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Next week in Lutnick 200: don't miss "Zealous: A Darker Side of the Early Quakers" with Erica Canela, part of the Distinguished Visitors Program, 12/2 at 4:30pm! More info: hav.to/xvb #events
Photo of Erica Canela smiling at the camera.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Tomorrow at 4:30pm in Lutnick 200: "What Studying Jewish Life Reveals about Slavery in New England" with Joe Weisberg '21, our fall Young Academic Alumni Lecture! More info: hav.to/qd9 #events
Detail of a historical map of Newport RI featuring a number of main streets.
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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We're pleased to welcome back Joseph Weisberg '21 for our Young Academic Alumni Lecture this fall: "What Studying Jewish Life Reveals about Slavery in New England," 11/5 at 4:30pm in Lutnick 200! More info: hav.to/qd9 #events
Photo of Joseph Weisberg in an outdoor space, smiling at the camera.
October 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Explore the concept of a healing justice and the messy, ongoing work of continuing revelation with Friend in Residence Windy Cooler at "Truth is an Endless Meeting," tomorrow at 4:30pm in Lutnick 200. More info: hav.to/s5f #events
Black and white photo of Windy Cooler smiling at the camera with her chin propped on her hands, on a blue graphic with red highlights that reads "Truth is an Endless Meeting" and "Windy Cooler, embraced Quaker public minister, teacher, and writer."
October 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Tomorrow at 4:30pm in Lutnick 200, don't miss "Buried Philadelphia: The Cemeteries and Burial Grounds of the City of Brotherly Love" with Jenn O'Donnell! Explore hundreds of years of Philly's history through the monuments, statuary, architecture, and vistas of the city. More info: hav.to/qoy #events
Book cover of "Buried Philadelphia," featuring a grave with a statue of a cross and an angel.
October 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Next week in Lutnick 200: "Truth is an Endless Meeting," an interactive presentation with Friend in Residence Windy Cooler! 10/30 at 4:30pm. More info: hav.to/s5f #events
Black and white photo of Windy Cooler smiling at the camera with her chin propped on her hands.
October 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Join us for "Buried Philadelphia: The Cemeteries and Burial Grounds of the City of Brotherly Love" with Jenn O'Donnell, Haverford's Director of Web Communications and a taphophile and cemetery volunteer! 10/28 at 4:30pm in Lutnick Library. More info: hav.to/qoy #events
Photo of Jenn O'Donnell smiling at the camera with greenery behind her.
October 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Tomorrow at 4:30pm in Lutnick 200: "Sea, Poison: Seeing Poison in Our For Profit Medical System / Showing Poison in Fiction," a reading and discussion of a new novel by Philadelphia author Caren Beilin. More info: hav.to/qwu #events
Book cover of "Sea, Poison," featuring a desktop printer printing pages with the title and author on them, and a seated jaguar.
October 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Next week in Lutnick 200: "Sea, Poison: Seeing Poison in Our For Profit Medical System / Showing Poison in Fiction" with author Caren Beilin! Join us for a reading and discussion of her "hypnotic and fractured" novel. 10/21 at 4:30pm. More info: hav.to/qwu #events
Photo of Caren Beilin looking at the camera with a small smile, hands in pockets, against a white wall.
October 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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How does open access in scholarly publishing intersect with AI? Find out at "AI and the Struggle for Control Over Scholarship" with Dave Hansen, Executive Director of @authorsalliance, TOMORROW at 4:30pm in Lutnick 200. More info: hav.to/rr0 #events #OAweek
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October 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Next week in Lutnick 200: "AI and the Struggle for Control Over Scholarship" with Dave Hansen of @authorsalliance! Find out how open access to scholarly works remains one of the keys to ensuring AI serves scholarly interests and the public good. 10/9 at 4:30pm. More info: hav.to/rr0 #events #OAweek
Photo of Dave Hansen looking at the camera and smiling.
October 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Have you RSVPed to hear Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson discuss the 2025 Campus Read, her book "What If We Get it Right?: Visions of Climate Futures"? 9/30 at 7pm in Marshall Auditorium, RSVP: hav.to/rzp. Students: bring your books to Lutnick 200 from 6:15-6:45pm for a signing session! #events
cover of What if We Get it Right? featuring abstract circles in the upper right and bottom left corners. One is yellow like the sun, one is blue and white like the earth.
September 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Don't miss “Polynomials and Pipe Dreams” with Elizabeth Milićević and Sarah Gold '23, MONDAY at 4:30pm in Lutnick 200! Explore Schubert polynomials and their representation-theoretic meaning at this Faculty Scholarship Talk. More info: hav.to/rwf #events
graphic of a pyramid of diagrams of intersecting curved lines and dots, with some intersections marked green, and directional arrows from the top diagram to the bottom row of three
September 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Don't miss Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on 9/30 at 7pm in Marshall Auditorium discussing her book "What If We Get it Right?: Visions of Climate Futures," the 2025 Campus Read! RSVP at hav.to/rzp. Students: bring your books to Lutnick 200 from 6:15-6:45pm for a signing session! #events
photo of Ayana Johnson smiling at the camera, standing in front of an abstract painting with her hands in her pockets
September 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Stop by the DS Commons on Wednesday next week from 2-4pm to see posters and art, and hear about the work and creativity of Latinx students!

Want to participate? Scan the QR code or visit hav.to/v5g
Poster featuring a graphic of two students laughing and walking together, with text reading: "In celebration of Latine Heritage Month, ALAS Presents Student Showcase, Lutnick Library, Sept 24th, 2-4pm. Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month with us! Join the Student Showcase, anyone can participate and share their work, creativity, and experiences. Come see posters on internship, volunteer, or job opportunities, art works and projects, and other contributions. If you have any questions email alas.haverford@gmail.com and copy ijimenez@haverford.edu." There is a qr code in the center left of the image.
September 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Next week in Lutnick 200: “Polynomials and Pipe Dreams” with Elizabeth Milićević and Sarah Gold '23! No prior math knowledge will be assumed in this talk, the first Faculty Scholarship Talk of the academic year. 9/22 at 4:30pm. More info: hav.to/rwf #events
photo of Elizabeth Milićević smiling at the camera, standing in front of some greenery
September 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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TOMORROW at 4:30 in the Rebecca and Rick White Gallery: enjoy refreshments, button-making, and conversation with student curators at the opening of "'The Peculiarities of the Quaker': Exploring the Role of Quaker Voices in Fiction." #exhibits #events
Collage of six book covers including the titles They Loved to Laugh, Quaker Silence, and Thee, Hannah!
September 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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We're celebrating the opening of "'The Peculiarities of the Quaker': Exploring the Role of Quaker Voices in Fiction" in the gallery on Lutnick L1! Join us on 9/16 at 4:30pm for refreshments, button-making, and conversation with student curators. #exhibits #events
Collage of five book covers including the titles Still Forms on Foxfield, Thee, Hannah!, and Un-Friendly Persuasion.
September 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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TOMORROW at 4:30pm in Lutnick 200: "From Deepfakes to Influencers: Understanding Democracy in the Digital Age" with Isabel Linzer, Elections and Democracy Fellow at @cdt.org. More info: hav.to/rt1
photo of Isabel Linzer smiling at the camera in front of a CDT logo.
September 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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New technology is shaping the future of democracy, for better and for worse. Join us next week for "From Deepfakes to Influencers: Understanding Democracy in the Digital Age" with Isabel Linzer, Elections and Democracy Fellow at @cdt.org. 9/9 at 4:40pm in Lutnick 200. More info: hav.to/rt1
Graphic of a ballot and ballot box floating above a tiny globe, surrounded by a storm of phones, tablets, and other representations of technology.
September 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Looking to learn more about digital scholarship tools and methods, project support, and grant opportunities? Come to the TriCo Digital Scholarship Research Institute (DSRI)! 5/6/25 from 9am-5pm in Lutnick 200, open to TriCo faculty and staff with meals included. Register here: hav.to/ooe
A cartoony graphic in bright colors, featuring two brown-skinned figures, a woman standing with several screens curving around her and a man sitting with a laptop, and a computer monitor with two different graphs.
May 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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How does empathy impact learning? Find out at an interactive, moderated discussion: "Attending to our humanity: empathy in times of conflict and uncertainty" with Scott Franklin and Alia Hamdan of RIT, TOMORROW at 4:30pm in Lutnick 200. More info: hav.to/n83 #events
graphic of two abstract busts with closed eyes, one orange and one blue, facing each other. Each bust has an arrow coming out of the head and going into the other.
April 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Have you ever wondered what it looks like behind the scenes as an archivist? Well wait no longer! These photos are from the Quaker Meeting Records section of our closed stacks. Our Quaker & Special Collections houses records from over 100 Quaker meetings! Could you find the right box for a patron?
April 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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TOMORROW from 4:25-5:30pm in the DS Commons, help preserve federal climate data at Climate Data Rescue! No prior technical experience is required (though a laptop can be helpful) to learn about web archiving methods and how they can be used for data advocacy. #events #earthmonth
Graphic of planet Earth being held between two white outlines of hands against a black background, with text reading Climate Data Rescue
April 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Part of Meeting the Moment: "Attending to our humanity: empathy in times of conflict and uncertainty" w/ Scott Franklin and Alia Hamdan, 4/10 at 4:30pm in Lutnick 200. Drs. Franklin and Hamdan study how empathy between physics faculty and their students impacts learning.More info: hav.to/n83 #events
photos of Alia Hamdan and Scott Franklin overlapping each other against a black background. They are each smiling in their photos, both outside.
April 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM