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.

Barak Mendelsohn on The Huffington Post

The associate professor of political science is interviewed about the relationship between al Qaeda and ISIS.
Ryan Frankel '06 in The Wall Street Journal

His language translation startup VerbalizeIt raised its seed round to expand.
Tim Ifill '03 in Fast Company

The executive director of Philly Fellows is interviewed in a piece about what nonprofit job-seekers need to know to get their dream job.
Getting a Strong Start With the Chesick Scholars Program

The program, which includes a summer bridge session and intensive mentoring, helps students from groups that are underrepresented in higher education make the Haverford experience their own.
Gabrielle Goodman '12 Writes For CJ, The Quarterly Magazine of Conservative Judaism

The current Harvard Divinity School student writes about how her Jewish awakening was stirred by work done in Professor Steven Finley's class, "The Bible and Literature."
Tal Alter '98 in The Washington Post

The former Haverford shortstop who runs the Nationals' Youth Baseball Academy is part of an article about whether the D.C. baseball team's playoff run can help get local African American kids excited about the sport.
Richard J. Schwab '79 in Philadelphia Inquirer

The University of Pennsyvania sleep medicine physician is the senior author of a study in the current issue of the journal <em>Sleep</em> that suggests that tongue fat may be key in screening and treating sleep apnea.
Organizing Tobacco Workers in North Carolina

Alex Egilman '16 traveled to North Carolina to participate in a historic organizing campaign through an internship with Union Summer, a program that introduces young activists to the labor movement.
President Dan Weiss on the AGB Blog

The president writes for the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges about making tough decisions during his first year at the College and how the Board of Managers can be a "moral compass."
Sorelle Friedler Writes For The Billfold

In the assistant professor of computer science's post she writes about her problems with "no-excuses" charter schools and how, in her opinion, "submissive students do not make good computer scientists."
Ben Le in New York Magazine

The associate professor of psychology has written about his research on how compassionate people end relationships.
Bill Bragin '89 in The New York Times

Lincoln Center's director of programming since 2008 will become the first executive artistic director of NYU Abu Dhabi's performing arts center, giving him command over a 700-seat theater, two smaller performance halls, and a screening room.
Liisa Thomas '93 in Crain's Chicago Business

The lawyer, who chairs Winston & Strawn LLP's privacy and data security practice, has written a new book, <em>Thomas on Data Breach: A Practical Guide to Handling Worldwide Data Breach Notification</em>, about what to do after a security lapse.
Language and Development in India

Robin Banerji '15 spent the summer in India, conducting research for Jeevika, a development program that provides social and economic support to women in Bihar.
Examining What it Means to â€œDo Goodâ€

After an unexpected false start, Alison Marqusee '16 turned her summer around by volunteering with Seva Mandir: a non-profit that takes a multi-faceted approach to development in India.