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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.

Where They’re Headed: Nick Perez ’19

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Alumni

The economics major and baseball player is preparing for a career in the front offices of the major leagues.
Where They’re Headed: Gabe Halperin-Goldstein ’19

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Alumni

As a Haverford House Fellow, Gabe Halperin-Goldstein ’19 will spend next year working at the Center for Hunger-Free Communities, which advocates for policies that relieve food insecurity in Philadelphia.
Summer Centered: Allison Wise ’20 Digs Into the Archives

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Students, Centers

On her Hurford Center-sponsored internship, religion major Allison Wise ’20 is working with images and illustrations at the Library Company of Philadelphia to supplement one of the Philadelphia area’s canonical records.
Haverford College Welcomes President Wendy Raymond

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Campus

Raymond's presidency began July 1, and her busy first day included a celebratory, campus-wide meet-and-greet. A gallery of images chronicles the 16th president's campus debut.
What They Learned: Olivia Legaspi ’19

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Alumni

For her thesis, the English major wrote two linked short stories, centered on themes of mental illness and coping.
Summer Centered: Claire Blood-Cheney '20 Thinks Creatively About Business

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Students, Centers

The classics major is spending the summer at Stanford to assist emerging startups at StartX.
What They Learned: Marley Asplundh ’19

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Alumni

The linguistics major spent time in a Philadelphia classroom to research the relationship between linguistic discrimination and education for her thesis.
What They Learned: Rebecca Chang ’19

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Alumni

Personal experience and a semester abroad in Peru informed the growth and structure of cities major’s thesis.
Summer Centered: Mary Cott ’21 Peeks Behind the Curtain

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Students, Centers

Education studies minor Mary Cott ’21 is honing her passions for both dance and education by interning with the instructional wings of two New York City-based dance companies.
Quaker Values and Digital Scholarship

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Campus, Faculty

Haverford is committed to making important texts accessible to all, and recently made “Studies in Mystical Religion” by famed Quaker educator and philosopher Rufus M. Jones available to the HathiTrust, a digital library offering millions of titles.
Where They’re Headed: Kirsten Mullin ’19

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Alumni

The political science major was motivated to pursue a MENAR Fellowship teaching in Tunisia following a CPGC summer-internship abroad in Morocco.
What They Learned: Alexandra Corcoran ’19

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Alumni

The political science and Spanish double major built her thesis upon two summers’ worth of experience studying Medicaid policy and reform with the Georgetown Center for Children and Families.
Summer Centered: Rachel Spitzer '20 Lends a Helping Hand to Children

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Students, Centers

The psychology major has a summer internship at Riverside Early Intervention, a center for children with developmental delays and neurological disorders.
Brook Danielle Lillehaugen Receives ACLS Digital Extension Grant

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Faculty, awards

The associate professor of linguistics will use these funds to continue her ongoing work preserving the endangered inidigenous Zapotec language.
What They Learned: Kevin Medansky ’19

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Alumni

The French and Francophone studies major’s thesis took on a unique form, born out of a continued interest in theater and performance and using resources from across the Tri-College Consortium.