Haverford Headlines

Education as Liberation

Philadelphia’s Freedom Side School imagines future intersections between education and anti-carceral movements with a Haverford first-year writing seminar.

Students

Changing Stigmatized Views of Menstruation in Nepal

For the past four years, Kripa Khatiwada '26 has been working with an eco-friendly feminine hygiene products company and supporting the women of her home country.

Students

Two Students Receive Innovation Microgrants

The grants provided by the Haverford Innovations Program are intended to sustain Fords' entrepreneurial spirit during the busy academic year.

A Summer at Lankenau

This summer Hiba Dhanani '14 is interning at the Lankenau Clinical Care Center, where she is assisting physicians and nurses while working on turning the clinic into a patient-centered medical home.
Jennifer Punt Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

The professor of biology will receive $300,000 over two years to continue to fund her T cell research.
Entrepreneurism 101

Fords offer tips, advice and lessons learned on the road to launching a new venture.
Teaching About Galaxies Big and Small

Astronomer Beth Willman's role as an inspiring scholar-educator is recognized with a CAREER Grant from the National Science Foundation.
Documentary Summer

Hilary Brashear '13 is interning with New York City filmmakers on two documentaries. One examines illegal labor practices at strip clubs. The other focuses on the Wisconsin recall election.
Summer in the Stacks: Interning at the Library of Congress

Gabrielle Winick '13 is interning with the Library of Congress Publishing Office in Washington, D.C., assisting on the production of two books and getting a glimpse of the publishing world.
Winifred Johnson '09 Wins National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

The fellowship will fund three years of research for the chemical oceanography student in the MIT/WHOI joint program.
Susanna Wing Talks Mali on IPS

The associate professor of political science is quoted in an article about U.S. aid for Malian refugees.
Financing the Poor

Through a CPGC summer internship, Ananya Mukkavilli '14 is working for the Grameen Foundation in Washington, D.C., which supports microfinance efforts around the world.
A Summer at the MÃ¼tter

Alex Tonsing '13 is interning at the MÃ¼tter Museum in Philadelphia, transcribing and scanning Civil War diaries.
Benjamin Allen '02 Is Part of a Harvard Team Working to Transform Cancer Treatment

According to <em>The Harvard Gazette</em>, the mathematical biology postdoctoral fellow helped analyze results of a study on drug resistance in cancers that could make many cancers manageable, if not curable.
Exploring Immigration Law

Sponsored by the CPGC, Elizabeth Pierson '12 is assisting lawyers with Catholic Charities' Milwaukee Legal Services for Immigrants.
Historical Summer

Christy Tavernelli '13 is cataloging woodblock prints from the 19th century at the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Aiding Child Welfare in Cambodia

Thomas Leonard '13 is spending the summer interning with the Cambodian Center for the Protection of Children's Rights in Phnom Penh.
Dr. Chris Johnson '74 Stumps for Liberal Arts

The pediatric critical care doctor tells one of <em>The Chronicle of Higher Eucation</em>'s blogs that "the very best preparation I could have received for what I do every day... was a liberal arts education."