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.

A women's basketball player drive to the hoop while wearing a white Haverford uniform.

News & Updates Haverford magazine

Game Changer: Inside the Athletics Action Plan

The new plan aims to elevate the field of play, and not just for student-athletes.

Faculty

COOL CLASSES: “Japanese Book Art and Printing”

This hands-on class explores Japanese book arts and a wide range of printmaking processes.

Fall 2013 Faculty Update

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances and publications.
President Dan Weiss in The Philadelphia Inquirer and on WHYY's Radio Times

Weiss and his co-editor, Swarthmore President Rebecca Chopp, discussed the value of liberal arts education and their new book, <em>Remaking College</em>, both in <a href="http://articles.philly.com/2013-12-10/news/45038788_1_arts-colleges-weis... and on the <a href="http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2013/12/10/%E2%80%9Cremaking-college%E2%8....
Sarah Willie-LeBreton '86 on APM's Marketplace

The Board of Managers member is interviewed for a piece that focuses on the activist economic legacy of Nelson Mandela.
Miriam Fuchs '13 on WMMR's Preston & Steve Show

Fuchs, who works at the Franklin Institute, was part of the radio show's Campout for Hunger broadcast demonstrating some explosive science.
Juan Williams '76 Writes Opinion Piece for the Wall Street Journal

The venerable journalist recounts meeting Nelson Mandela in February 1990, saying "fresh from prison, he granted an interviewâ€”then quizzed me about a topic that fascinated him: race and politics in America."
Anjan Chatterjee '80 and Todd Essig '78 in Al Jazeera America

The Ford-trained neuroscientist and psychologist are both interviewed about how the ADHD medicine Adderall is being used and abused as a performance-enhancing drug for the brain.
Haverford and Swarthmore Presidents Explore Change and Opportunity at Liberal Arts Colleges

In Remaking College: Innovation in the Liberal Arts, Haverford College President Dan Weiss and President Rebecca Chopp of Swarthmore argue that no approach better prepares students for life after graduation, whatever path they follow.
Lecture Series Brings Young Alumni Scholars to Campus

The Library's Young Academic Alumni Lecture Series brings Haverford grads in the final stages of completing their doctoral dissertation, or who are in their early years of academic employment, to campus to talk about their work.
Salon Features New Book by Anjan Chatterjee '80

The website excerpted a chapter from Chatterjee's <em>The Aesthetic Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art</em> under the title,“Neuroscience explains why sex feels good.”
Marilou Allen Receives NWCA Founders Award

Allen, who has been the director of Haverford's Women's Center for all of its 31 years, was recognized as a pioneer in her field and for her decades of service to the College and its students.
Josiah "Tink" Thompson in New York Times Op-Doc

The former philosophy professor's investigation into the Kennedy assassination is the subject of a short film by Errol Morris.
Peter English '06 on WHYY

The deputy director of Weathervane, a Philadelphia nonprofit recording company, was featured in Newsworks Tonight's piece on rapper Lushlife's 10.5-minute, four-movement "Toynbee Suite."
Barak Mendelsohn on Foreign Policy Research Institute Blog

The associate professor of political science argues that, despite the negative repercussions, the Snowden leak of NSA documents strengthens American efforts against jihadi terrorism.
Ben Le Has Article Featured on The Conversation

The associate professor of psychology repurposed a piece from his <a href="http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/">Science of Relationships</a> site about how cheaters use cognitive tricks to feel good about themselves.
Sarah Wingfield '15 Published in Online Magazine Vivimus

English major Sarah Wingfield '15, an international student from England, reflected on Philadelphia's South Street and artist Isaiah Zagar's "Magic Garden" in a piece titled "This is Not a Wasteland.”