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.

Andrew Burke '14 Reaches Across Musical Genres

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Alumni, magazine

The alum's musical composition spans from pop to classical styles.
Chicago Exhibit Honors Haverford Trailblazer

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magazine, Alumni

Paul Moses '51, Haverford's first African American student, is being honored at a University of Chicago exhibit celebrating his life's work.
COOL CLASSES: “Blackness in Latin America”

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Faculty

This community-engaged learning course has partnered with the New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia and is creating lesson plans for their future antiracism workshops.
COOL CLASSES: “‘Sociology of Family: Pop Culture, Law, and Public Policy”

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Faculty

This sociology course explores the family as a social institution shaped as much by historical, social, and political conditions as it is by our individual experiences.
COOL CLASSES: “Musical Cultures of the World: An Ethnomusicological Journey”

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Arts, Faculty

This music course explores the world’s musical traditions through selected case studies from each of ten regions: Oceania, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, North America, Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
COOL CLASSES: “Global SF Since 1945”

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Faculty

This English course explores the explosion of SF—science fiction or speculative fiction—since World War II, by reading classics from the ’50s and ’60, as well as newer stories that engage queer identities, Afrofuturism, African futurism, and climate change.
COOL CLASSES: “(Digitally) Narrating Second Language Identities”

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Faculty

This Spanish course explores students’ experience in bicultural/bilingual homes, or abroad, and of the subjectivities they develop through their use of a second/foreign language.
COOL CLASSES: “Feminist Neuroscience”

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Faculty, Science

This psychology course explores how social conceptions of sex, gender, and sexuality have shaped the current iterations and history of neuroendocrinology and sex differences research.
CLUB LIFE: Tri-Co Law Review

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Campus, Students

A new incarnation and expansion of the former Haverford Law Review, the The Tri-Co Law Review aims to publish law-related articles by writers from all three campuses.
Creating New Networks

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Alumni, Campus, Students

The Center for Peace and Global Citizenship hosts their first networking event for students and community organizers who are part of the Philadelphia Justice and Equity Fellowship.
Celebrating Innovation at Haverford

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Campus, Students

The first-ever Innovations Week showcased the creative entrepreneurial efforts of Haverford students.
“Native America: In Translation” Brings Indigenous Heritage to Haverford’s Galleries

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Arts, Campus, Centers

The traveling exhibit, which was on display this fall in the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, explores complex histories of colonialism and identity.
From Planning to Action: Fulfilling the Promise of the Haverford 2030 Strategic Plan

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Campus

With the plan formally adopted, Haverford pivots toward beginning the work, and the comprehensive fundraising campaign that will fund it.
Gathering for Peace

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Campus, Centers

In the wake of recent LGBTQIA+ attacks, members of the Haverford community gathered for a Peace Circle on Founders Green to remember Americans victimized by violence against queer and trans folks.
Diversifying the Scholarly Ranks

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Alumni, Campus

The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program seeks to remedy the shortage of faculty of color in higher education. Since the College joined the national network two decades ago, 99 Haverford students have benefitted from the stipends, support, and crucial mentorship it provides.