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Standing against a white background, Eric Chen wears a fencing uniform with no helmet. He holds his epee in his right hand and points it at the camera.

Eric Chen '27 Headed to NCAA Fencing Championships

Chen, a sophomore, steps onto the national fencing stage at Penn State University later this month.

Haverford Announces 2025 Honorary Degree Recipients

Legendary track and field coach Tom Donnelly and alternative death care pioneer Katrina Spade ’99 will receive honorary degrees at Commencement.

Matthew McKeever is pictured in a portrait taken on Haverford's campus. He smiles while wearing a grey coat and light blue collared shirt.

Faculty

Professor’s New Book Explores the Economics of Single Motherhood

Thanks for Nothing by Professor and Chair of Sociology Matthew McKeever draws on 40 years of data to understand why the financial outlook for single mothers remains stagnant.

HAVERFORD GUEST ARTIST SERIES PRESENTS ROBERT DICK

Robert Dick is one of the most prominent of the generation of flutist-composers after World War II who extended the flute's musical language by employing new techniques, such as multi-phonics and key noises, to make sounds not previously considered musical.
BRANDON ROWE '04: CHASING THE OLYMPIC DREAM

Brandon Rowe '04 is focused on the long road ahead of him as he counts down to the 2008 Olympic Trials.
GROUNDBREAKING SATELLITE WILL REVEAL PHOTOS OF A YOUNG UNIVERSE: HAVERFORD PROFESSOR PART OF RESEARCH TEAM

The Planck satellite, scheduled to be launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2007 or 2008, will study the structure of the universe, measuring its most ancient radiation, the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), with an unprecedented accuracy.
Grace Through Gambling: Matt Lessinger '96

Matt Lessinger '96, an economics major, works on the wild side.
Associate Professor of Physics Walter Smith has been featured in the national media

Associate Professor of Physics Walter Smith's musical approach to teaching has been featured in the national media.
An exhibit of landscape photographs by Thomas Porett of the Haverford campus to be displayed

An exhibit of landscape photographs taken on the Haverford campus by Thomas Porett will be on display in the Humanities Center from March 13 to April 9.
FRIENDS ON FOURTH GIVES SERVICE A HOME

A group of Haverford students is trying to make community service an integral part of residential life with a new program called Friends on Fourth.
GUEST ARTIST SERIES: UPCOMING CONCERTS AT HAVERFORD

Lyric Fest and Mimi Stillman perform as part of Haverford's Guest Artist Series.
DIVERSITY OF CONTEMPORARY PAINTING DISPLAYED IN GALLERY EXHIBIT

"Conversations in Paint," a traveling exhibition of 30 works reflecting the diversity of visual language in contemporary painting, will be on display at the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery Jan. 20 through Feb. 19.
THE BALL'S IN HIS COURT: TONY PETITTI '83 ASCENDS TO HIGH POSITION AT CBS SPORTS

Nowadays, Tony Petitti '83 enjoys all the football he can handleâ€”as well as golf, tennis, and basketballâ€”as Executive Vice President of CBS Sports. He was promoted in November, after serving as Executive Producer for three years.
HAVERFORD COLLEGE TO HOLD CIVIL RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT DURING MONTH OF FEBRUARY

Haverford College will present an exhibit of documentary photography by Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner,“The Some People of That Place: 1960s Holmes Co. Mississippiâ€”The Local People and Their Civil Rights Movement,” from February 1 through 28, 2006.
WE NEED YOU TO MAKE A HAVERFORD ALUMNI AWARD NOMINATION

Call for nominations for Alumni Awards
Haverford Announces New Board Members

Michael B. Kim '85, Sheila K. Sachs, and Allan Richard White '81 join the Board.
HAVERFORD PHYSICS PROFESSOR JERRY GOLLUB CO-AUTHORS ARTICLE IN THE 15 DECEMBER 2005 ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL NATURE

HAVERFORD PHYSICS PROFESSOR JERRY GOLLUB CO-AUTHORS ARTICLE IN THE 15 DECEMBER 2005 ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL NATURE
SECRETS OF THE BLUE BUS: Getting Around Bi-Co

An insider's look into the Blue Bus