Haverford Headlines

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.

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.
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.
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.
Barak Mendelsohn in the New York Daily News

The associate professor of political science is interviewed about the Obama administration's failure to send a high-profile member to the recent Paris marches against terrorism.
Remaking College: Innovation And The Liberal Arts Is One of Phi Beta Kappa's "Top 14 Books of 2014"

The book, edited by President Dan Weiss, Rebecca Chopp, and Susan Frost, is included on a list compiled from recommendations by Phi Beta Kappa staff and members.
Raffi Williams '11 in Forbes

The deputy press secretary for the Republican National Committee is one of the publication's "30 Under 30" in law and policy.
Daniel J. Gilman '00 Profiled in Washington Jewish Week

The Middle East analyst and consultant discusses his new book, Cairo Pop: Youth Music in Contemporary Egypt, which analyzes the relationship between pop music and nationalism in the Arab world.
Raffi Williams '11 on Yahoo News

The GOP deputy press secretary is interviewed about his job and his how his politics differ from that of his father, Juan Williams '76.
Haverford Welcomes Largest QuestBridge Match Cohort to Class of 2019

The first 18 members of next year's freshman class were chosen as part of a partnership with an organization that helps high-achieving, low-income students forge a path to highly selective colleges.
Fighting for Juvenile Justice

Sarah Morris '05 is working to change Pennsylvania's policies around sentencing juveniles to adult prisons and co-founded an organization that is fighting the state's expansion of prisons.