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10 THINGS That Make Us Happy Free for the Frontlines Tutors, The inclusion of Lutnick Library in the 2020 Library Design Showcase. The former Magill Library, which underwent a dramatic renovation in 2018 and 2019, was selected by the journal American Libraries for its annual celebration of the year’s most impressive new and renovated buildings that address the needs of users “in unique, interesting, and effective ways, … and find novel ways to conserve and honor existing spaces while moving them into the 21st century.”
a free tutoring service for the children of healthcare workers launched by Brett Mozarsky ’21 (below). Established in March, as COVID began to spread in the United States, the service has enlisted 30 Haverford students to provide free remote tutoring to middleand high-school students in biology, chemistry, English, history, math, physics, and Spanish. More information: freeforfrontlinestutors.com.
The National Institutes of Health grant awarded to Associate Professor of
Chemistry Lou Charkoudian ’03. The grant builds on earlier NIH-funded work that engaged 40 undergraduate researchers and supports Charkoudian’s research on acyl carrier proteins, which are important parts of the naturally occurring protein assembly lines that make molecules that are repurposed for anti-cancer agents and antibiotics. The ongoing research, whose collaborators include Professor of Chemistry Casey Londergan and Professor of Biology Karl Johnson, has so far resulted in seven publications and a provisional patent.
T H E 2 0 T H A N N I V E R S A R Y of the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship. With its social justice focus, its emphasis on experiential education and local and global community engagement, and its wide-ranging support for student internships and faculty course development, the CPGC has become an integral part of the Haverford experience. Throughout the fall semester, the CPGC celebrated its two decades with a series of forums and panels that (remotely) brought together alumni and current students to reflect on their past CPGC experiences, and explore what might be next for the program.
Fall 2020 Friend in Residence Jocelyn Bell Burnell. The world-renowned Quaker astrophysicist, who discovered the first radio pulsars as a postgraduate student in 1967, shared her experiences in science and spirituality in October. During her entirely virtual residency, Burnell gave two talks via Zoom discussing both her academic pursuits and how her spiritual life has intersected with them. She also visited classes and met with student groups. Run by the Quaker Affairs Office since 2011, the Friend in Residence Program brings gifted and experienced Quakers to campus for extended stays to stimulate connections between academic pursuits and “letting one’s life speak.”
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