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.

Haverford Alum Rises at Disney

Andrew Millstein '84 named general manager for Walt Disney Animation Studios.
More From David Wessel '75 on the Financial Turmoil

Is Uncle Sam now in the insurance business? The Wall Street Journal editor appeared on NPR Wednesday to discuss the government's bailout of insurance giant AIG.
Translating the Unprintable

With the help of a grant from the Loeb Classical Library Foundation, Professor of Classics Deborah Roberts is exploring what's been seen as right -- and proper (or not) -– in translation
Radio Days: Danielle Jacobs '02 Interns at NPR

Jacobs, an AAAS Media Fellow, spent the summer working for NPR affiliate KUNC in Colorado.
The Road to the White House: What the polls can't tell us

Jon Delano '71 and David Burstein '11 chat about the power of new voters to shift the election and the difficulty of gauging the mood of the electorate.
First-Year Students Get Crash Course in Diversity Issues at Tri-Co Summer Institute

Incoming freshmen spent a week exploring and discussing race, gender, class, sexual orientation, and many other "isms."
American Horizons: The Photographs of Art Sinsabaugh

This exhibition is the first complete survey of the artist's career ever assembled and will run at the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery from October 3 to December 14, 2008.
New Book From Professor of Biology Philip Meneely

Oxford University Press will publish his textbook Advanced Genetic Analysis, which grew out of an innovative course of the same name Meneely has taught at Haverford for more than a decade.
Alumni Band Puts a Modern Spin on a Classic Horror Film

The Philadelphia band Golden Ball, which includes Fords Sarah Jacoby '06 and Timothy Tebordo '03, wrote and performed a new score for the 1920 film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at the Philadelphia Film Festival.
Philip Musgrove '62 on NPR: Threatening a Life to Save Another

Musgrove lamented the state of the American health care system on the August 21 broadcast of "Morning Edition."
Professor of Music Richard Freedman Receives "Digital Humanities" Grant from NEH

The grant will support Freedman's digital forum for 16th-century music books.
This is Not Only a Test

As "The Temporary Department for Academic Research," three 'Fords explore the aesthetics of academia.
PBS Marks 9/11 Anniversary With Documentary by Jonathan Fein '72

Seven years in the making, Objects and Memory explores the search for meaning in the wake of tragedy. Pictured: interviewee and carpenter Howard Corr.
Ivana Evans '12 is One of Philadelphia's "Young Heroes"

The Haverford freshman was honored by the National Liberty Museum for starting a youth mentoring program in Chester, Pa.
Distinguished Alumnus and Former Professor Speaks at Reunion Weekend

The following are remarks made by John R. Cary, class of 1945, Emeritus Professor of German and General Studies, to a gathering of members of the class of 1958 on Reunion Weekend, 2008: