Haverford Headlines

Standing against a white background, Eric Chen wears a fencing uniform with no helmet. He holds his epee in his right hand and points it at the camera.

Eric Chen '27 Headed to NCAA Fencing Championships

Chen, a sophomore, steps onto the national fencing stage at Penn State University later this month.

Haverford Announces 2025 Honorary Degree Recipients

Legendary track and field coach Tom Donnelly and alternative death care pioneer Katrina Spade ’99 will receive honorary degrees at Commencement.

Matthew McKeever is pictured in a portrait taken on Haverford's campus. He smiles while wearing a grey coat and light blue collared shirt.

Faculty

Professor’s New Book Explores the Economics of Single Motherhood

Thanks for Nothing by Professor and Chair of Sociology Matthew McKeever draws on 40 years of data to understand why the financial outlook for single mothers remains stagnant.

First Cohort Of Franklin Fellows Collect Healthcare Stories

Claire Dinh '16, Anna Catherine Bitners '16, Emily Bamforth (BMC '16), and Carol Lee Diallo '19 are working this spring and summer on a grassroots "storybanking" project to bring awareness to healthcare access inequality.
A New Football Team At Haverford?

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Students

Though the College hasn’t fielded a varsity team since 1972, a new club began biweekly flag football games this past fall.
Kathleen Tsai '16 Receives Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant

The chemistry major and education minor will live in Taiwan next year, where she hopes to reconnect with some relatives.
COOL CLASSES: “Environmental Psychology and Conservation”

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Faculty, Science

This psychology course examins the links between the natural environment and people’s behavior using lenses of cognitive, social, and personality psychology, with a focus on conservation behavior and environmentalism.
Noah S. Leavitt '91 Writing For The Huffington Post

The dean of Whitman College uses Haverford's recent Public Policy Forum as just one example of how a liberal arts education prepares students for careers in public service.
Rebecca Suzuki and Claire Dinh Selected for Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grants

The seniors are committed to learning more about the country's healthcare system during their time teaching English in Germany.
COOL CLASSES: “Science as Fiction”

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Faculty, Science

A seminar, taught by a visiting professor and alum, on the interrelations between literature and the history of science.
Congressman Visits Congress Class

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Faculty, Students

What better way to learn about Congress than from one of its own members?
Honorary Degree Recipients Announced for Commencement 2016

At Haverford's 178th Commencement, held on May 14, the College will award honorary degrees to anti-poverty policy expert Robert Greenstein and prison-issues activist Laura Magnani.
A Friend Returns

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Campus

Poet-performer Dr. Amanda Kemp came back to campus for a second time this year as Haverford’s Friend in Residence.
Updates for Alumni & Parents

Visiting alumni presentations now online… Upcoming events on and off campus… Sustainable Giving… Welcome new AAEC members.
Tiffany Nguyen ’16 Studies in West Philly

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Students

Haverford’s Quaker Consortium allows students like Nguyen to take classes at the University of Pennsylvania.
John Muse's Films On Fandor

The visiting assistant professor of Independent College Programs collaborates on experimental documentaries with Jeanne C. Finley, and their work is now being featured on the film site.
COOL CLASSES: “Critical Disability Studies: Theory and Practice”

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Centers, Faculty, Students

This health studies course, inspired by interested students, features a semester-long project in partnership with the Center for Creative Works, a studio and teaching space for artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Foolin’ Around In The KINSC

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Campus, Science

As is tradition, student scientists (and mathematicians and psychologists) decorated the campus science center in honor of April Fool’s Day.