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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.

WHAT THEY LEARNED: Jane Shen ’17

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Alumni

The English major applied theories of biopower to Aphra Behn’s 17th century novel Oroonoko.
Summer Centered: Mary Kearney-Brown ’19 Helps Give Voice to the Unheard at Voice of Witness

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Students, Centers

The English major returned to her home state of California to intern at a San Francisco nonprofit that specializes in oral histories and human rights.
Duck Pond Reclamation Project

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Ensuring the well-being of a treasured campus ecosystem.
Summer Centered: Chelsea Richardson ’18 Aids Mitigation in Capital Punishment Cases

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The political science major is helping the Northern Virginia Capital Defender Office build defenses for clients facing the death penalty.
Raisa Williams 1947–2017

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The former first-year dean died July 13. She was 69.
Summer Reading: Margaret Schaus

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Our lead research and instruction librarian suggests three books that feature individuals taking action in difficult times.
Summer Centered: Rachel Wolfson ’19 Learns the Business Behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art

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The sociology major and history of art minor is part of the Museum Studies Internship Program, helping the PMA evaluate its pricing and membership-benefit practices in its group sales department.
Where They’re Headed: Emma Cohen ’17

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The history of art major, museum studies minor, and trained dancer is devoted to a future in the arts.
Summer Centered: Jake Ephron ’19 Practices Agroforestry in Belize

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At the Maya Mountain Research Farm, the biology major will help build a sustainable farming structure that promotes food security and a vibrant ecosystem.
Where They’re Headed: Audra Devoto ’17

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The biology major, who also completed the concentration in scientific computing, sees “things that are otherwise invisible” in her several microbiology-related jobs.
Summer Centered: Sarah Sujin Kay ’19 and Ben Field ’18 Intern at Cantor Fitzgerald

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The two Fords are spending their summer with the Manhattan financial services firm headed by Howard Lutnick ’83.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Caleb Eckert ’17

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For his thesis, the anthropology major and environmental studies minor pondered the pivotal role of water in the lives of those in his hometown.
Summer Centered: Vanessa Quiroz Morales ’19 Delves into Immigration Law

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The anthropology major is interning at Sweet & Paciorek LLC, a firm that provides immigration-related legal resources in the greater Philadelphia area.
Where They’re Headed: Samuel Walter ’17

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The music major and political science minor will be attending the Yale School of Music this fall.
Summer Centered: Olivia DuSold ’18 Researches Genetics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

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In her hometown, the psychology major is spending 10 weeks studying genetic mutations that result in Cornelia de Lange syndrome.