Haverford Headlines

Students work on their finals while seated at tables forming a large rectangle.

Cram Artists

With Noon to Noon, seniors Emmett Huiskamp and Ellie Baron turn finals week into a performance art piece.

Philadelphia Community College's main building is pictured in a landscape photo.

New Bi-Co Program Introduces Community College Students to a Liberal Arts Education

The weeklong immersion program, open to any current community college student, will welcome students to Haverford and Bryn Mawr campuses in June.

Faculty

Office Hour: Jonathan Wilson

The professor of environmental studies gives us a tour of his office.

Oscar Wang '14 Has a New Take on Higher Ed

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Alumni, magazine

Wang is the CEO of CollegeTogether, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting Philadelphia’s underserved students through the college admissions process, and recently started Hospitality Together, a program that places ambitious college-age youth in paying jobs at some of the city’s top restaurants and prepares them for careers in the industry.
A MLK Day Reflection from Kim Benston

On the occasion of Martin Luther King Day, the president writes about the urgent need to affirm foundational ideals that Dr. King set forth to recreate and heal "broken community."
Haverford and the History of Monopoly

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magazine, Alumni

More than a dozen years before Parker Brothers marketed its first Monopoly board game in 1935, two Haverford College students—who also happened to be brothers—created their own handmade version.
Amancay Kugler ’15 Launches Circus Arts Company

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Alumni, magazine

Yes Ma’am Circus has performed to critical acclaim in Chicago and Philadelphia so far.
The Musical Stylings of Willy Lebowitz ’08

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Alumni, magazine

The Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter commutes to Philadelphia for his steady gig as the mandolin player for the Stonethrowers.
Christopher Schlottmann ’02 Explores Environmental Impacts of Agriculture

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Alumni, magazine

The co-author of the recent Food, Animals, and the Environment: An Ethical Approach spoke to Cat Lazaroff ’89 about the harsh realities of industrial agriculture, personal dietary choices, and how Haverford shaped his worldview.
Richard Teitelbaum ’60: Electronic Music Pioneer

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Alumni, magazine

The Haverford music major's 50-plus-year career includes being a part of Musica Elettronica Viva, among the earliest groups to combine synthesizers with more traditional acoustic instruments.
COOL CLASSES: “Introduction to Latin Literature: Friends and Enemies of Rome”

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Faculty

At once an intermediate Latin course and an introduction to the study of Latin literature and culture, this classics class investigates who the Romans were by studying how they described friendship and their friends, and those enemies who resisted, betrayed, and bedeviled them.
COOL CLASSES: “Caribe Queer: Sexualities and Narratives from the Hispanic Caribbean”

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Faculty

This course, which is crosslisted in Spanish and comparative literature, explores different narrative and artistic productions regarding alternative sexualities in the Hispanic Caribbean, starting with the Cuban Revolution and continuing into the present.
Making an Impact with Philabundance

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Students

The Haverford Innovations Program partnered with local food bank Philabundance and Swarthmore’s Center for Innovation and Leadership for an impact challenge to develop models for efficient food recovery.
Semester’s End Sounds Great

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Arts, Students

During the end of the semester at Haverford, many musical groups, from the curricular to the extracurricular, showcase the breadth and depth of musical talent on campus.
Round Two: SoHo Helps Peers Navigate a Second Year at the Ford

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Campus, Students

With the establishment of Sophomore House, Haverford is refocusing on the sophomore experience through yearlong events, discussions, and the formation of an intentional living community.
COOL CLASSES: “Performance, Literature, and the Archive”

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Faculty

This comparative literature course explores the “archive,” as both an institutional and performance practice and a theoretical concept.
Synthesizing Reactions: Peer-Led Team Learning Comes to Chemistry Department

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Faculty, Students

Thanks to funding from a grant from the Lumina Foundation, the Department of Chemistry is encouraging Fords to take a more holistic approach to a STEM education through peer-led team learning.
COOL CLASSES: “Third World Cinema: Desiring Freedom, Freeing Desires”

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Arts, Faculty

This course, which falls at the crossroads of English, visual studies, and comparative literature, explores the central role of film in imagining decolonization and desire as entangled narratives in the Third World.