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.

Students

Club Life: Haverford Outdoors Club

The Haverford Outdoors Club offers meaningful positive outdoors experience, no matter a student’s experience or financial circumstances.

Two students look at a clipboard as they register to vote in the GIAC. One is wearing a black Haverford t-shirt with the black squirrel on it.

News & Updates

The Run-Up Winds Down

As Election Day nears, Fords embrace their role as a critical voting bloc.

Samantha Wetzel ’18 Publishes With Assistant Professor of Economics Carola Binder

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Students, Faculty

The economics major and her thesis advisor collaborated to publish a portion of Wetzel’s thesis research in peer-reviewed journal Economics Letters.
What They Learned: Alexandra Morrison ’18

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Alumni, Science

The chemistry major and environmental studies minor wrote her thesis on the impact of oil spills on the marine environment.
Daniel Grin Awarded NASA Grant

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Faculty, Science

Worth nearly half a million dollars, the grant will fund new research, conducted on Haverford and Swarthmore’s campuses, into the physics of dark matter and dark energy.
What They Learned: Abby Cox ’18

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Alumni

For her thesis, the English major and Spanish minor examined the intersections of blackness and femininity in Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple.”
Summer Centered: Phillip Reid '19 Paints A Picture of Philadelphia’s Public Art Scene

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Students, Centers

Sponsored by the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, the English major and peace, justice, and human rights concentrator is exploring public art in Philadelphia through an oral history lens.
Updates for Alumni & Parents

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Alumni, Parents

Save the date for our 2018–2019 year events and programs.
Where They’re Headed: Jack Sollee ’18

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Alumni, Science

The biology major and neuroscience minor works at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as a clinical research assistant in the Division of Neurology.
Summer Centered: Tina Le ’19 Muses at the Mütter

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Students, Centers

The English major and health studies minor is researching the Spanish flu of 1918 and the impacts of the disease on Philadelphia.
What They Learned: Lincoln Satterthwaite ’18

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Alumni, Science

The chemistry major wrote his thesis on the chirality, or “handedness,” of molecules, which refers to their planar asymmetry.
Summer Centered: Claire Blood-Cheney '20 and Jessie Chen BMC '20 Are Teaching— and Learning—in China

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Students, Centers

The rising juniors will work together this summer as interns for the Nanjing, China, chapter of the Amity Foundation.
Where They’re Headed: Safiyah Riddle ’18

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Alumni

The political science major is going to Johannesburg, South Africa, to teach economics at the African Leadership Academy.
Summer Centered: Miles Lee ’18 Indulges His Love for Art

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Students, Centers

The art aficionado and religion major is interning in the technology department of the world-famous Philadelphia Museum of Art this summer.
Where They’re Headed: Kevin Gibbs ’18

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Alumni

The English major is combining his interests in law and higher education as the development coordinator at the University of San Francisco School of Law.
Summer Centered: Emma Bullock '19 Investigates Social Collapse in Honeybee Hives

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Students, Centers

This summer, the chemistry major is working with Associate Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Studies Helen White to investigate colony collapse disorder in honeybee hives.
Where They’re Headed: Christina Szi ’18

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Alumni, Science

The biology major and neuroscience minor is researching the genetic basis of Autism Spectrum Disorder at the Yale Child Study Center.