Haverford faculty in the Philips Wing of Magill Library, 1865. Courtesy College Archives.
Haverford libraries own more than 625,000 titles, including not only printed books but thousands of items in other formats—microfilm, photographs, diaries, letters, sound and video recordings, electronic publications, and miscellaneous ephemera.
The Strawbridge Observatory at night. Photo by Jonathan Yu '12.
Public Observing Night November 29, 7:30 p.m. Strawbridge Observatory Family Friendly Talk: “Exploring Our Universe: A Scaled Tour Through our Solar System, Galaxy and Beyond” by Mimi Fuchs ’13. Observing will only take place if skies are clear. Event Details … Continue reading
A chemistry class ca. 1955, O. Winston Link. Courtesy of Special Collections.
Best known for railroad photography, O. Winston Link also shot promotional images of Haverford and many are in Special Collections.
Students from Haverford, Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore brought Blitz the Ambassador to Haverford as part of the Ghanaian Music//Global Entrepreneurship Tri-College symposium, March, 2012.
Haverford students are afforded a large amount of autonomy and may use this opportunity to craft the kinds of experiences they wish to have—and they are given the responsibility, the resources and the respect necessary for that to happen.
Women's cross country, which finished second in the conference and region on its way to a 13th-place finish at the national meet, warranted the most selections (14) from within its sport.
The Centennial Conference announced its academic honor roll for fall sports and 61 Haverford students made the list. Haverford had the most honorees among the 364 student-athletes recognized from the 11 Centennial schools.
Rachel Davis '13 submitted this image to the Postcards From Abroad blog.
“Fellow Geology major Kelsey Meisenhelder ’13 and I sat on top of a hot, steaming vent from an older lava lake on Hilo, Hawaii. We also got to see a sulfur dioxide cloud glow red at red out of the … Continue reading
Mellon Tri-College Artist-in-residence Christine Sun Kim performs during the gallery opening for What Can a Body Do?
Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Tri-College Creative Residencies Program encourages Swarthmore, Haverford, and Bryn Mawr faculty to design and implement arts residencies in conjunction with their curricular and scholarly agendas.
The Women’s Center hosted a Yoga-thon fundraiser on November 10, 2012 to benefit Women for Women International.
The Women’s Center is a safe, non-political space on campus that is open to both women and men providing support, resources and information to the community.
Students had hands-on time with the telescope and its control systems while gathering data and taking images of star clusters.
Peter Ferguson ’13, an astrophysics major, regulates the temperature of the WIYN 0.9-meter telescope with liquid nitrogen during a four-day field trip to Kitt Peak National Observatory.
With green roofs and gold LEED certification, Tritton Hall and Kim Hall house 160 students.
Over 22 months on campus we watched Kim Hall and Tritton Hall take shape. But now you can watch the new dorms rise from the site of a former parking lot in just over three minutes, thanks to a time-lapse … Continue reading
Here students celebrate handing in their exams by tossing them to the front of the room.
In the academic context, the Honor Code engenders an immediate sense of trust and colleagueship between students and faculty and creates a relaxed, personal atmosphere.
It's not unusual for classes to have fewer than five students; nearly 35% have fewer than ten.
The Fine Arts at Haverford emphasize the individual. Studio classes are small and all students—from beginners to declared majors—receive individual, focused instruction, and are encouraged to develop the physical and critical skills necessary to create art.