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.

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.

Isabella Otterbein is pictured in a portrait wearing a white headband and a white sweater over a dark-colored shirt.

Summer Centered Students Campus Centers

Summer Centered: Isabella Otterbein ’26 Combines Art and Activism to Drive Awareness of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

One of three Hurford Center creative interns, Otterbein is spending the summer as a programs intern for Abortion Access Front and creating a zine designed to educate the College community.

Behind the Museum Scenes

After serving as Hurford Humanities Center-sponsored interns at the Philadelphia Museum of Art this summer, Janet Yoon '10 and Andreea Bailuc '11 are pursuing exciting new opportunities in the art world.
Service in the City

This year, five members of the class of 2010 have been selected as 2010-11 Philly Fellows, and are participating in a year-long service program founded by two Haverford alumni.
"DANIEL! I'm a Haverford Student"

Actor and Haverford alum Daniel Dae Kim '90 ("Lost") makes an appearance in our new Study Away blog, "Postcards from Abroad".
Alumni Relations and Annual Giving Announcements

Find out the latest news on the Annual Fund, ways for alumni and parents to stay connected to the College, and read about upcoming events.
2010 Alumni Association Volunteer Award Recipients Announced

Haverford congratulates the 2010 Volunteer Award winners for their sustained support to the College. Awards will be presented during Volunteer Leadership Weekend on October 1st.
Don Jamison '78: Symphony Commissions New Work from the Composer

Jamison is the featured composer for the Vermont Symphony Orchestra's Made in Vermont Festival tour. The orchestra will perform his composition "It is Time," which was inspired by a poem written by German Poet Rainer Maria Rilke.
Exploring the "Urban Colonies" of Utica

Associate Dean Phil Bean talks about his new book, The Urban Colonists: Italian American Identity and Politics in Utica, New York
Nick Bruel '87: A New Book from the Children's Author and Illustrator

The Tarrytown, New York, creator of books for kids (Boring, Who is Melvin Bubble? ) has just published a new installment in his Bad Kitty series, titled Bad Kitty Vs. Uncle Murray.
Fall 2010 Faculty Updates

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances and publications.
Studying Abroad in Russia

Senior Reilly Costigan-Humes is spending the academic year at St. Petersburg University courtesy of the David L. Boren Scholarship, which provides funding for study in countries critical to U.S. security. Costigan-Humes is the first Haverford student to receive this scholarship.
The End of a Television Era

Chris Goutman '73, executive producer of the long-running soap opera "As the World Turns," reflects on the show's cancellation and the decline of soaps in general in TIME Magazine.
Reading the Koran

Visit Special Collections today to view several Korans from the collections or join Mark Kolko-Rivera '78's grassroots "Christians Reading the Koran" movement.
Dr. Joel J. Nobel '56: Inventor's Device Goes to the Smithsonian

A medical pioneer, Nobel invented the Medical Emergency Crash Cart while he was a surgical resident in Philadelphia in 1965. A prototype of the cart recently became part of the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
Bringing Health Care and Education to Rural Kenya

Thanks to funding from the CPGC, Kelsey Bilek '13 spent the summer helping to create a mobile health clinic and raising awareness about HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Keeping a Language Alive

Nathan Shelton '11 spent the summer in Gran Chaco, Paraguay, studying indigenous language revival efforts with National Geographic's Enduring Voices Project.