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.

Urban Studies

For 33 years, Stephen L. Klineberg '61 has been tracking Houston's changes with an annual survey that has become the longest running study of a U.S. metropolitan area.
Zapotec Spoken Here

Assistant Professor of Linguistics Brook Danielle Lillehaugen and her students have created the Zapotec Talking Dictionary. Their aim: to help save this endangered language of Mexico.
Isobel Grad '11 Published in Gastronimica

The current University College London student writes about sheep and the relation to local food in Iceland, a country she first visited on her <a href="http://www.haverford.edu/news/stories/48941/51">Watson Fellowship</a>.
Bill Bragin '89 in The Wall Street Journal

The director of public programming at Lincoln Center, who, this summer, has booked 130 acts for the two seasonal outdoor festivals he oversees at the performing arts center, is profiled.
Roads Taken and Not Taken: Caitlin Caven '08

"I'm currently on a road I never wanted to take: that of full-time, professional patient," writes Caven, who was diagnosed with Crohn's disease at age 10.
Crew Still Floats His Boat

J.D. Bridges '02 started rowing at Haverford. He's now a renowned coach for the sport.
Helen White Publishes New Study on Effects of Deepwater Horizon Spill

The research, published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, shows that an oil dispersant used in the cleanup efforts in the Gulf can persist in the environment for up to four years.
Peter Taylor '90 in The Philadelphia Inquirer

Taylor River Side Farm, which Peter and his wife and daughter recently returned to, is profiled. The farm in Cinnaminson, N.J., has been in the Taylor family since 1720.
Haverford Astronomers Discover Most Distant Stars Ever Detected in Our Galaxy

Visiting Assistant Professor of Astronomy John Bochanski and his team, which includes Associate Professor of Astronomy Beth Willman, published a letter in Astrophysical Journal Letters detailing the discovery of two cool red giants which are more than 700,000 light years away.
Tom Kessinger, 1941-2014

Tom Kessinger, a beloved figure on campus during his tenure as Haverford College president from 1988 to 1996, has died at age 73.
Student Filmmakers Document Oil Spill Researchers on the Gulf Coast

The new Interdisciplinary Documentary Media Fellowship is sponsoring four students to make a documentary about the research Assistant Professor of Chemistry Helen White and her two student interns are doing this summer.
Haverford Joins New Consortium of Pennsylvania Liberal Arts Colleges

The Pennsylvania Consortium for the Liberal Arts aims to promote collaborative initiatives to improve academic programs, create cost efficiencies, and contribute to the national discussion on higher education.
Stephen Klineberg '61 on CNN

The co-director of Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Klineberg was interviewed about Houston's diversity and economy.
Phin Barnes '98 in The Philadelphia Inquirer

The First Round Capital partner was included in the newspaper's coverage of tech innovators and events at Brooklyn's Northside Festival.
Haverford College Awarded Silver Sustainability Rating

The acknowledgement comes from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.