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.

Fall Fun with Friends

On a beautiful fall weekend, more than 700 friends and family members flocked to Haverford.

Alumni

Brandon Alston ’14 Shares Research on Police Countersurveillance and “Camera Cues”

The Haverford alum returned to campus to share his most recent research on Black protectionism and the camera as self-defense.

VCAM Maker Arts Space Equipment Helps Fight Against Coronavirus

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Campus

Kent Watson not only donated all of the shop’s PPE to local front line workers, he has also been overseeing loans of 3D printers and sewing machines to make new face shields and masks.
Haverford Adopts Test-Optional Policy

An announcement from Jess Lord, Vice President & Dean of Admission and Financial Aid.
Claudia Ojeda Rexach ’21 Honored as 2020 Newman Civic Fellow

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Students, awards

As a member of the 2020 cohort of fellows, the history major will have access to training and resources that will help her serve as an effective agent of change in addressing public problems and building equitable communities.
Videos: Haverford College and COVID-19

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Campus, Alumni, Faculty

A collection of video messages from—and conversations with—Haverford College President Wendy Raymond and faculty during this semester of remote learning and social distancing, as well as conversations with alumni fighting the disease on the front lines.
Winter 2020 Faculty Update

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Faculty

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances, awards, and publications.
COOL CLASSES: “Childhood and Children’s Literature”

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Faculty

This writing seminar focuses on how British and American culture has defined the child since the 18th century, tracing the ever-evolving definitions of childhood through books, games, and toys of different periods.
COOL CLASSES: “First Language Acquisition”

This linguistics seminar explores how humans acquire their native languages.
Coronavirus and Haverford

Operational and policy changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to be posted to our hub on an ongoing basis.
The Power of the Page

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Campus, Faculty, Students

The pre-spring break iteration of the Office of Academic Resources’ Reading Rainbow book-advocacy series featured students, faculty, and staff recommending books that helped them “overcome a sense of powerlessness.”
Kitchen Stadium Comes to the DC

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Students

Fords Against Boredom held its annual DC Iron Chef contest with a sustainability theme this year.
Industry Expert Leads “Game Jam” for Fords

James Seetal, who has worked on popular titles like Star Wars: The Old Republic and The Elder Scrolls: Legends, led a Haverford Innovations Program-sponsored workshop that culminated in student prototypes of tabletop games.
COOL CLASSES: “Asian American Psychology”

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Faculty

This seminar course addresses major theories and findings in Asian American psychology, with a focus on immigration and acculturation, ethnic identity, stereotyping and discrimination, families and development, and mental health.
COOL CLASSES: “Chemical Dynamics”

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Faculty

This chemistry course introduces students to the rules of thermodynamics and then uses them to explain and predict things at many levels, from systems as small as atoms and molecules to the entire planet.
COOL CLASSES: “Astronomical Ideas”

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Faculty, Science

This astronomy course provides an introduction to both modern and ancient astronomy, and provides a framework to discuss the nature of science and astronomy.
“The Local Story is the Larger Story” and the Bicentennial in Philadelphia

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Arts, Centers, Students

A new exhibit in the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery explores the summer of 1976 in Philadelphia through a documentary created by the 2019 Summer Doculab Fellows.