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.
History and chemistry double-major Max Findley '15, the former co-captain of Haverford’s fencing team, took some time to talk to Haverford magazine about the venerable sport of fencing and why it has held him in thrall since elementary school.
Read "Anatomy of an Athlete" in the Spring/Summer 2015 issue of Haverford Magazine.
Photo: Patrick Montero.
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.
Working in the lab of Assistant Professor Lou Charkoudian '03, the chemistry major helped create a type II polyketide catalog, which identified 78 polyketides of known producing sequence and structure and indexed key pieces of information about each of these molecules.
"What They Learned" is a blog series exploring the thesis work of recent graduates.
Photo: (cc) CDC/Dr. David Berd
The John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities supports students across a range of internships, faculty assistantships, and research projects.
Capitalish, a documentary film shot and edited by Haverford students, was sponsored by the HCAH, the CPGC, the Environmental Studies Program, and the Office of the Provost. Photo: Patrick Montero.
The Past is a Foreign Country
Through October 9, 2015
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery
The first solo exhibition in North America by the Ivorian artist François-Xavier Gbré, whose photographs survey relics of the built environment, from the ruins of colonial-era monuments to the futurist symbols of the cosmopolitan city. Details »
François-Xavier Gbré, Cité Espérance #2, Route de Bingerville, 2013. © François-Xavier Gbré.
In a new paper for Nature Assistant Professor of Astronomy Desika Narayanan and his collaborators unveiled the first viable model for how submillimetre galaxies form.
Video: Simulations from Narayanan et al. (2015, Nature), visualization from co-author Robert Thompson (NCSA). Photo: Robert Thompson (NCSA).
Established nearly 80 years ago by the Campus Club, the 2.2-mile Nature Trail encircling Haverford College’s campus provides a shady path for dog walkers, joggers and runners.
Short sections of Haverford's Nature Trail are being resurfaced for enhanced safety. The material is made from recycled truck tires, and looks similar to wood chips. Photo: Patrick Montero.
Students from the economics department have been involved in related initiatives via the Microfinance and Impact Investing Initiative (Mi3), including the Mapping Microfinance Project (MMP) for Philadelphia, which was created this summer by Ian McGroarty '17, Shan Shan '17, and Noah Weinstein '18.
This map is a geographical plot of business development organizations that serve regions within the Greater Philadelphia area.
Three Fords were among the performers and curators of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival this year, including Scott Sheppard '06. Later this semester, Sheppard will lead John Muse's freshman writing seminar, “The Rhetoric of Argument,” through a series of workshops on creative research.
Co-creators and performers Scott Sheppard '06 and Jenn Kidwell in their play Underground Railroad Game. Photo courtesy of Fringe Arts.
Assistant Professor of Linguistics Brook Danielle Lillehaugen recently returned to campus from an exciting treasure hunt for Zapotec texts during a three-week research trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. Lillehaugen was on the lookout for manuscripts to add to the growing collection in the Ticha Project—a digital publication of Colonial Zapotec resources.
A Zapotec document at the Archivo General de Poder Ejecutivo de Oaxaca in Oaxaca City. Courtesy of the Ticha Project.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.