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.

Amy Pope '96 Named White House Counterterrorism Adviser

The Washington Post reports that she will replace Rand Beers, deputy assistant to the president for homeland security who is retiring.
Students Journey to Borderlands to Study Immigration

Over winter break, nine students got a fresh perspective on immigration as part of a weeklong Borderlands Field Study to Arizona and Mexico sponsored by the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship.
Lead Donor Michael Kim '85 Profiled in Bloomberg Markets

Bloomberg Markets' profile of Kim, founding partner of private-equity firm MBK Partners and lead donor to Haverford's Kim Hall, looks at his business leadership in Korea.
Mark Page '94 New CFO at Macrocure

Page, who earned an economics degree from Haverford, joins the biopharmaceutical company from Credit Suisse.
Three Haverford Professors Win NEH Fellowships

Lisa Jane Graham, the Frank A. Kafker Associate Professor of History; Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, a linguistics assistant professor, and Gustavus Stadler, an English associate professor, have received highly-competitive National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships to pursue advanced research.
John C. Whitehead '43, 1922-2015

A devoted alumnus who served on Haverford's Board of Managers for more than 30 years and was its chairman from 1972 to 1982, John C. Whitehead died Saturday, February 7.
Religion Professor's Research on Teaching With Technology Featured at Mind/Shift

Ken Koltun-Fromm's experiments with various ways to bring technology into his classroom, including Skype, iPads, and blogs, were featured in an article by Katrina Schwartz '08.
Haverford Announces Lead Gifts Totaling $10 Million to Create Innovative New Facility for Visual Culture, Arts, and Media

The anonymous gifts were made in order for design and construction at the heart of campus to move forward this year.
Anjan Chatterjee '80 in Nautilus Magazine

The head of neurology at the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is interviewed about his book, The Aesthetic Brain, and the neurology of creativity.
Tri-Co Hackathon in Philadelphia Inquirer

The paper covered this weekend's 48-hour app, website, or hardware contest, which was held on campus and designed to improve a societal or environmental issue.
New Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery Exhibit on Newsworks

Zoe Strauss: Sea Change was discussed on the WHYY radio program.
R.W. Alley '79 Draws Paddington

The Rhode Island-based illustrator talks to The Washington Post about his history with the famous bear.
Suzanne Amador Kane's Research Takes To The Skies

The Haverford associate professor of physics continues her groundbreaking work on predator-prey interactions with a new paper on goshawk pursuit strategy.
Emma Copley Eisenberg '09 in Salon

She writes about a hate speech incident aimed a biracial family in a small West Virginia town.
Ken Ludwig '72 Adapts Sherlock Holmes

The playwright's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery had its world premiere at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 16, and runs through Feb. 22.