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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.

Summer Centered: Three Fords Learn How A Museum Is Run From One Of The Best In The World

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Students, Centers

This summer, Courtney Carter, Kelly Jung, and Sofia Vivado (all Class of 2017) have received funding from the John B. Hurford ‘60 Center for Arts and Humanities to participate in the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s highly competitive Museum Studies Internship Program.
Where They’re Headed: Jeremy Steinberg ’16

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Jeremy Steinberg ‘16 will spend a year teaching English to elementary school children in Beit She’an, Israel, as part of the Masa Israel Teaching Fellowship.
Summer Centered: Lauren Benedetto ‘18 Helps Families Grow

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The psychology major and health studies minor is spending her summer interning at CT Fertility, a clinic in Trumbull, Conn.
Where They’re Headed: Emily Berlin ’16

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In July, Emily Berlin ‘16 started work as an allocation analyst for TJX’s Merchant Development program.
Summer Centered: An Ethnographic Mission in Urban India

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This summer the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship has sent five Bi-Co students to work with local NGOs and convey their ethnographic insights using creative multimedia tools.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Kaziah White ’16

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The anthropology major’s passion for reproductive justice and interest in oral history informed her thesis, which gathers stories from abortion care providers.
Elizabeth Milicevic Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

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Faculty

The assistant professor of mathematics and statistics will use the $128,000 grant to forward her research connecting problems in algebraic geometry and representation theory.
Summer Centered: David Zegeye ‘19 Studies the Evolution of Galaxies

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The KINSC Scholar is getting a headstart on programming languages and cosmology doing research with Assistant Professor of Astronomy Desika Narayanan.
Summer Centered: Charles Hale ‘17 Analyzes Ant Behavior in Germany

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The biology major is conducting research on the genetic basis of the division of labor within ant colonies at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Divya Shiv ’16

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The English and psychology double major wrote two theses: one on <em>The God of Small Things</em> by Arundhati Roy and another on cultural differences in social support.
Haverford College Names New CPGC Executive Director

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Eric Hartman, currently a faculty member in the Staley School of Leadership Studies at the College of Education at Kansas State University, will lead the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship starting Sept. 1.
Summer Centered: Stephanie Terrell ‘18 Makes Summer Fun Accessible to People With Disabilities

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The Gertrude Albert Heller Memorial Grant is funding her internship at Camp Jabberwocky on Martha’s Vineyard.
Where They’re Headed: Katie Lee ’16

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Alumni

The biology major ’16 will stay on campus in her new role as an admissions officer.
Summer Centered: Rosie Cohen ‘18 Educates, Empowers, and Inspires Girls in Rural West Virginia

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The history major is working as a teaching intern at High Rocks Academy, a free, nonprofit summer camp that supports young girls in Appalachia.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Nora Weathers ’16

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Inspired by a topic from her Superlab course, the chemistry major and environmental studies minor researched the long-term reservoirs of pesticide DDT—which has been banned for almost 50 years in the U.S.—in salt marsh sediment.