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.

Where They’re Headed: Keri Cronin ’18

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Alumni, Science

The psychology major is working as a clinical research assistant at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Customs Introduces 357 New Fords to Campus Life

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Campus, Students

After moving into their dorms on Aug. 29, the Class of 2022 began their first year at Haverford with the College’s traditional five-day orientation program.
Where They’re Headed: Will Edwards ’18

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Alumni

Edwards is returning to France, his home throughout much of his childhood and adolescence, for a seven-month-long teaching assistant program.
Casey Londergan Awarded NSF Grant

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Faculty, Science

The associate professor of chemistry has been awarded a $320,854 grant from the National Science Foundation to merge computational strategies with chemistry lab experiments to determine protein structures.
Brook Danielle Lillehaugen to Receive the 2018 Ernest A. Lynton Award

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Faculty

The award, which is sponsored by the Swearer Center at Brown University in partnership with the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, recognizes early-career and pre-tenure faculty for connecting their teaching, research, and service to community engagement.
Colin MacKay, 1926–2018

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Faculty

Colin MacKay, professor emeritus of chemistry, died Tuesday, August 28, at his home in Bryn Mawr.
Ken Ruto ’20 Named Second Runner-Up in Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge

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Students, awards

The computer science major received $25,000 to support the development of Flux, a smart water meter designed to improve water systems in his home country of Kenya.
Where They’re Headed: Helen Jung ’18

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Alumni, Science

Jung is enrolled in an M.D./Ph.D. dual-degree program at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Summer Centered: Summer DocuLab Fellows Zoom in on Zapotec Languages

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Students, Centers

Supported by VCAM and the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities, five students used filmmaking to aid Assistant Professor of Linguistics Brook Danielle Lillehaugen in her study of Zapotec language and culture in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Summer Centered: Olivia Legaspi ’19 Empowers Artists of Color

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Students, Centers

With an internship at Philadelphia nonprofit the Asian Arts Initiative, the English major and fine arts minor hopes to uplift the achievements of minority artists.
Where They’re Headed: Sofia Licata ’18

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Alumni

As an intern for the production company Face-to-Face Films, the economics major and film studies minor is getting a glimpse into the inner workings of the entertainment industry.
Summer Centered: Bess Cohen ’19 Brings Heart to Higher Education

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Students, Centers

The sociology major and economics minor is helping support first-generation students at the Community College of Philadelphia as a fellow at CollegeTogether, an organization started by Oscar Wang ’14.
Summer Centered: Trevor Esilu ’21 Helps Man’s Best Friend Stay Healthy

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Students, Centers

The aspiring wildlife veterinarian is conducting research on the canine version of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 hormone at Penn Vet.
Haverford Alumni Offer Advice to the Class of 2022

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Alumni, Campus, Students

We invited alumni to share their wisdom with first-year students on move-in day. From academic mentorship to navigating party spaces and from forming friendships to exploring extracurriculars, the advice they gave is practical, whimsical, and very Haverfordian.
Summer Centered: Benjamin Frost ’19 Gets a Head Start in Healthcare

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Students, Centers

Thanks to funding from the Primary Care Pre-Medical Internship Program, the chemistry major is shadowing healthcare providers in his hometown of Oconomowoc, Wisc., this summer.