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.

Helping the Disabled in Vietnam

Laura Gilroy '11 is interning this summer at an orphanage for handicapped children and working with HIV-positive patients in Ho Chi Minh City.
Haverford's Forest Ranger

Martha Van Artsdalen, Haverford's plant curator, was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in the Delaware County News. Van Artsdalen is responsible for keeping an inventory of and caring for all of the trees and shrubs in the College's arboretum, which is over 100 years old.
Digitizing the Past

Hilary Malson '11 is designing an online exhibit as an intern with the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Doing the Right Thing

Mark Rembert '07 was one of five finalists featured on the July 19th broadcast of the 2010 VH1 Do Something Awards Show. The prize recognizes young people 25 and under who are making the world a better place. Rembert co-founded an organization called Energize Clinton County to help strengthen the economic future of his hometown of Wilmington, Ohio.
Distinguished Professor Award goes to Haverford Alumnus

Matthew Sazinsky '99, a chemistry professor at Pomona College, has received the Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching from Pomona students.
Expanding English Literacy

Ivana Evans '12 is teaching English and empowering students to make an impact in Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica.
Mark Rembert '07 Interviewed by Classmate Allison Jones for Her Blog

Rembert spoke with Jones about his ongoing efforts to encourage economic development in his hometown of Wilmington, Ohio, and shares his thoughts on how young people can affect social change.
Promoting Access to Healthy Food

Isobel Grad '11 is interning on an urban farm in Seattle, teaching children from low-income families about gardening and nutrition.
"Playing" in the Park

Sharada Tolton '11 is interning with Shakespeare in Clark Park in Philadelphia to assist with this summer's production.
Making Ancient Chinese Philosophy Accessible to Contemporary Scholars

Historian John S. Major '64 and his colleagues have become the first academics to completely translate the Huainanzi--a work of political philosophy dating back to the Han Dynasty--into English.
Providing Health Education in Nicaragua

Maia Freudenberger '13 is volunteering in Nicaragua this summer with the Foundation for the International Medical Relief for Children.
Building Bridges Between the College and the City

Six recent graduates will spend a year living together in Philadelphia and working for local nonprofits through the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship's Haverford House program, which strengthens the school's connection to the city next door.
And the Winner is ...

A film created by Sarah Harrison, Cole Fiedler-Kawaguchi, and Matt Liscovitz (all '13) as a final project for the class“Culture and Crisis in the Golden Age of Athens” has won the Best Picture category of the Terence Awards for Excellence in Classics Student Filmmaking.
Building Sustainability in New York City

Caroline Malapero '11 is spending the summer learning about urban farming and studying ways to help New York City plan for a sustainable future.
Promoting Reproductive Rights

With the help of funding from Haverford's Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, Blase A. Provitola '11 is interning at Planned Parenthood in Philadelphia, where they are helping to promote reproductive rights and sex education at the state and national level.