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

Club Life: Haverford Outdoors Club

The Haverford Outdoors Club offers meaningful positive outdoors experience, no matter a student’s experience or financial circumstances.

Two students look at a clipboard as they register to vote in the GIAC. One is wearing a black Haverford t-shirt with the black squirrel on it.

News & Updates

The Run-Up Winds Down

As Election Day nears, Fords embrace their role as a critical voting bloc.

Summer 2009 Faculty Updates

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances and publications.
Hitting the Poker Big Leagues

Steve Begleiter '84 beat out 6,485 other players to become one of nine to win a seat at the final table of the World Series of Poker.
Two Fords Serve Summer Science Internships in Germany

Dylan Hatt and Justin Sears, both from the class of '10, are interns in the RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) program sponsored by the German organization DAAD.
Scholarship Winners Spend Summer in the Lab

Thanks to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yusup Shin '11 and Adolfo Cuesta '10 are interning at world-renowned research laboratories this summer.
Shining a Light on Solar Power: Q&A with Marc Grossman '07

Marc Grossman '07 discusses his experiences working with eSolar, a solar thermal plant that uses an innovative software program to control renewable energy-producing fields of mirrors.
A Conversation with Charles D. Cohen '83

The Seuss scholar and foremost collector of Seussiana talks to Haverford about his passion for the work of the beloved author.
Designing a Dashboard for "Spaceship Earth"

Haverford hosted a week of brainstorming sessions to create a prototype for "Earth Dashboard," an interactive computerized exhibit that will be displayed in the lobby of the U.N. Building.
Physics Professor Publishes Article in Science Magazine

Jerry Gollub and University of Cambridge collaborators discover a new mechanism for the swimming of micro-organisms.
New Play by Alena Smith '02 Premieres at New York's Public Theater

Smith's play, The Sacrifices, was selected from more than 1,400 submissions for the Public Theater's Summer Play Festival (SPF).
Steve Begleiter '84 is World Series of Poker Contender

The former Bear Sterns executive won $1.26 million and bested more than 6,000 players to become one of nine who will play in the final rounds in November.
Exploring Philadelphia's Past

Thanks to the Hurford Humanities Center, Julia Dunbar '10 is spending this summer with the University of Pennsylvania's Mapping Du Bois Project. She's helping to create a board game, documentary, and interactive map aimed at teaching inner-city students about Philadelphia's diverse history.
Brazilian Odyssey

Associate Professor of Music Thomas Lloyd co-led a July concert tour to Brazil that featured two American choral groups performing with their Brazilian counterparts.
News from Alumni Relations and Annual Giving

The office has great 08-09 fiscal year news.
Going Green @ Haverford

Over the course of six days in October, Haverford's campus sustainability officer Claudia Kent watched with growing excitement as a team of workers transformed the roof of Stokes Hall into a meadow.
Q&A with Geoffrey Kabat '67

Professor Kaye Edwards talks with Geoffrey Kabat '67 about his Haverford experience, how the College has influenced his career, and the issues raised by his latest book, Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and the Science of Epidemiology.