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Standing against a white background, Eric Chen wears a fencing uniform with no helmet. He holds his epee in his right hand and points it at the camera.

Eric Chen '27 Headed to NCAA Fencing Championships

Chen, a sophomore, steps onto the national fencing stage at Penn State University later this month.

Haverford Announces 2025 Honorary Degree Recipients

Legendary track and field coach Tom Donnelly and alternative death care pioneer Katrina Spade ’99 will receive honorary degrees at Commencement.

Matthew McKeever is pictured in a portrait taken on Haverford's campus. He smiles while wearing a grey coat and light blue collared shirt.

Faculty

Professor’s New Book Explores the Economics of Single Motherhood

Thanks for Nothing by Professor and Chair of Sociology Matthew McKeever draws on 40 years of data to understand why the financial outlook for single mothers remains stagnant.

Constructing a Peace Plan

The Kosovars are screaming at the Serbs; the Serbs are arguing with the European Union; the European Union is debating with delegates from the United States; and the U.S. representatives are consulting among themselves, making no public statements.
Abolitionists' Letters are Candid; Writings Bought by College Reflect Personalities as Well as History

Emma Lapsansky, curator of special collections at Haverford College, recently purchased 100 letters penned by prominent abolitionists.
Roads Taken and Not Taken: Lindsay Voigt '03

Lindsay Voigt discovers a new appreciation for her Haverford education while working as teacher in a vocational college in China.
Students Gather Big Ideas About Small-School Governments

Eleven colleges sent representatives to a Haverford conference designed for small schools, where they often have an influential role.
Five Years Dead, WHRC Airborne Again

The Haverford College station had folded, its studio forsaken. An alumnus' gift has brought back the beat.
Julio de Paula Chosen For International Assembly

The chair of Haverford's chemistry department, Julio de Paula, represented the United States at the 40th General Assembly of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry held in the summer of 1999 in Berlin.
Students Go to the Head of the Class In New ExCo Program

ExCo is a program of student run, non-credit courses in which students can share their areas of expertise with their peers.
Ghost of Shakespeare Thrives at Haverford: Students and Faculty Proclaim Report Of the Bard's Death on Campus Is an Exaggeration

Can you ever kill a ghost? Not on Haverford's campus, where the spirit of Shakespeare is alive and well in the classroom.
Aspiring Haverford Doctors Find a New Prescription For Medical School Preparation

Some aspiring doctors at Haverford have chosen to pursue other interests during their undergraduate years.
Students Speak the Language of Science at National Conferences

If science is a universal language, then it makes sense that Haverford's student researchers should be speaking it outside the laboratories and classrooms of Stokes and Sharpless halls.
Painting the Colors of Freedom

An artist's journey from China to the U.S. frees her from the strict rules of art for the party.
It's About Time: Seconds Count In This New Psychology Research

Time certainly is a crafty magician. Just ask psychology professor Marilyn Boltz, who can tick off a list of tricks that Father Time plays on us gullible human beings year after year.
Haverford College Becomes a Summer Playground for Local Children

As temperatures rose, the Haverford College campus became a summer playground for local children.
Students and the Media On Race Relations

Race relations was the focus of a panel discussion held in the spring of 1999, when a group of Haverford students and journalists from national and regional news organizations talked about the current climate on college campuses and in the workplace.
Bosnian Student Returns Home

Vanja Filipovic '99 hopes to help rebuild a democracy in his home country.