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.

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.

Summer Centered: Jared Saef ’24 Builds Connections in the Region’s Trail Network

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Students, Campus, Centers

Sponsored by the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, Jared Saef '24 spent the summer helping to build a cross-county alliance aimed at improving the network of paved biking trails in the region.
Summer Centered: Amelia LaMotte ’25 Helps Connect Audiences to the Fringe

As a publications intern with support from the Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities, Amelia LaMotte '25 spent her summer helping to prepare a guide to the Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
Welcome to Haverford, Class of 2027!

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Campus, dorms, Students

The Class of 2027 began its transition to college life with Customs, Haverford’s signature orientation program that sets the foundation for living and learning in community with one another throughout the year.
New Dark Sky Friendly Lighting Is Here

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Campus

An outcome of a plenary resolution in spring 2020, dark sky lighting aims light at the ground, instead of up into the sky where it can contribute to light pollution.
What They Learned: Isha Mehta ’23

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Alumni

In her thesis, the East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC) major, studied the relationship between humans and animals in ancient Chinese dynasties to better understand contemporary animal welfare.
Summer Centered: Maya Plimack '24 Explores American History, One Monument at a Time

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Summer Centered, Students, Campus, Centers

During a summer internship at Philadelphia's Monument Lab, Maya Plimack '24 is doing curatorial research and aiding preparations for an outdoor exhibition on the National Mall in Washingtong, D.C.
What They Learned: Celia Page ’23

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Alumni

Page’s thesis research was rooted in the fields of sports economics and discrimination research, an area that has received research attention mainly in basketball, baseball and football.
Summer Centered: Ruth Mercedes ’24 Plumbs the Archives to Unearth the Stories of Enslaved Individuals

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Summer Centered, Students, Campus, Centers

In a summer internship with the Witness Stones Project, Mercedes is compiling primary source documents related to slavery and helping to craft a vision for how the stories they tell can be brought into the classroom.
Grant Awarded to Digitize Records from Quaker-operated Indian Boarding Schools

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Campus

The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) has been awarded a grant of more than $100,000 from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission to digitize 20,000 records related to Quaker-operated Indian boarding schools, in partnership with Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Quaker & Special Collections here at Haverford.
Joseph Russo 1937-2023

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Faculty

Joseph Russo, who taught classics at Haverford for more than 30 years, died August 16 at his home in upstate New York of complications from a motor neuron disease. He was 86.
Where They’re Headed: Jared Heller ’23

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Alumni

The history major has set his sights on a career as a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, and beyond.
Where They’re Headed: Sharon Williams ’23

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Alumni

The psychology major at Bryn Mawr and visual studies minor at Haverford begins her post-grad career with Vanguard Group as a Portfolio Implementation Associate.
National Science Foundation Grant Goes to Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Rebecca Everett

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Faculty

Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Rebecca Everett has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to further her research on the effects of food quality on the maturation stages of water fleas (Daphnia Pulex), with a larger goal of better understanding the degree human activities are changing the environment and nutrient cycles.
Haverford Welcomes Four New Faculty Members

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Faculty

This year, new professors join the Departments of Economics, English, and Music, as well as the African and Africana Studies Program.
Summer Centered: Michaela Richter ’25 Researches Professors’ Career Paths With an Eye on Equity

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Summer Centered, Students, Campus, Summer, Centers

During a summer internship sponsored by the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, Richter helped track hiring practices in academia and how they relate to careers in linguistics.