campus we love every day by helping to plant trees in different locations across campus all week long.
Apr
25
Screening: Un lugar en el mundo
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
7:00PM to 9:00PM
DC Movie Theatre
Mario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Into this idealistic family comes Hans, a jaded Spanish geological engineer—surveying the land for the local patron, to see if it can be dammed for hydro-electric power, which would drive the peasants from the land into the cities.
Apr
25
Yiddish Writers Monologues: Miriam Hoffman (2017)
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
7:30PM to 10:00PM
Chase Auditorium
Playwright, journalist, and Yiddish teacher Miriam Hoffman has delighted readers of the Yiddish Forward for decades with her witty column. Hoffman describes in this moving documentary by the award-winning author and filmmaker Boris Sandler how her childhood in Lodz, Poland, Siberia, and in postwar German DP camps impacted her work. Discussion afterward led by Rakhmiel Peltz. This screening is part of the Yiddish Culture Festival.
Apr
26
Tree Planting
Thursday, April 26, 2018
11:00AM to 12:00PM
Tritton & Kim Green
The Haverford College Arboretum is planting a tree a day on campus from April 22 through April 27. Neighbors and the on-campus community are invited to join in celebration of Earth Day, Arbor Day, and the campus we love every day by helping to plant trees in different locations across campus all week long.
Apr
26
“Self Reflected: Deeply Fusing Art and Science to Create the World's Most Complex Artistic Depiction of the Human Brain”
Thursday, April 26, 2018
4:30PM to 6:00PM
VCAM 201
Distinguished Visitor Dr. Greg Dunn (artist and neuroscientist) and Dr. Brian Edwards (artist and applied physicist) created Self Reflected to elucidate the nature of human consciousness, bridging the connection between the mysterious three-pound macroscopic brain and the microscopic behavior of neurons.
Apr
26
"Human Capability and the Struggle for Racial Justice"
Thursday, April 26, 2018
5:00PM to 6:30PM
Gest 101
A talk by Distinguished Visitor Avery Kolers, professor of philosophy, director of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program, and core faculty member in the interdisciplinary MA in bioethics, health policy, and law at the University of Louisville.
Apr
26
Screening: Un lugar en el mundo
Thursday, April 26, 2018
7:00PM to 9:00PM
DC Movie Theatre
Mario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Into this idealistic family comes Hans, a jaded Spanish geological engineer—surveying the land for the local patron, to see if it can be dammed for hydro-electric power, which would drive the peasants from the land into the cities.
Apr
26
"A Nos Amours" Screening & Masterclass with Yann Dedet
Thursday, April 26, 2018
7:00PM to 11:00PM
VCAM 001 Screening Room
Distinguished Visitor Yann Dedet is a film director, editor, screenwriter and actor. In a career that spans four decades, Dedet has worked with cinematic greats such as François Truffaut, Claire Denis, Catherine Breillat, Philippe Garrel and Maurice Pialat. In his masterclass discussion following the film, he will reflect upon his work for A Nos Amours as well as his career in the film industry. Reception in VCAM at 6:15 p.m.
Apr
27
Tree Planting
Friday, April 27, 2018
11:00AM to 12:00PM
Lloyd Green
The Haverford College Arboretum is planting a tree a day on campus from April 22 through April 27. Neighbors and the on-campus community are invited to join in celebration of Earth Day, Arbor Day, and the campus we love every day by helping to plant trees in different locations across campus all week long.
Apr
27
Outdoor Yoga with Sabrina
Friday, April 27, 2018
12:00PM to 1:00PM
The Haverfarm
Join us every Friday, from April 20 through May, at noon for fun, friendly, and relaxing yoga All are welcome! Bring a mat. Free for students, $2 for faculty or staff, and $10 for members of the public.
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