Haverford Headlines

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.

Honor Code in the News

A <em>Philadelphia Inquirer</em> article about college Honor Codes looks at how the Code works here at Haverford.
Q&A: Gregory Spatz '86

Cheryl Sternman Rule '92 interviews Gregory Spatz '86 about his new novel Inukshuk.
Independent Spirit: Emily Powell '00

In a one-click shopping world, Powell's Books CEO and President Emily Powell '00 keeps thousands of visitors a day flooding into the store her grandfather founded 41 years ago. How does she do it?
Home at Haverford

More than a century ago, stately Barclay Hall became the College's first dormitory. Today Tritton and Kim Halls are the new dorms on the block. Lots of other student housing options have been added to the College landscape in between. But what hasn't changed is just how essential living on campus is to the Haverford experience.
Fall Faculty Update

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances and publications.
Roads Taken and Not Taken: Joyce E. Kelley â€˜98

Kelley, now an English professor, traces the life of the plant she received as a freshman, 18 years ago.
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery Goes All Out to Make Art Accessible

With What Can a Body Do? the College's gallery breaks new ground in providing features for people with disabilities.
Alumna in Landmark Lawsuit Over Women In Combat

<a href="http://www.haverford.edu/news/stories/48171/51">Colleen Farrell '08,</a> a first lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, is one of four female soldiers who are suing the Department of Defense over restrictions on women in combat.
In Memoriam: Ronald Thiemann

Prof. Thiemann, 66, taught religion at Haverford from 1976 to 1986 and served as acting provost and acting president before becoming dean of the Harvard Divinity School.
Schubert Performance Brings Together Artists, Scholars

The occasion of the November 30 performance of Winterreise by Music Professor Curt Cacioppo and Canadian baritone Alexander Dobson has engendered collaboration among 60 students and five faculty members across disciplines.
Victims of Hurricane Sandy need your help!

Here's a list of aid organizations and compiled by our Office of Student Activities and Leadership.
Barak Mendelsohn Writes About Hamas in Foreign Affairs

In his piece for the Council of Foreign Relations' publication, the assistant professor of political science explains the key factors that pushed Hamas to ramp up its bombing campaign.
Observing the Stars in Arizona

A group of astronomy students got some hands-on time with a telescope during a four-day field trip to Kitt Peak National Observatory, near Tucson.
Anna Brockway '12 Earns Science and Technology Policy Junior Fellowship

The Department of Energy program will enable her to work with the federal government's solar energy initiative in Washington, D.C., starting in January.
Jeremy Rutter '67 Recognized With Archaeological Institute of America's Gold Medal

The Dartmouth College professor will receive the award, which is given“in recognition of a scholar who has made distinguished contributions to archaeology through his or her fieldwork, publications, and/or teaching," in January 2013.