Since 2011 College Communications has produced a unique homepage each weekday to spotlight the rich diversity of Haverford's academic programming, extracurricular offerings, campus culture, and community members' accomplishments.
Each year, Fords look forward to myriad traditional events such as the Collection speaker series; frequent a cappella concerts; pinwheel day; and, most importantly, Fall and Spring Plenary.
The Department of Music at Haverford offers a creative approach to music theory, a curriculum in music history that deals with music in the social context and embraces world music and jazz, while our applied music program and ensembles provide students with opportunities for performances and tours.
Ingrid Arauco’s composition students workshopped their assignments with professional musicians including Network for New Music and percussionist Phil O’Banion.
Sociology major Sage Disch '13 and his brother Cody found their entrepreneurial groove with a line of design-conscious made-in-America organic cotton men's socks.
Read "Best Foot Forward" in the Fall 2015 issue of Haverford magazine.
Daredevil street artist Humaz Deas photographed his Ace & Everett-clad ankles dangling out of a helicopter.
“Neurobiology of Sexual Behavior” is an upper level Psychology seminar that explores the relationship between the brain and sex behavior. Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience .
Senior Sergio Fernandez examines a human brain in his Neurobiology of Sexual Behavior class. Photo: Ryan Gooding '16
“Studying abroad was educational in more ways than I ever thought it could be. I experienced a new culture and a new language, and gained valuable new perspectives.” – Rachel Grunden ’16
Each year more than 130 Haverford students take advantage of the opportunity to study abroad.
Political science major Natasha Daviduke '17 continued playing Ultimate while abroad with IES Study in Granada, Spain. Photo: XeQueBo! Beach Ultimate
The housing cooperative E-Haus marks its 25th anniversary on campus as a place where residents can live their commitment to the environment.
Read Enduring Ideals in the Fall 2015 issue of Haverford Magazine.
“Haverford left me with the ability of thinking for myself, learning for myself.” –Joseph Taylor '63, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics and professor emeritus of physics at Princeton University
Ben Hickernell ’00 takes us further into the lives of Haverfordians profiled in the documentary “Lives That Speak.” Taylor is the fourth alum to be featured from the film.
Planetary scientist Kevin Righter '87 works at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and oversees the latest additions to the largest meteorite collection in the world.
Found in Antarctica in 1979, Righter's favorite meteorite has been sliced for analysis. Photo: Lynn Lane.
Associate Professor of Psychology Jennifer Pals Lilgendahl is a personality/social psychologist whose research looks at how people connect memories of past life events to their present self through the life stories they construct and narrate.
Read Office Hour in the Fall 2015 issue of Haverford Magazine.
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