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.

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.
A Summer at the MÃ¼tter

Alex Tonsing '13 is interning at the MÃ¼tter Museum in Philadelphia, transcribing and scanning Civil War diaries.
Benjamin Allen '02 Is Part of a Harvard Team Working to Transform Cancer Treatment

According to <em>The Harvard Gazette</em>, the mathematical biology postdoctoral fellow helped analyze results of a study on drug resistance in cancers that could make many cancers manageable, if not curable.
Exploring Immigration Law

Sponsored by the CPGC, Elizabeth Pierson '12 is assisting lawyers with Catholic Charities' Milwaukee Legal Services for Immigrants.
Historical Summer

Christy Tavernelli '13 is cataloging woodblock prints from the 19th century at the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Aiding Child Welfare in Cambodia

Thomas Leonard '13 is spending the summer interning with the Cambodian Center for the Protection of Children's Rights in Phnom Penh.
Dr. Chris Johnson '74 Stumps for Liberal Arts

The pediatric critical care doctor tells one of <em>The Chronicle of Higher Eucation</em>'s blogs that "the very best preparation I could have received for what I do every day... was a liberal arts education."
Robert Boynton '85 Interviewed on Educationviews.org

The NYU journalism associate professor talks about "what's new in new journalism."
Proof of Innocence

Michael Riccio '13 is interning with Centurion Ministries, an organization that works to free those who have been wrongfully convicted.
Incoming First-Year Daniel Gillen Profiled in The New York Times

The blind pianist, who hopes to study physics and music at Haverford, is part of the paper and WNYC's series recognizing remarkable high school seniors.