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.

Maia Freudenberger '13 Starts Leadership, Service and Mentorship Program in Madagascar

The growth and structure of cities major secured $27,000 in private grant money to fund a project she will launch this summer following her Haverford graduation.
Miguel Gomez '01 in The Philadelphia Inquirer

The former psychology major who opened Ardmore's Viva Video last year tells the paper why, contrary to popular opinion, video stores aren't dead
Pola A. Lem '13 Wins Fellowship and Award

The Russian major has earned the Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace, which will fund her summer language program at Middlebury Language School, and the ROSSICA Young Translators Award, a Â£500 prize for her work on Marina Stepnova's The Women of Lazarus.
UPCOMING EVENT: "Shades of Occupation: Iraq After 10 Years"

The 2013 Mellon Symposium, organized by Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology Zainab Saleh, will be held 
Friday, March 29.
Bruce Partridge Interviewed on Euronews Program

The emeritus professor of astronomy is interviewed about the results of the European Space Agency's Planck satellite mission on the program Space.
Adam Zakheim '10 in the Philadelphia Daily News

In the wake of a particularly bad flu season, the clinical microbiology graduate student wrote an article about solving the "influenza guessing game."
Adam Lewis '10 Pens Op/Ed in USA Today

The counterterrorism associate at Human Rights Watch writes about the shortcomings of military commissions.
Winter 2013 Faculty Update

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances and publications.
Dismantling the Myth of Martyrdom

A new book by Adam Lankford '02 challenges the conventional wisdom about terrorists who carry out suicide bombings.
Thomas Lloyd's Theatrical Chorale Premiere Reviewed in The Philadelphia Inquirer

The paper calls Bonhoeffer, the associate professor of music's opus about a German pastor and theologian who battled Nazism and died for it, "significant" and "rich in musical substance."
Peter Kissin '13 Earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

A member of Haverford's cross country and track teams, Kissin is the 10th athlete from those programs to be selected for the scholarship, which helps fund graduate studies for outstanding student-athletes.
Kari Nadeau '88 "The Allergy Buster"

The associate professor of allergies and immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is featured in The New York Times Magazine cover story on new treatments for children with food allergies.
Miguel Gomez '01 in The Philly Post

The owner of Viva Video in Ardmore talks about opening a brick-and-mortar video rental store in a Netflix era.
Joseph Urgo '78 On Liberal Arts In The Baltimore Sun

Urgo, the president of St. Mary's College in Maryland, wrote a piece about how the liberal arts are "essential to nurture creators and inventors if our society is to thrive."
Microfinance Students Travel To Bangladesh

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics Shannon Mudd led nine Bi-Co students on a trip over winter break to examine the impact of microfinance organizations in the field.