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.

Students

Distance Learning

For two years, students at Haverford and the American University of Sharjah worked together online to study human rights. This spring break, they met in person.

Alumni

Where They’re Headed: Benjamin Graham ’24

An economics and mathematics major with a minor in philosophy, Graham is a Research Assistant at the Brookings Institution Center on Health Policy, under its Economics Studies program.

Teaching in Israel

Hannah Turner '13 is spending the summer working with Israel Elwyn, an organization that seeks to integrate disabled children into their local communities.
Oil Pipelines, Interdependence, and the Arab Spring

Matthew Cebul '13 and Hannah Solomon-Strauss '12 are working as research interns at the Foreign Policy Research Institute this summer with support from the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship.
An Education in Guatemala

Hannah Miller '13 is spending the summer working at a school and orphanage in Guatemala through a CPGC funded internship.
Empowering Girls in Rural Peru

Elizabeth Levitan '11 is helping young girls get an education at the Sacred Valley Project in Peru this summer with support from the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship.
Urban Agriculture and Modern Design in Germany

Recent graduate Katie Wettick '11 is studying urban sustainability in Hamburg, Germany, this summer under the auspices of the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship.
Clinic in Cape Town

Becca DeHority '12 is spending this summer interning at a day clinic in Cape Town.
Tracing the Ocean's History

Martin Richard '14 is at Harvard University this summer studying the composition of rock samples to determine the ocean environment during the Cambrian era.
Golf and the Law

Robert Harris '78, a Connecticut attorney and golf lover, launches a website that looks at legal disputes involving the game of golf.
Improving Children's Health in Boston

Gemma Donofrio '12 is researching children's health care this summer with a CPGC funded internship at Children's HealthWatch in Boston.
President Emerson Will Not Seek Reappointment

He will spend the final year of his term on a research sabbatical, then return to teaching.
Practicing Medicine in India

Olivia Coburn-Flynn '13 and Nicole Lantz '12 are in the middle of a Center for Peace and Global Citizenship-funded internship at a hospital in Koderma, India.
Uplifting a community affected by HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda

Sam Gant '13 is spending the summer working with a community affected by HIV/AIDS in Uganda.
Financial Aid: Haverford "Among the Best"

<em>The Washington Post</em>'s College, Inc. blog names Haverford's aid policy, which replaced loans with grants in 2008, as one the 12 best in the country.
Uncovering History in Philadelphia

Rosalie Hooper '12 is spending the summer conducting history research in Philadelphia.
Researching Woodblocks from the 19th Century

Liz Crooks '12, is studying 19th century wood blocks at The Library Company of Philadelphia this summer thanks to a Hurford '60 Humanities Center Grant.