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.

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.

Isabella Otterbein is pictured in a portrait wearing a white headband and a white sweater over a dark-colored shirt.

Summer Centered Students Campus Centers

Summer Centered: Isabella Otterbein ’26 Combines Art and Activism to Drive Awareness of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

One of three Hurford Center creative interns, Otterbein is spending the summer as a programs intern for Abortion Access Front and creating a zine designed to educate the College community.

William Earle Williams in ARTNews

The Audrey A. and John L. Dusseau Professor in Humanities and professor of fine arts is interviewed about his photography exhibit <em>A Stirring Song Sung Heroic</em>, which was up in the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery in the fall and opens at Lehigh University on Jan. 22
Haverford Conversation: Elizabeth Greenspan '99 talks about "the battle for Ground Zero."

Michael Paulson '96 interviews Elizabeth Greenspan '99 about her new book, Battle for Ground Zero: Inside the Political Struggle to Rebuild the World Trade Center.
William Davidon in The New York Times

The late math and physics professor (1927-2013) was one of a recently revealed group of antiwar activists who broke into the F.B.I. offices in Media, Pa., and uncovered documents that exposed extensive spying against dissident groups.
Robert Linn '70 Joins De Blasio Administration

The former chief labor negotiator under Mayor Edward Koch was appointed to be new Mayor Bill De Blasio's director of labor relations.
Associate Professor of Music Tom Lloyd Featured on WHYY

The "Friday Arts" segment aired January 3. Lloyd is the artistic director of the Bucks County Choral Society.
Statement on the ASA Boycott of Israel

President Daniel Weiss and senior leadership oppose boycott.
Michael Kiefer To Leave Haverford

Our Vice President for Institutional Advancement is pursuing an interest in international affairs. Ann West Figueredo '84 has been appointed Interim VP.
Vote for Your Favorite "Lloyd Lights"

The denizens of Lloyd Hall have once again festooned each entry with lights in celebration of the season; cast your vote for your favorite entryway!
Roads Taken and Not Taken: Sarah McMane â€˜94

Sarah McMane '94 loved her Customs experience at Haverford so much, she used it as a model for a program she created at the high school where she now teaches English.
Beyond Borders

Whether doing scholarly research on“ethical loneliness,” interviewing philosophers for the magazine The Believer, or directing the College's peace, justice, and human rights concentration, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Jill Stauffer crosses disciplines and reaches out to audiences beyond the campus.
There's the Rub

Students played an important role in organizing the exhibit Lasting Impressions: Monumental Brass Rubbings, which showcases figures depicted on medieval and early modern brass tomb monuments.
Donovan Schaefer On Voices of America

The visiting assistant professor of religion and Mellon postdoctoral fellow is interviewed about the deep-seated fascination with guns in America, even in the wake of tragedies like the Newtown school shooting.
CPGC Funds Winter Break Research

The Center for Peace and Global Citizenship is funding the international work of seven seniors over break.
John Hawley '80 Wins 2013 Shaw Prize

The University of Virginia astronomy professor shares the 2013 prize with a colleague from Oxford for "their discovery and study of the magnetorotational instability, and for demonstrating that this instability leads to turbulence and is a viable mechanism for angular momentum transport in astrophysical accretion disks."
Fall 2013 Faculty Update

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances and publications.