Haverford Headlines

Community Care and Resources in Response to Israel-Gaza

At a time of conflict and divide, the College is working to bring students, faculty, and staff together to support one another and engage these important issues through peaceful and constructive dialogue.

Students

Distance Learning

For two years, students at Haverford and the American University of Sharjah worked together online to study human rights. This spring break, they met in person.

Alumni

Where They’re Headed: Benjamin Graham ’24

An economics and mathematics major with a minor in philosophy, Graham is a Research Assistant at the Brookings Institution Center on Health Policy, under its Economics Studies program.

Reporting from Traverse City

This summer Rebecca Fisher '17 is interning with the Michigan Land Use Institute, working on the organization's communications and development projects.
Alena Smith '02 in The New York Observer

The playwright and author is interviewed about her new book, <em>Tween Hobo</em>, based on her popular Twitter account of the same name.
Katrina Mogielnicki (Spade) '99 in Forbes

A recent recipient for her Urban Death Project, Spade is featured in a slideshow alongside the other 2014 Echoing Green Climate Fellowship recipients.
William Pomeranz '82 Interviewed on C-SPAN

Pomeranz, the deputy director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies of the Woodrow Wilson Center, spoke about U.S.-Russia relations following the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine.
Astronomy Professor Stephen Boughn Retires

Boughn will be heading off to Princeton University for a final sabbatical year before his“official” retirement, but we caught up with him for a chat about his nearly three decades at Haverford.
Urban Studies

For 33 years, Stephen L. Klineberg '61 has been tracking Houston's changes with an annual survey that has become the longest running study of a U.S. metropolitan area.
Bill Bragin '89 in The Wall Street Journal

The director of public programming at Lincoln Center, who, this summer, has booked 130 acts for the two seasonal outdoor festivals he oversees at the performing arts center, is profiled.
Zapotec Spoken Here

Assistant Professor of Linguistics Brook Danielle Lillehaugen and her students have created the Zapotec Talking Dictionary. Their aim: to help save this endangered language of Mexico.
Isobel Grad '11 Published in Gastronimica

The current University College London student writes about sheep and the relation to local food in Iceland, a country she first visited on her <a href="http://www.haverford.edu/news/stories/48941/51">Watson Fellowship</a>.
Roads Taken and Not Taken: Caitlin Caven '08

"I'm currently on a road I never wanted to take: that of full-time, professional patient," writes Caven, who was diagnosed with Crohn's disease at age 10.
Crew Still Floats His Boat

J.D. Bridges '02 started rowing at Haverford. He's now a renowned coach for the sport.
Helen White Publishes New Study on Effects of Deepwater Horizon Spill

The research, published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, shows that an oil dispersant used in the cleanup efforts in the Gulf can persist in the environment for up to four years.
Peter Taylor '90 in The Philadelphia Inquirer

Taylor River Side Farm, which Peter and his wife and daughter recently returned to, is profiled. The farm in Cinnaminson, N.J., has been in the Taylor family since 1720.
Haverford Astronomers Discover Most Distant Stars Ever Detected in Our Galaxy

Visiting Assistant Professor of Astronomy John Bochanski and his team, which includes Associate Professor of Astronomy Beth Willman, published a letter in Astrophysical Journal Letters detailing the discovery of two cool red giants which are more than 700,000 light years away.
Tom Kessinger, 1941-2014

Tom Kessinger, a beloved figure on campus during his tenure as Haverford College president from 1988 to 1996, has died at age 73.