Haverford Headlines

Changing Stigmatized Views of Menstruation in Nepal

For the past four years, Kripa Khatiwada '26 has been working with an eco-friendly feminine hygiene products company and supporting the women of her home country.

Students

Two Students Receive Innovation Microgrants

The grants provided by the Haverford Innovations Program are intended to sustain Fords' entrepreneurial spirit during the busy academic year.

A women's basketball player drive to the hoop while wearing a white Haverford uniform.

News & Updates Haverford magazine

Game Changer: Inside the Athletics Action Plan

The new plan aims to elevate the field of play, and not just for student-athletes.

Historic Torah Scroll Now Has a Home with the Haverford Community

The scroll, donated by the Sarah Brand Torah Project, was dedicated in a ceremony this spring.
The Road to the White House: Is it all over in the Democratic Party?

Jon Delano '71 and David Burstein '11 meet to discuss the future of Hillary Clinton's campaign.
Congrats to the Class of 2008!

What does it take to read 295 names just so? Ask Prof. Aryeh Kosman, the <a href="http://www.haverford.edu/news/stories/9061/51">Reader of the Names.</a> View photos of the <a href="http://www.haverford.edu/news/gallery.php?id=491">reception</a> and <a href="http://www.haverford.edu/news/gallery.php?id=521">family legacies</a>, and a <a href="http://www.haverford.edu/ns/commencement/2008/index.html">searchable video</a>.
What's In A Name ("Neym")

Correspondent Mandy Ball '11 checks in with Prof. Aryeh Kosman about reading student names at Commencement.
Tony Petitti '83 On His New Job: Running the MLB Network

From Far Rockaway, to homeplate at Haverford, to running Major League Baseball's new TV network -- meet Tony Petitti.
Two Haverford Students Honored for Excellence in Science by Goldwater Foundation

Sara Berman '10 is this year's Goldwater Scholar, and Adolfo Cuesta '10 received a Goldwater Honorable Mention.
News Exec Norm Pearlstine '63 Joins Bloomberg L.P.

The veteran newsman (Time, Wall Street Journal) becomes content head of Bloomberg, the financial news and information giant.
"People Were Screaming"

Eli Sweet '05, currently a student at SiChuan University, reports from the scene of China's devastating earthquake.
Jewish Images: Imagining Jews

Religion professor Ken Koltun-Fromm â€˜88 and students in his class set up poster sessions, together with multimedia presentations, about how American Jews see themselves -- and how others see American Jews.
Philadelphia International Cricket Festival

MainLineLife.com offers a slideshow from the 2008 festival held at the Merion Cricket Club and Haverford College last weekend.
Yoo Jin Lee '08 Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship

Lee will teach English to middle school children in her parents' homeland, Korea.
May 9-18, 2008: Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition

The exhibit features the various media artwork of senior fine arts majors including prints, paintings, photography, and sculpture.
A Century of Haverford Alumni Photographers

Photographs were first acquired for instructional purposes at Haverford College in 1870- thus, it is not surprising that alumni of the college have become photographers of the first rank, making major contributions to the field.
Haverford Announces Academic Blueprint for the Future

The Board of Managers has approved the Faculty Committee on Academic Enrichment proposal. Planned faculty slots include Cross-Cultural & Area Studies; Computational Social & Natural Sciences; more.
Haverford Wins $1.4 Million Grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The grant will help strengthen Haverford's biological sciences by supporting research opportunities, curricular initiatives, technological advances, and outreach programs.