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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.

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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.

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Game Changer: Inside the Athletics Action Plan

The new plan aims to elevate the field of play, and not just for student-athletes.

Andrew Friedman Joins History Department As Assistant Professor

Friedman, a former journalist, focuses his research on U.S. built environments and how they have reflected international power relationships throughout the 20th century.
Safety & Security Installs New Camera On HCA Trail

The high-tech camera, along with reduced foliage and brighter lights, is meant to increase safety along the trail leading to the Haverford College Apartments.
Haverford Conversation: Ruth Messinger

The longtime activist and current president of American Jewish World Service will visit Haverford October 6-9 as part of the President's Social Justice Speaker Series. Her visit is co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship.
Helen K. White Joins Haverford as Assistant Professor of Environmental Chemistry

White's position is the first to be funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support environmental studies at Haverford. She'll also help to develop an environmental studies curriculum.
Memorial Service for John Spielman

John Spielman's life, career, and service to the College will be honored at a memorial service on Saturday, September 26, at the Haverford Friends Meeting House. Among those from the Haverford community eulogizing Spielman at the event will be Roger Lane, who, in the following "Memorial Minute," celebrates his former history department colleague as a "son of the west" and man of "timeless" virtues.
Haverford is on Facebook

Now you can become a fan of Haverford College through our Alumni Facebook page! Keep up to date on what's happening at the Ford.
UPDATE: Car Fire

The Delaware County Medical Examiner is awaiting crime lab reports before issuing a â€˜final determination' in the case of a fatality arising from a car fire in the South Lot earlier this month. Read more>(September 17, 2009)
Ancient Athens By Way of Haverford

From the agora to the acropolis, students in a class co-taught by classics professors Robert Germany and Bret Mulligan are getting a sense of the physical layout of fifth-century Athens with the help of a series of signposts that show the equivalent locations on campus of important Athenian landmarks.
UPDATE: Founders Great Hall Injury

The student who was injured in a fall during a dance in Founders Great Hall earlier this month has resumed classes. (September 17, 2009)
Medicine-Minded Fords Get Exposure to Primary Care

Amirah Nash '11, and Ben Amendolara, Bobby Danforth and Rebecca Burger-Caplan (on right in photo), all class of 2010, gained valuable experience in the field of medicine this summer thanks to primary care physician Steve Jaharis '82. Since 2000, Jaharis has sponsored internships for Haverford students in facilities that treat underserved populations.
Zoe Cohen '99 Creates Art Installation for Episcopal Cathedral in Philadelphia

Cohen, an artist-in-residence with Philadelphia Cathedral, combined images from 45 individuals and drew from her experience with public art projects.
Three Fords Spend the Summer as Artists-In-Residence on Newfoundland's Fogo Island

Richenda Cope '05, Hannah-Ruth Miller '10, and Goda Trakumaite '10 found artistic inspiration in the scenic beauty of Newfoundland thanks to a program sponsored by Mark Chehi '78 and Johanna Chehi.
Guatemalan Lawyer and Activist Jorge Morales is Haverford's First Global Leaders Fellow

The new program of the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship brings scholar/activists from abroad to campus to co-teach classes with Haverford faculty and participate in a series of forums.
Treasures on Display in Special Collections

At a Magill Library open-house event this week, Haverford's new first-year students got a glimpse of some of the treasures held by Special Collections. Among them: a Buddha Scroll from the Ming Dynasty, a deed signed by William Penn and (pictured) the first of the Four Folios of Shakespeare's plays, a rare and beautiful volume that dates to 1623.
Fords' Research Recognized By Prestigious Scientific Society

Kate Alfieri and Heather McMahon from the class of '10 were honored by the Protein Society for having the best undergraduate poster at the Society's annual symposium.