Haverford Headlines

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.

Fall Fun with Friends

On a beautiful fall weekend, more than 700 friends and family members flocked to Haverford.

Alumni

Brandon Alston ’14 Shares Research on Police Countersurveillance and “Camera Cues”

The Haverford alum returned to campus to share his most recent research on Black protectionism and the camera as self-defense.

Arboretum Hosts A Fall Fling

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Campus

Members of the community celebrated the changing season at the Arboretum’s Fall Festival, which included a Nature Trail night hike lit by handmade jack-o’-lanterns.
COOL CLASSES: “Sex Under Capitalism: Intimate Relations Between Economy and Society”

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Faculty

This sociology course engages in debates about families as economic units, women’s bodies as social factories, gay identity’s relationship to labor and consumption, the “pricing” of unpaid care, and sex work and trafficking.
Philosophy Department Unveils New Collection Spotlighting Minority Contributions to the Field

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Alumni, Campus, Students

The new Gladstone Lee Mohan Collection consists of dozens of philosophical texts by underrepresented authors and is named after an alum and two current students.
COOL CLASSES: “Body Media: Wearable Technology and Digital Bodies”

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Faculty

This visual studies course introduces students to critical design and creative practices that address technologies that are worn on the body, that digitize the body, and that extend the body.
Updates for Alumni & Parents

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Alumni

Get ready for fall happenings on campus and beyond Haverford.
Pew Center Grant Funds Project Exploring Connections Between Campus and Local and International Muslim Communities

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Arts, Campus, Centers

The award connects the College’s Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities, artist collective Slavs and Tatars, and Philadelphia nonprofits Twelve Gates Arts and the Council on American Islamic Relations for two years of planned artistic collaborations inspired by a 14th-century allegorical Uighur text.
Amira Abujbara's "We Are Still Here"

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Haverford magazine, Alumni

The Class of 2017 graduate made a documentary that tells the story of the problems facing Native Alaskan communities.
COOL CLASSES: “Public Policy Analysis”

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Faculty

This political science course helps students develop a deeper understand of how public policy is made.
COOL CLASSES: “Mind and World”

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Faculty

This philosophy course is an introduction to the history of our conception of ourselves as rational beings in the world through a close reading of Aristotle, Descartes, and Kant.
Exploring Career Paths

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Students, Alumni, Haverford magazine

Alumni-sponsored externships offer students a glimpse of the professional world beyond college.
Social Justice Work Celebrated at Fifth Tri-Co Hackathon

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Students

The winning project, Salud y Dinero, created by a team of five Fords, aims to create an engaging way for kids to become financially literate.
COOL CLASSES: “Industry and the Environment: Understanding Environmental Responses within the Textile Industry”

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Faculty

This environmental studies class, which is part of a Philadelphia Area Creative Collaboratives project this semester, broadly examines how the environment is impacted by the textile industry.
Alex Stern '20 Curates Lutnick Library's Inaugural Exhibit

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Students, Campus

The newly renovated library’s first exhibit showcases a new collection of early printed books, hailing from 15th-century Europe.
From Petri Dish to Poster: Fords Present at the 15th Annual Undergraduate Science Research Symposium

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Science, Students

With 96 students presenting research conducted across the globe, the Undergraduate Science Research Symposium showcased the range and depth of research Fords undertake in the natural sciences.
Pipeline to the MLB

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Alumni

The skills picked up at Haverford—critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and a sophisticated understanding of data—have turned out to be an ideal fit for key front office roles in Major League Baseball. And as a growing number of alumni get established in the industry, they are opening doors for younger alums.