The Climbing Stone, Peter B. Rockwell '58.
Fall Break Friday, October 12—Monday, October 22, 2012 The Haverford campus is the oldest planned college landscape in the country. Our meticulously maintained 200 acres contain a nature trail, a Pinetum and flower gardens.
A view of Morris Infirmary through Carvill Arch, a shady courtyard incorporating a remnant of William Carvill's original greenhouse.
Fall Break Friday, October 12—Monday, October 22, 2012 The Haverford campus is the oldest planned college landscape in the country. Our meticulously maintained 200 acres contain a nature trail, a Pinetum and flower gardens.
Haverford's 3.5-acre Duck Pond is also home to a giant snapping turtle.
Fall Break Friday, October 12—Monday, October 22, 2012 The Haverford campus is the oldest planned college landscape in the country. Our meticulously maintained 200 acres contain a nature trail, a Pinetum and flower gardens.
Stokes Hall has a 5,700 square foot green roof planted with drought-tolerant sedums.
Greening Haverford Haverford College has three green roofs, the president’s house has two geothermal wells, and the College buys 100% wind energy.
1920s: An equipment check at the College’s then-radio station WABQ. Courtesy of College Archives.
Former WHRC DJ Jennifer C. Waits ’89 chronicles nine decades of campus broadcasting. Read “Haverford on the Radio” in the Spring/Summer 2012 issue of HAVERFORD magazine »
For more photos of the garden, visit the Generative Gardening blog.
“I am now able to harvest summer squash, zucchini, cucumber, eggplant, basil, mint, rosemary and several varieties of pepper on a daily basis.” —Stuart Hean ’14 Stuart Hean ’14 spent the summer working with the Center for Peace and Global … Continue reading
Pictured here is Lizzie Douglas '13.
Then & Now: Campus Visits Today, well over 15,000 prospective students and their families come to Haverford each year for campus tours conducted by a troupe of 30 student guides who volunteer for the Admission office. Missed yesterday’s photo? See … Continue reading
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.
Students receive instruction from farm staff during a first-year service day at Mill Creek Farm.
Traditions One of 8th Dimension‘s oldest traditions is hosting first-year service days, which all first-year students participate in. Community service is one of the most important aspects of the Haverford experience.
Students take advantage of the idyllic nature of the library to spend a few quiet hours in one of the Magill's many study spots.
Magill Library houses more than half a million volumes and provides access to 2.5 million more through a catalog system that connects it to libraries at neighboring Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges.
Looking up inside the rotunda of the KINSC.
The Departments of astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics, and psychology are housed in the state-of-the-art Marian E. Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center (KINSC).
Professor of Biology Jenni Punt was awarded a $300,000 National Science Foundation Grant to continue to fund her T cell research.
At Haverford, the faculty is central to the campus community. More than half of our faculty members live on campus, allowing them to develop strong, supportive ties and undertake ground-breaking research with their students.