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.

Professor Erin Schoneveld wears a black shirt in a portrait taken in her office on Haverford's campus.

Athletics Faculty

Professor Erin Schoneveld Named Division III FARA Newcomer of the Year

Schoneveld, a two-time national championship rower, is the College's Faculty Athletics Representative.

Faculty

COOL CLASSES: “Lithography – Materials and Techniques”

In Hee Sook Kim’s class, students explore the foundation of offset printing, the standard before the dawn of digital printing.

A FAB Trip to the Orchard

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Students

Fords Against Boredom’s first off-campus event of the year was the annual trip to Linvilla Orchards for apple picking.
Exploring Historical Madness

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Alumni, Students

A student-curated exhibit drawn from the archives of Phialdelphia’s Friend’s Asylum explores Quakerism and the “curability” of mental illness.
Malia Wenny '17 Awarded Department of Energy Fellowship

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Alumni, Science

The recent chemistry major, who is now pursuing a Ph.D. at Harvard University, is one of only 5 percent of applicants chosen for the selective DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship.
Updates for Alumni & Parents

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Campus

Celebrating Haverford Lives That Speak...Hire a Ford...Fall (Faster) for the Ford: Ten Days, Ten Classes.
COOL CLASSES: “Speech Synthesis and Recognition”

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Faculty, Science

This introduction to the methodologies used in the automated recognition and synthesis of human speech (used for such technologies as Siri and Amazon Echo) is cross-listed in the computer science and linguistics departments.
Science Journalist Dave Levitan '03 Publishes First Book

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magazine, Alumni

Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science, which was published in April by W.W. Norton, outlines 12 common tactics that politicians regularly employ to butcher science, including “the Cherry-Pick,” “the Literal Nitpick,” and “the Oversimplification.”
COOL CLASSES: “Chemistry in Everyday Life”

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Faculty, Science

In this “Case Studies in Chemistry” course, students revisit the world about them from the perspective of chemistry, including food, cars, and fabrics.
New Space For Visual Culture, Arts, and Media Opens on Campus

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Featured, Arts, Campus, Students

Thanks to the successful Lives That Speak campaign, the VCAM building now offers new opportunities for hands-on learning that build visual literacy across the liberal arts.
‘Dear 1968,…’ Opens Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery Season

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Arts, Campus, Centers

On Sept. 8, the gallery kicked off its season with this thrilling traveling show in which Sadie Barnette mines personal and political histories using family photographs, recent drawings, and selections from her dad’s FBI file.
Helen White Wins 2017 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

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Faculty, Centers

The associate professor of chemistry (and new KINSC director) is the fifth current member of her department to receive the award, which recognizes faculty who are outstanding educators and researchers with a $60,000 unrestricted research grant.
COOL CLASSES: “Origins of the Global South”

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Faculty

A history course analyzing “the first phase of globalization in world history,” a complex historical process rooted in the ancient and medieval worlds.
Studying Migration on the Ground

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magazine, Students, Centers

The CPGC-sponsored Migration Field Study program, now in its eighth year, brings students to the U.S.-Mexico border and to Mexico City to glimpse the human face of immigration.
Haverford Welcomes Six New Faculty Members

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Faculty

This year, new professors joined the Departments of Linguistics, Spanish, Physics and Astronomy, and Independent College Programs, as well as the Health Studies Programs.
Customs 2017

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Campus, Students

This year’s student-run first-year orientation program introduced the 352 members of the Class of 2021 to campus life and resources.
Kim Benston Responds to DACA Decision

In a letter to the community, the president reiterated the College's support for all community members and suggested steps for those concerned with the recent White House announcement.