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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.

Watson Fellow Studies the Slope of the Green Around the World

John Saroff '98 has an endless summer ahead of him. But forget the tubular arc of the waves, in the next year he'll be studying the awesome run of the green under the sun of two different hemispheres.
Trumpeting the Class of 1998

The sweet sounds of jazz mingled with warm words of advice as 300 students received their undergraduate degrees during Haverford's annual commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 17.
Watson Fellows Travel to Great Britain and China

This summer Haverford bid bon voyage to graduating seniors James Welcome and Samuel Freeman, both of whom won prestigious $18,000 Watson Fellowships to pursue a year of artistic and scholarly interests abroad.
After a Decade of Service, Dean Milden To Leave Haverford

No students have ever officially called her mom, but on commencement day, when Randy Milden watches some 300 Haverford seniors receive their diplomas, she can't help but look over the parade of caps and gowns with a proud parental eye.
Haverford Students Use Internet to Explore World War I

Thanks to the Internet, Richard Zito got more than he bargained for when he enrolled in a course on the literature of World War I.
Soccer, Lacrosse Stars Capture MacIntosh Award

Aspiring to the same success in life that "Mac" himself enjoyed, three members of the Class of 2000 - Rich Billings, Lindsey Carey and Ryan Taggart - have been selected from a field of 24 nominees to receive the Archibald MacIntosh '22 Award for 1997.
Four To Receive Honorary Degrees At Haverford Commencement Ceremony

Four distinguished leaders in the arts and humanities have been selected to receive honorary Doctors of Letters during Haverford's May 17 commencement ceremonies.
E-Mail From... Senegal

An occasional correspondence with Haverford faculty doing research around the world.
A Study in Diplomacy: Peace Mission Students Visit Cuba

Bourne and fellow Haverford students, junior Shira Ovide and seniors CÃ©sar Rosado MarzÃ¡n and Carlos RodrÃguez, spent their spring break visiting Cuba as part of the annual Peace Studies Mission.
Birds of a Feather: Students Flock South On Spring Break Service Trips

Four groups of Haverford students are spending their spring break from March 7 to 16 helping others.
Photographs Capture Forgotten History and Heroes

What does forgotten African-American history look like through the lens of a camera?
Look Back In Love: In Honor of Gandhi and King, Two Advocates of Nonviolence Reflect on Tumultuous Lives Lived in Peace

Two men with vastly different backgrounds but a unifying spiritual vision came to campus on February 25 to share with the Haverford community how nonviolence shaped and reformed their lives.
New Faculty Member's Work Is Laser-Sharp

When new assistant professor of chemistry Charles Miller arrived on campus this fall he brought with him not only a distinguished research background in atmospheric chemistry, but a prestigious Camille and Henry Dreyfus Faculty Start-up Grant for Undergraduate Institutions.
Medieval Feminist Web Site Garners Attention

A web index is broadening horizons for medieval feminist scholars.
Murder, Mayhem and Mystery: It's All Elemental, 'Dear Reader' in Roger Lane's New Book

Roger Lane chronicles the history of murder in America in his new book.