COOL CLASSES: “Quakers, War, and Slavery 1646-1723”
This seminar encourages students to analyze primary sources and secondary works to explore how and why early Friends came to see both war and slavery as immoral.
COOL CLASSES: “Anthropology of Human Rights: Engaged Ethnography and Anthropologist as Witness”
This course examines how anthropologists contribute to human rights in law and grassroots movements.
COOL CLASSES: “Refugees and Forced Migrants”
This political science course integrates diverse disciplinary approaches—legal, political, sociological and anthropological—to explore the causes of migration, the dynamics of assimilation and incorporation of migrants in the U.S., and the process and impacts of deportation and (re)incorporation in Mexico and Central America.
COOL CLASSES: “Junior Research Seminar: The Federal Reserve”
This economics course covers the history of monetary policy and central banking before and after the creation of the Fed, as well as current debates in monetary policy.
CLUB LIFE: Lame Ducks Are Anything But
Haverford’s long-standing, midnight-skating, stick-wielding, hoagie-eating ice hockey team is open to all players, regardless of skill level.
Renowned Poet Holds Reading On Campus
Earlier this month, poet Eileen Myles and Haverford’s Visiting Professor of English Thomas Devaney read their poems in Lutnick Library at a joint event.
COOL CLASSES: “Machine Learning”
This computer science course explores both classical and modern approaches to machine learning, with an emphasis on theoretical understanding.
COOL CLASSES: “Real Work and Dream Jobs: Art and Theories of Work”
This visual studies course is an introduction to theories of work, thinking critically and historically about the role of work in society, the promise of art as an ideal form of work, and the structural persistence of gendered, classed, and racial divisions of labor.
Semester Closes With Openings of Five New Exhibits
Students in six courses from across disciplines produced five exhibitions in VCAM and Lutnick Library expressing their learning through visual art.
COOL CLASSES: “Visualizing Border/lands”
This anthropology course explores visual representations of the border, including film and photography, but also text and sound.
CLUB LIFE: Food Co-op Makes Sure That Delighting Your Taste Buds Doesn’t Have to Break the Bank
Barely one year old, this new campus organization offers students access to food that is both healthy and cheap.
COOL CLASSES: “Travel Narratives in Latin America”
This Spanish course examines the ideas and impact of European travel writers in Latin America and the Caribbean and includes discussion of the imprint they left on the literature of Latin America from the 17th century to the present.
Hannah Kolzer ’22 and Lillian Sweeney ’23 Curate For Quaker and Special Collections
The exhibitions they created as part of their jobs in Lutnick Library, “Quaker and Special Collections Across Disciplines” and “The Life and Objects of Rufus Jones,” will be on display through the end of the semester.
COOL CLASSES: “Measuring Education”
This sociology course explores contemporary political movements to measure learning outcomes in educational institutions and covers such topics as standardized testing for college admissions and development of online learning tools, among others.
CLUB LIFE: Mayuri Mix’ n’ Match Moves
The Tri-Co dance troupe fuses classical Indian dance with folk, ballet, hip-hop, and jazz styles.
COOL CLASSES: “Relief Printmaking”
This fine arts course covers techniques and approaches to the art of the woodcut and the linocut, emphasizing the study of design principles and the expressive potential of the medium to create a personal visual statement.
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery Invites Students to Score the Stacks
The newest installation in the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery is an interactive, campus-wide experience that reimagines traditional conceptions of thinking about institutional spaces.
CLUB LIFE: Badminton Club Keeps Up A Volley
Badminton Club offers an easy entry point for students looking to learn everyone’s favorite feathered-projectile racket sport.