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.

Plants and gravel are pictured in the green roofs that adorn Kim and Tritton halls on Haverford's campus. There is a cloud sky and other campus buildings are pictured in the background.

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President Raymond and Three Alums Talk Sustainability

The fall edition of Founders Porch welcomed Fords working at the intersection of sustainability and innovation.

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BuddyUp Offers New Ways to Connect with Fellow Fords

The new app, developed by three recent alums through Haverford's Innovation Program, is being piloted on campus this fall.

The Beauty of Ruined Places

Cat Lazaroff '89 talks to Andrew Blackwell '94 about his new book, Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places.
Beyond the Classroom

A collection of articles and blogs detailing the summer work of our students
Remembering an Olympian

Haverford alumnus Philip Noel-Baker, who took the silver in the 1500 meters at the 1920 Summer Olympics, is the only person in history to have won both an Olympic medal and a Nobel Prize.
College Counseling

Benjamin Wohl '14 is spending the summer helping to develop new and better ways of guiding high school students through the college admissions process.
The Rare Book School founded by Terry Belanger '63 in The New York Times

The school, which the 2005 MacArthur Fellow launched in 1983, brings together 300 librarians, conservators, scholars, dealers, collectors and book-lovers at the University of Virginia each summer.
Seeing the Trees for the Forest

Karan Shah '09 has helped plant more than 251,000 trees in India through his enterprising online venture Grow-Trees.com.
A Summer at Lankenau

This summer Hiba Dhanani '14 is interning at the Lankenau Clinical Care Center, where she is assisting physicians and nurses while working on turning the clinic into a patient-centered medical home.
Jennifer Punt Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

The professor of biology will receive $300,000 over two years to continue to fund her T cell research.
Entrepreneurism 101

Fords offer tips, advice and lessons learned on the road to launching a new venture.
Teaching About Galaxies Big and Small

Astronomer Beth Willman's role as an inspiring scholar-educator is recognized with a CAREER Grant from the National Science Foundation.
Documentary Summer

Hilary Brashear '13 is interning with New York City filmmakers on two documentaries. One examines illegal labor practices at strip clubs. The other focuses on the Wisconsin recall election.
Summer in the Stacks: Interning at the Library of Congress

Gabrielle Winick '13 is interning with the Library of Congress Publishing Office in Washington, D.C., assisting on the production of two books and getting a glimpse of the publishing world.
Winifred Johnson '09 Wins National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

The fellowship will fund three years of research for the chemical oceanography student in the MIT/WHOI joint program.
Susanna Wing Talks Mali on IPS

The associate professor of political science is quoted in an article about U.S. aid for Malian refugees.
Financing the Poor

Through a CPGC summer internship, Ananya Mukkavilli '14 is working for the Grameen Foundation in Washington, D.C., which supports microfinance efforts around the world.