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.

Organic Chemistry at Yale

Thanks to a summer grant from the Koshland Integrated Natural Science Center, Zef Konst '12 is conducting organic chemistry research at Yale University.
Studying the Stars

Miriam Fuchs '13 is doing research on binary stars at Boston University, where she is working under astronomer Andrew West '99.
Harper Hubbeling '11 Published in Nature Immunology

The recent graduate's thesis work led to co-authoring a paper with Professor Jenni Punt and outside collaborators.
Solar Flares: A Summer at Harvard

Andrew Sturner '12 is participating in solar flare research at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics this summer under the auspices of the KINSC.
Quaker Bouncers Idea Goes National

Jeff Millman '07 and SOTEER, an on-campus alcohol intervention program he has launched, are spotlighted in an article in <em>Inside Higher Ed</em> magazine. Millman co-founded Haverford's Quaker Bouncers and created The Green Team, a similar student-run party-monitoring program, at Dartmouth, where he is an M.B.A. candidate.
Building a Bright Future in Philadelphia

Gabrielle Martinez '13 is interning at Philadelphia Futures thanks to summer funding from the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship.
Haverford Adds Microfinance Position, Curriculum

Shannon Mudd, the College's new visiting assistant professor of economics and microfinance program coordinator, will oversee new courses, a visitor series and a symposium on the topic.
A Summer at Cliveden

Rachel Lim '12 is spending the summer interning with the Cliveden House of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Philadelphia.
Advocating for Immigrants in Virginia

The Center for Peace and Global Citizenship is funding Kate Irick's '13 internship this summer with the Legal Aid Justice Center in Falls Church, Va.
Teaching in Israel

Hannah Turner '13 is spending the summer working with Israel Elwyn, an organization that seeks to integrate disabled children into their local communities.
Oil Pipelines, Interdependence, and the Arab Spring

Matthew Cebul '13 and Hannah Solomon-Strauss '12 are working as research interns at the Foreign Policy Research Institute this summer with support from the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship.
An Education in Guatemala

Hannah Miller '13 is spending the summer working at a school and orphanage in Guatemala through a CPGC funded internship.
Empowering Girls in Rural Peru

Elizabeth Levitan '11 is helping young girls get an education at the Sacred Valley Project in Peru this summer with support from the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship.
Urban Agriculture and Modern Design in Germany

Recent graduate Katie Wettick '11 is studying urban sustainability in Hamburg, Germany, this summer under the auspices of the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship.
Clinic in Cape Town

Becca DeHority '12 is spending this summer interning at a day clinic in Cape Town.