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Our campus has 200 acres of award-winning architecture and landscaping; more than 50 academic, athletic, and residential buildings; and a nationally recognized arboretum with 400 species of trees and shrubs, a 3.5-acre duck pond, gardens, and wooded areas.

Join us on campus October 27-29 for Family & Friends Weekend, Homecoming, the dedication of our Visual Culture, Arts, and Media (VCAM) building, and a special celebration of the successful conclusion of the Lives That Speak campaign.

Artist’s Talk & Opening Reception

Friday, October 27, 2017
Talk: 4:30 p.m., Reception: 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery

The artists in Futureproof engage with the many malleable interpretations of futureproofing, drawing from both the legacy of military and corporate scenario planning and the use of semi-fictionalized artifacts or archives as "proof," or evidence, of alternate timelines or futures yet to come. Details »

Friday, October 27, 2017, 7 p.m.—9 p.m.
Strawbridge Observatory

There will be a student talk, hands-on activities, and telescope observing with our 12-inch and 16-inch telescopes. Student volunteers will be present to give tours and answer astronomy-related questions. This event takes place weather permitting. Details »

In the 1930s, Haverford's admission viewbook was little more than a bound set of postcards illustrating the college experience. By the 1970s (as shown in the viewbook pictured left) hundreds of words did the talking.

The energetic design of the current viewbook (right) spotlights student agency, and unpacks today’s Haverford by portraying the lives and work of four specific students.

“Advanced Topics in Biology of Marine Life”

This biology course challenges students to confront issues relevant to human impacts on oceans and asks them to engage in a conversation about the best strategies and practices to mitigate these effects based on scientific knowledge.

Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience.

Music Now

The Bi-Co orchestra will see its performance and rehearsal spaces upgraded thanks to the Lives That Speak campaign, which is funding enhancements and additions to Roberts Hall.

Missed yesterday’s photo? See the Orchestra back “Then“.

Music

Haverford’s first orchestra was founded in 1895, and joined forces with Bryn Mawr in 1940. Under William Heartt Reese’s sustained guidance the orchestra grew in numbers and skill, and in 1963 and 1964 it undertook its most ambitious concert repertoire to date, including pieces by Bartók, Fauré, and Shostakovich.

Come back tomorrow to see Music at Haverford “Now”.

Starting this semester, students can declare a minor in visual studies, which aims to create a dynamic model for critical and creative engagement with visual experience across media, time, and cultures. The minor is supported by the renovation of the Old Gym into the VCAM facility, 

Assistant Professor of Biology Roshan Jain’s research focuses on how genes control behavior, using zebrafish to ask and answer questions about decision making, learning, and memory.

Read Office Hour in the Special issue of Haverford Magazine.