Haverford Headlines

Philadelphia Community College's main building is pictured in a landscape photo.

New Bi-Co Program Introduces Community College Students to a Liberal Arts Education

The weeklong immersion program, open to any current community college student, will welcome students to Haverford and Bryn Mawr campuses in June.

Faculty

Office Hour: Jonathan Wilson

The professor of environmental studies gives us a tour of his office.

Dali Pomfret is pictured on a baseball field. He leans against a chainlink fence while an out of focus scoreboard sits in the background.

Students Athletics

Major League Mindset

Dali Pomfret '25 started out wanting to play professional baseball. After an eye-opening internship, he’s now got his mind set on an even loftier goal.

HAVERFORD CHEMIST GIVES UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE AT NATIONAL CONVENTION

Haverford Professor of Chemistry Julio de Paula participates in conference of National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation.
ANTHROPOLOGY PROFESSOR EDITS TALES OF GOOD PEOPLE IN AN EVIL TIME

The stories of generous people who reached out across ethnic conflict and violence to help others are revealed in Good People in an Evil Time: Portraits of Complicity and Resistance in the Bosnian War.
Haverford Political Scientist Among Election Observers at Guatemala National Elections

Haverford Professor Anita Isaacs was part of a team of election observers following the Guatemalan elections.
Haverford Hosts Retrospective of Award Winning Architecture Firm

Haverford College will host“Voith & Mactavish Architects: A Retrospective (1988-2003),” a multimedia exhibit celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Philadelphia architecture firm headed by Daniela Holt Voith and Cameron J. Mactavish, in the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery Jan. 23-Feb. 22, 2004.
HOUSE ON COLLEGE CIRCLE BECOMES HOME FOR

Haverford has agreed to let the Bryn Mawr College Phebe Anna Thorne School renovate this houseâ€”located across the road from the Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Centerâ€”and occupy it on a long-term lease.
HAVERFORD ASTRONOMER CONFIRMS ACCELERATED EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE

Stephen Boughn researches cosmology and extra-galactic astronomy in search of the generation and expansion of the universe.
JOHANSEN NAMED MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER

After a national search, Erin R. Johansen was appointed as a major gifts officer at Haverford effective January 15.
NCAA PASSES DIVISION III REFORMS

The 2004 NCAA Convention, held Jan. 10-12 in Nashville, may go down as one of the most significant for Division III colleges, including Haverford.
SOME "PREDICTIONS" FOR 2004

We asked faculty from the sciences, social sciences, and the humanities at Haverford to give us their thoughts about the upcoming year by responding to the following question: "What do you think will be the most significant development or trend in your field of study in 2004 and why?"
A New Beat for Haverford Security Officer

Haverford Security officer Maria Johnson has published a detective story titled "Dead in Fairmount Park."
B-I-N-G-O SPELLS RELIEF DURING FINALS

Sponsored by Fords Against Boredom (FAB), a student-run organization that plans free social events during the school year, Ben & Jerry's Bingo has become a finals week tradition at Haverford.
REID SHERMAN '04 AT AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY

Reid Sherman '04 travels to Australia over Winter Break to collect data with astronomical research team.
NEW BEAT FOR HAVERFORD SECURITY OFFICER

Titled Dead in Fairmount Park, Johnson's murder mystery (written under her maiden name, Watson,) centers around the death of three men whose mutilated bodies are found in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park.
Haverford alum Michael Paulson '86 was interviewed by WBUR's "Here and Now," from Washington, D.C.

Michael Paulson '86, along with the Boston Globe's investigative team won this year's Pulitzer for public service journalism for uncovering the Catholic priest sexual abuse.
HAVERFORD GROWS â€œGREENERâ€ WITH THE HELP OF A STATE GRANT

Haverford's campus will become even more environmentally sound over the next several years with the help of a $25,000 grant, awarded by the state of Pennsylvania to the Arboretum, which will be used to redesign stream sections using green technology.