Haverford Headlines

Standing against a white background, Eric Chen wears a fencing uniform with no helmet. He holds his epee in his right hand and points it at the camera.

Eric Chen '27 Headed to NCAA Fencing Championships

Chen, a sophomore, steps onto the national fencing stage at Penn State University later this month.

Haverford Announces 2025 Honorary Degree Recipients

Legendary track and field coach Tom Donnelly and alternative death care pioneer Katrina Spade ’99 will receive honorary degrees at Commencement.

Matthew McKeever is pictured in a portrait taken on Haverford's campus. He smiles while wearing a grey coat and light blue collared shirt.

Faculty

Professor’s New Book Explores the Economics of Single Motherhood

Thanks for Nothing by Professor and Chair of Sociology Matthew McKeever draws on 40 years of data to understand why the financial outlook for single mothers remains stagnant.

A Summer in Indonesia

This summer, Jacob Lowy is in Indonesia, researching and experiencing life there with other Bi-Co Students. His internship involves learning the local language, participating in field research and working at an Indonesian political organization.
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.