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At the annual William E. Gwinn Memorial Science Lecture on May 11, Dr. Leila Deravi discussed how proteins could be used to build flexible electronic devices, the focus of her research as the lead of the Biomaterials Design Group at Northeastern University. Dr. Deravi also met with students in Engineering class and advised the School's robotics team on their experiments.

AT&T and the Imagination Foundation announced that seventh-grader Bram Schork won the Nicola Tesla prize; and sixth-grader Colin Harkins was a runner-up, in the 2017 Inventor's Challenge. Nearly 10,000 kids and teens from pre-kindergarten through high school from 17 countries submitted ideas for inventions that solve problems in their schools and communities.

For their senior project, VI Formers Cameron Hoorfar, Devin Weichert, and George Rubin designed, painted, and mounted a new mural that now hangs on the Field House wall, by the outdoor basketball court. It highlights both The Haverford School sense of brotherhood, and its various athletic programs. In this blog post, Cameron and Devin reflect on the technical aspects of the project and its impact on the School.

VI Formers Kyle Alday and David Bunn spent the past three weeks on Mars – virtually. For their senior project, they stitched together hundreds of photos taken by NASA's Mars Rover, Curiosity, to create twelve 360° panoramas of the planet. The students worked with Upper School science teacher Holly Golecki and Villanova University computer science professor Dr. Frank Klassner to create a three-dimensional "virtual tour" of Mars. In this blog post, they reflect on their work, the scope of the project, and the lessons they learned.