Haverford Headlines

Filmmaker Aidan Un is pictured holding his camera gear in an empty urban lot in Philadelphia.

Spinning Stories

Independent filmmaker Aidan Un ’11 embeds himself with Philly’s dancefloor diehards for his award-winning documentary.

A Whirlwind of Joy: Scenes from Pinwheel Day 2025

With blue skies and temperatures soaring into the high 70s, Haverford’s most whimsical tradition ushers in spring with style.

Alumni Students awards

Six Fords Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Two current students and four recent alums have received fellowships as they get set to pursue advanced degrees in a wide range of scientific disciplines.

Andrew Friedman in The New Republic

The assistant professor is interviewed in an article about the history of immigration in America in the wake of the recent executive order.
Meaningful Wins

Class of 1994 pals Thad Levine and John Ellis launch a project that allows fantasy football to provide real gains for charity.
Endowment Update

For the fiscal year ended on June 30, 2014, the Haverford endowment's investment performance was +15.9% net of fees, representing another year of strong absolute investment performance following the 15.1% increase we enjoyed last year.
Memory, Place, Desire in The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery's latest show, which is up through Dec. 14, is reviewed by Edith Newhall.
Fall 2014 Faculty Updates

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances and publications.
The Berlin Wall Inspires Paul Farber's Exhibit And Haverford Teaching

The postdoctoral writing fellow curated a show at the Goethe-Institut in Washington, D.C., and brought students from his two writing seminars to the capital to experience it.
Shanin Specter '80 Joins Tom Wolfe Transition Team

As reported by <em>The Philadelphia Inquirer</em> and other media outlets, the Philadelphia lawyer has joined the 11-person committee responsible for reviewing state agencies, commissions, departments and functions for Pennsylvania's Governor-elect.
Don H. Liu '83 In Super Lawyers Business Edition

The general counsel, executive vice president and secretary of Xerox Corporation is interviewed about his career path and his time at Haverford.
Emma Copley Eisenberg '09 in The New Republic

The former English major's latest story is a first-person account of helping to search for missing UVA student Hannah Graham.
History Comes Alive For Samara Flug '15 Over Fall Break

With support from the F. Page Newton '75 Fund, the history major traveled to the U.K. to research the artifacts that inspired her senior thesis.
Bruce Caswell '88 in The Washington Post

The president of Maximus is interviewed in the paper's "New at The Top" column.
Haverford College Receives $10 Million Gift from Jaharis Family Foundation, Inc.

The gift will support a new state-of-the-art music center and endow an innovative student loan debt relief fund.
Thomas Lloyd and the Chamber Singers In The Philadelphia Inquirer

The professor of music is interviewed about the upcoming on-campus concert by Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, the Philadelphia organization promoting Arabic culture, featuring the U.S. premiere of Lebanese composer Marcel Khalife's hour-long Chants of the East.
Translating the (Russian) News

The Russian Media Center, a website launched and staffed by Haverford graduates, offers English language translations of notable articles from the Russian press.
Zachary Oberfield Writes For The Washington Post

The assistant professor of political science writes for the paper's Monkey Cage blog about whether more minority police would have made a difference in Ferguson, Mo.