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.

Faculty

COOL CLASSES: “Design for All”

In Ronah Harris’ class, students are introduced to the creative problem-solving methodology of human-centered design.

Students

Club Life: Haverford Outdoors Club

The Haverford Outdoors Club offers meaningful positive outdoors experience, no matter a student’s experience or financial circumstances.

Roads Taken and Not Taken: Katie Quirk '98

A disappointing study abroad experience leads to a life-changing sojourn in Africa that turns a Tanzanian girl into family.
Writing Program Fellow Paul Farber talks to CNN about the 1963 March on Washington

Paul Farber, a Writing Program Fellow and American Studies scholar, is a contributing author of a new book that documents the historic 1963 March on Washington through the images of photographer Leonard Freed.
Aaron Bernstein '95 in The New York Times

The Facebook employee is part of a team trying to deliver free or cheap ways to use the Internet to people who lack access.
The Unconventional Cop

Andy Solberg '78 is a D.C. police commander with a master's in philosophy who would rather be out on the street than behind a desk, thinks police work can be informed by Aristotle's ethics, and believes:“We arrest way too many people, and we shouldn't.”
Summer Internships 2013: Cataloguing Jewish History

With support from Haverford's Hurford Center, Rilka Spieler '14 worked as an intern in the registration department of the National Museum of American History.
Christopher Yung '86 on CCTV

The senior research fellow at the Institute of National Strategic Studies discusses Chinese-U.S. military relations.
Paul Bisceglio '09 Writes for the Atlantic

The D.C.-based freelancer wrote a piece about how social media changes the way we approach death.
Andrew Lanham '10 in The Los Angeles Review of Books

The current Rhodes Scholar wrote an essay, "Walter White's Heart of Darkness," to coincide with the return of AMC's <em>Breaking Bad</em>.
A Foodie in Chicago

Food journalist Heather Sperling '05 helps launch Fete Chicago, a series of events celebrating the city's food and design artisans.
Summer 2013 Internships: Mending Divisions in Belfast, Northern Ireland

Abigail Brown '14 works with a restorative justice organization as a CPGC summer intern.
Kevin O'Halloran '11 Rocks Little Big League

The band he co-founded with Bryn Mawr grad Michelle Zauner '11 has a full-length debut release and a busy touring schedule this summer.
Quaker Connector: Walter Hjelt Sullivan '82

Quaker Affairs Director Walter Hjelt Sullivan '82 takes a passionate approach to nurturing Haverford's Quaker ethos.
Summer 2013 Internships: Examining Alternative Fuels

Through an internship sponsored by the CPGC, Eve Gutman '15 spent her summer working with EnergyVision in New York.
In the 'Shark Tank'

Ryan Frankel '06 introduces his start-up company, Verbalizeit, to a national audience on the ABC reality show.
Anthony Amsterdam '57 in Salon, New Book

In an excerpt from the forthcoming book <em>A Wild Justice</em>, which details the history of capital punishment in the U.S., Amsterdam is called "surely the most important individual lawyer. No other attorney in American history has had such a profound influence on civil rights issues."