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1992 Philadelphia Inquirer Article on Art Exhibit at President Bloom's Inauguration
No full textPhiladelphia Inquirer News Article on the art exhibit by Tony Ortega at President Bloom's 1992 inauguration and its emphasis on multiculturalis
Being Asian at Swarthmore
No full textand a formal draft proposal, flyer for workshop 'Being an Asian American Student at Swarthmore', letter in support of the IC, executive board and meeting informatio
New Proposed SAO Constitution
No full textDraft of a new proposed Constitution from SAO, describes SAO purpose and history, membership, leardership, voting and meeting practice
Anexo 1: Saturn
No full textThis document explains Saturn, a project that began in 1983 when the UAW and General Motors came together to design an efficient car. A significant aspect of this project is that both union and management workers are involved in it and are responsible for the design, production, and marketing of the product. The document goes in depth about how this dynamic works
Junior Research Seminar: Psychological Biases and Economic Decisions
No full textThis is one of the ‘Junior Seminar’ courses added several years ago to Haverford’s Economics curriculum. It is a seminar-based course designed to expose students to the process of conducting research, and to prepare them for the senior thesis experience. The topic of this seminar, ‘Psychological Biases and Economic Decisions,’ draws heavily on the work of psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, and their influence on economic research
Junior Research Seminar: Political Economy
No full textThis is a seminar course in political economy. The focus is on critical reading of seminal works and developing students own research skills. Topics covered include: (i) models of elections and application of voting models to redistributive policies, (ii) legislative bargaining, (iii) interest groups and lobbying,(iv) constitutions and federalism. (v) information, cheap talk and communication, and (vi) dynamic political economy with applications to democratization and debt
Science as Fiction
No full textHow does scientific knowledge inform and influence fiction? How do scientific texts make use of literary strategies and rhetorical devices in order to produce and disseminate new knowledge? Bringing together primary texts from the history of science with key literary works from Goethe to cyberpunk, this seminar will introduce students to the interdisciplinary study of relations between science, literature, and other media. In addition to close readings of \ud
literature, we will consider the position of science in film and exhibition culture and take a fieldtrip to see displays of medical specimens at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia.\ud
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As we will see, literature and the sciences converge strikingly in terms of their shared objects of inquiry, theoretical assumptions, and representational strategies. We will investigate how foundational concepts in the fields of chemistry, psychology, biology, physics, and cybernetics have profoundly shaped the form and content of modern fiction and how literary authors have borrowed from scientific concepts and theories in order to reflect on the social, political, technological, and epistemic conditions of their time. While taking seriously scientific claims of truth and objectivity, we will also discuss how scientists have historically drawn on the resource of fiction as a form of knowing and communicating. Over the semester, students will learn to apply methods of literary analysis in studying scientific texts and develop a set of conceptual tools for textual research that crosses disciplines
Neighborly Competition in Real Estate Transactions
No full textThis paper studies price competition in residential real estate with a spatial framework using micro-level data. Using a sample of real estate transactions from 1993-2014 in Philadelphia, PA from the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) sales reports, a multinomial logit model is used to measure effects of competition on probability of sale and a repeat sales approach is used to measure effects of competition on sale price. The results indicate a that a higher measure of competition decreases the probability of selling and increases the probability of dropping out of the market without a sale relative to remaining an active listing. Additionally, competition has a significant negative effect on sale price prior to 2004 and a positive effect after 2006, suggesting that the nature of competition in local real estate markets has changed over time