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

Two Students Receive Innovation Microgrants

The grants provided by the Haverford Innovations Program are intended to sustain Fords' entrepreneurial spirit during the busy academic year.

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.

Op-Ed: Steve Emerson '74

Haverford College President Steve Emerson writes about helicopter parents in the <em>Washington Post.</em>
Becoming a Rhodes Scholar

Andrew Lanham '10 has won a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University. Lanham, one of 32 winners from a field of 800 candidates, was one of only three U.S. Rhodes winners from a liberal arts college. Lanham described the rigorous application process as“a journey of self discovery.”
Andrew Lanham '10 Wins Rhodes Scholarship

The former captain of the Men's Cross Country team is Haverford's 20th Rhodes recipient.
On Sculpture

The Hurford Humanities Center's Dialogues on Art program sends students and faculty on interdisciplinary outings to museums, exhibitions and performances. A group recently traveled to the Storm King Art Center, a 500-acre sculpture park in the Hudson Valley.
Galaxies and Llamas

A team of international scientists working with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile have reported the discovery of 10 new galaxy clusters in a paper published in Astrophysical Journal. Emeritus Professor of Astronomy Bruce Partridge and several of his students contributed to the research.
Young Alumni Make a Big Impact in October

Graduates from the last decade raised more than $250,000 this fall for the College's Annual Fund, by stepping up to a generous challenge made by an anonymous member of the Board of Managers.
Doing Well and Doing Good

Named the winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Howard W. Lutnick '83 used his acceptance speech at a gala ceremony for the prestigious award to talk about life lessons learned at Haverford College.
Mapping the 'Solidarity Economy'

With help from students Christine Letts '12 and Cameron Scherer '11, Assistant Professor of Political Science Craig Borowiak has developed a new web resource for the research seminar he teaches on Solidarity Economy Movements.
Shaun Hill '01: The Brewmaster

The veteran beer maker launched his Hill Farmstead Brewery in May. Now he's being called "Vermont's most buzzed about microbrewer."
Dr. Thomas A. Farley '77: Health Guru

A <em>New York Times</em> profile of Farley, the NYC health commissioner, explores his ideas about the health benefits of life-style changes and his belief that promoting behavior change "is the 21st century's equivalent of 19th-century advances in sanitation."
Iain Haley Pollock '00 Wins Cave Canem Poetry Prize

The coveted award, given by the Cave Canem Foundation, goes to exceptional first books by African-American poets. Cave Canem faculty member Elizabeth Alexander, who was selected by President Obama to compose a poem for his inauguration, chose Pollock's Spit Back a Boy for the award. The University of Georgia Press will publish the book in spring 2011.
Oxford Blues Mark 25 years of A Cappella

The Oxford Blues, Haverford's oldest all-female a cappella group, joined with over 40 alums to celebrate the group's 25th birthday on November 6.
Premiere for Thomas Lloyd

In its November 21st program,“The Harmony of Yin-Yang, ” Lyric Fest will premiere a new work by Associate Professor of Music Thomas Lloyd. Lloyd's song,“Fatherly Reflections,” will be performed by prominent tenor Richard Troxell. In an interview, Lloyd, a tenor himself, talks about the genesis of the work and discusses his wide-ranging musical career.
Paul Savage '83: Direct Current's Best Friend

The CEO of Nextek Power Systems believes converting the electrical grid from from AC to DC could save energy, and he's traveling the world to promote his ideas.
Stephon Alexander '93 on NOVA's â€œSecret Life of Scientists and Engineersâ€

Alexander, an associate professor of physics at Haverford, is the subject of several videos debuting November 3 on“Secret Life,” a web video series and site created by the makers of the PBS science show NOVA. Aimed at students and teachers, the site features researchers talking about their work and their lives beyond science. Alexander's secret? He's a jazz saxophonist.