Haverblog

What They Learned

A series exploring the thesis work of recent graduates.

Where They're Headed

A blog series detailing the post-Haverford plans of our recent graduates.

The Club Life @ Haverford

A series exploring the many varied student clubs on campus.

Cool Classes

A series highlighting interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience.

An English Major, an Esteemed Chemist, a Haverford Grad

Stephen Lippard ’62 returned to campus to talk about his time at Haverford and career with Ted Love ’81, students, and faculty.

COOL CLASSES: “Philosophy of Technology”

This philosophy course addresses questions such as,“What is technology?” “Do we control technological innovation or does technology in some sense control us?” and “Does our entanglement in a technological world hinder or help us in communicating with one another?”

CLUB LIFE: Bi-Co Pickling Team Makes Food Preservation Fun

With plenty of jars and brine to go around, the brand new Bi-Co Pickling Team aims to spread pickling skills and conversation across campuses.

COOL CLASSES: “Linguistic Diversity, Threats to Diversity, and Resistance”

This course address issues of linguistic diversity, experiences of difference, and power structures as they relate to the perception and use of language, and struggles for justice in linguistic context.

Data Analytics Workshop Prepares Fords for the Future

Led by Panos Panidis ’09 and sponsored by the Center for Career and Professional Advising and Haverford Innovations Program, this series of workshops equipped Haverford students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in the data-driven, digitally dependent workplace.

Solving Problems With Software in the Tri-Co

Back for a third straight year, the Tri-Co Hackathon drew 11 teams of students to design computer programs in just 24 hours.

The Zooniverse Shapes the Future of Citizen Science

Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Karen Masters collaborates with Oxford Professor Chris Lintott, whom she recently brought to campus, on Galaxy Zoo, an award-winning data-gathering project that asks the public to help identify features and structures in images of galaxies.

Tropical Representations Transformed

A new multi-media exhibition in the VCAM’s Lower Create Space brings together three artists’ work exploring tropical island imagery and its connection with colonialism and empire.

COOL CLASSES: “Sex and Power in the Ancient World”

This classics course explores the sexual culture of ancient Greece with a focus on primary materials.

COOL CLASSES: “Education Reform in America: Politics and Policy”

This political science course is designed to help students gain a deeper understanding of the politics of school choice and the efficacy of recent American education reforms, like charter schools and school vouchers.

COOL CLASSES: “Neuroscience and Society”

This psychology course examines the intersection between neuroscience research and broad domains of society, including education, law, politics, and the marketplace.

Legends Never Die At The Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery

A new on-campus exhibit celebrates the photos and ephemera of Southern California’s Latinx youth culture chronicled by Guadalupe Rosales’ Instagram accounts.

COOL CLASSES: “Introduction to Latin Literature: Friends and Enemies of Rome”

At once an intermediate Latin course and an introduction to the study of Latin literature and culture, this classics class investigates who the Romans were by studying how they described friendship and their friends, and those enemies who resisted, betrayed, and bedeviled them.

COOL CLASSES: “Caribe Queer: Sexualities and Narratives from the Hispanic Caribbean”

This course, which is crosslisted in Spanish and comparative literature, explores different narrative and artistic productions regarding alternative sexualities in the Hispanic Caribbean, starting with the Cuban Revolution and continuing into the present.