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.

The Kamikaze Canoe

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Alumni, magazine

Boyce Upholt ’06 recounts a perilous trip atop a record-breaking flood—and an attempt to understand what we’ve done to America’s iconic river.
COOL CLASSES: “Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Representation”

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Faculty

This anthropology course explores the tensions between indigenous peoples and the various political and ideological structures that govern their lives.
Running After a Dream

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Alumni, magazine

Jen Maranzano ’94 details her journey to run a marathon in a time that would qualify her for the Olympic trials years after her time as a member of Haverford’s cross-country and track and field teams.
COOL CLASSES: “Junior Research Seminar: The Federal Reserve”

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Faculty

This economics course covers the history of monetary policy and central banking before and after the creation of the Fed, as well as current debates in monetary policy.
Documenting A Director’s Dream

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Alumni, magazine

In his new documentary, He Dreams of Giants, Keith Fulton ’88 continues an exploration into the psyche of ex-Monty Python-er Terry Gilliam that began with his 2002 film festival hit Lost in La Mancha.
Kant and Plato and Locke, Oh My!

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Faculty, magazine

Ahead of its series finale, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Qrescent Mali Mason discusses how NBC comedy The Good Place offers lessons in ethics along with the laughs.
CLUB LIFE: Lame Ducks Are Anything But

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Students

Haverford’s long-standing, midnight-skating, stick-wielding, hoagie-eating ice hockey team is open to all players, regardless of skill level.
Curating Compassion

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Alumni, magazine

Mary Ceruti ’87 is prioritizing accessibility in art as the new executive director at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Barrel Fires Wake to the American Dream

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Alumni, magazine

The band, which is composed of Jay Carlis ’99, Mike Kay ’00, and Josh Meyer ’98, released a new EP that combines a lighthearted rock sound with politically charged lyrics.
An Actor-Activist in Hollywood

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Alumni, magazine

In the roles he plays and now with his own production company, Daniel Dae Kim '90 is working to bring more diversity to the screen.
Understanding the Opioid Crisis

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magazine, Alumni

Yngvild Olsen ’91, a physician specializing in addiction medicine, has recently published a book meant to “clarify and demystify” the national health emergency.
Heads in the Game

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Alumni, magazine

Harlem Lacrosse puts coaches in schools to help at-risk students achieve. The skills and lessons taught by team sports, says Joel Censer ’08, “couldn’t be more transferable.”
Renowned Poet Holds Reading On Campus

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Arts, Campus, Faculty

Earlier this month, poet Eileen Myles and Haverford’s Visiting Professor of English Thomas Devaney read their poems in Lutnick Library at a joint event.
COOL CLASSES: “Machine Learning”

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Faculty, Science

This computer science course explores both classical and modern approaches to machine learning, with an emphasis on theoretical understanding.
COOL CLASSES: “Real Work and Dream Jobs: Art and Theories of Work”

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Faculty

This visual studies course is an introduction to theories of work, thinking critically and historically about the role of work in society, the promise of art as an ideal form of work, and the structural persistence of gendered, classed, and racial divisions of labor.