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.
New Photography Exhibit Unveiled
The exhibit in the Jane Lutnick Fine Arts Center features a selection of photographs recently acquired by the Haverford College Photo Collection.
COOL CLASSES: “The Sense and Senses of Islam”
This religion course introduces students to debates about the senses in Islam, including exploring the relationship between sound and the sacred.
COOL CLASSES: “Modality and Language: Mandarin and ASL as Examples”
This co-taught linguistics course, which explores five issues in which modality effects might be evidenced in Mandarin and American Sign Language, is experimental, as the professors and students form and test hypotheses against data together.
How Can a Business Drive Positive Social Change?
Computer science major Isabella Muno ’21, who recently attended the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Detroit to explore possibilities for her own campus-created startup, writes about what she learned there.
COOL CLASSES: “Global Change Biology”
This biology course for non-majors explores how human activities impact Earth’s climate and, in turn, all living things on the planet.