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.

Collaging the Power of Sound

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Campus, Faculty

Susan Howe, winner of the 2017 Robert Frost Award for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry, gave an on-campus reading.
Presenting a Theatrical Thesis

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Arts, Students

Independent theater major Rory Kennison ’18 wrote a two-act play for his senior thesis, and, with the help of seven student actors, he recently shared his work in a poignant staged reading.
Haverford Innovations Program Helps Launch First Tri-Co Startup Weekend

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Campus, Centers, Students

Aspiring student entrepreneurs from across the Tri-College community learned skills “related to problem-solving, team-building, and critical-thinking.”
COOL CLASSES: “Computer Security: Attacks and Defenses”

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Faculty, Science

This course offers a broad introduction to the field of computer security from two concurrent perspectives: attacks on systems and defenses against those attacks.
Haverford College Named Top Fulbright Producer

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Alumni, Students

Five Fords from the Class of 2017 earned 2017/2018 Fulbright Student Awards.
Exploring the History of Color Photography

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Arts, Campus

Representative photographs and related material from the College’s extensive, 5000-print-deep photography collection takes viewers on a tour of color photography’s history and demonstrates how it has grown to become the norm when it was once the exception.
COOL CLASSES: “From The Gutenberg-Galaxy To Cyberspace: Literature, Film, And New Media”

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Faculty

This comparative literature seminar examines diverse artistic responses (from Bertolt Brecht to Spike Jonze) to a rapidly evolving media environment that oscillate between technophilia and technophobia.
New Exhibit Explores Race and Labor in Museum Artifacts

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Arts, Campus, Centers

Black Atlas, the work of Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn, opened in the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery with an artist talk and reception.
Love Shack, That’s Where It’s At

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Campus, Students

The weekend before Valentine’s Day, Fords Against Boredom held their annual edible graham-cracker-house-decorating competition with deliciously creative results.
COOL CLASSES: “Inequality and Public Policy”

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Faculty

This interdisciplinary course, which is cross-listed in economics and political science, explores the relationship between policy and economic outcomes to understand “who gets what” in the United States.
Hacking the Tri-Co

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Campus, Centers, Students

Students from Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore gathered on Haverford’s campus for two days of intensive collaborative programming.
Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmaster Gives Intimate Masterclass

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Arts, Students

Four Haverford violin students had the opportunity to perform for and learn from David Kim when he gave them personal, one-on-one instrument instruction.
Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmaster Gives Masterclass

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Arts, Students

Four Haverford violin students had the opportunity to perform for and learn from David Kim when he gave them personal, one-on-one instrument instruction.
Haverford College Begins Arboretum Revitalization

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Campus

Following the College's first-ever comprehensive tree assessment, a massive renewal project aimed at preserving Haverford's beloved natural resources for generations to come and keeping the campus community safe is taking shape.
Podcasting on the Rise

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magazine, Alumni

Podcasts have become one of the world’s most popular ways to tell stories, share information, and tackle challenging issues. We spotlight some Haverford alums who have plunged into the field.