Faculty Profile: Peter Love

Associate Professor of Physics Peter Love, Haverford College “In non-major science courses, we’re trying to give an understanding of science to people who are not going to be scientists, but who might very well be policy makers or have an impact on the world in other ways,” says Love. Photo: Thom Carroll.

Associate Professor of Physics Peter Love not only trains future scientists in the intricacies of quantum mechanics, he helps non-science majors acquire a concept of the field as well. Read the Spring/Summer 2013 Faculty Profile in Haverford magazine »

The Library in 1865

Magill Library, 1865 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 Unconventional Cop

Andy Solberg '78 While waiting for a morning meeting to begin in the Joint Operations Command Center at police headquarters, Solberg radios officers in his district about a possible man with a gun in a hotel room. Photo: Greg Kahn.

Andy Solberg ’78 is a D.C. police commander with a master’s in philosophy who would rather be out on the street than behind a desk, thinks police work can be informed by Aristotle’s ethics, and believes, “We arrest way too … Continue reading →

Where They’re Headed

Rebecca Schwartz '13 gives a tour to prospective students on Open Campus Day 2013. “Where They’re Headed” is a series of occasional blog posts reporting on the post-Haverford plans of members of the Class of 2013. Rebecca Schwartz '13 gives a tour to prospective students on Open Campus Day 2013.

“Where They’re Headed” is a series of occasional blog posts reporting on the post-Haverford plans of members of the Class of 2013.

“[Haverford taught me]academic and humanitarian interests need not be mutually exclusive,” says AmeriCorps member Rebecca Schwartz ’13, “and that my academic background can, and should, serve my community and help to build connections among the people I encounter.”

O. Winston Link

Chemistry class 1950s 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.

The Campus

Haverford College's nature trail Through his blog, horticulturist Mike Startup shares images, gardening tips and a behind the scenes look at tending the campus.

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.

Summer Research

Sarah Harrison ’13 and Shelby Lyons ’15 are participating in a research cruise with the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative on the R/V Pelican. Sarah Harrison ’13 and Shelby Lyons ’15 are participating in a research cruise with the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative on the R/V Pelican.

Every year the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for Arts and Humanities and the Marian E. Koshland Integrated Science Center sponsor summer work, research and internships for almost 150 students.

Traditions

Founders Bell Seniors celebrate the last day of exams by ringing—and signing—the bell in the cupola on Founders Hall.

Traditions Each year, ‘Fords look forward to the myriad traditional events such as the Collection speaker series; frequent a cappella concerts; pinwheel day; the annual weekend throwdown at the end of the year called Haverfest; and, most importantly, Fall and … Continue reading →

Welcome Dan Weiss

"There are many great colleges and universities in the U.S., but there is no place as distinctive as Haverford." - Dan Weiss "There are many great colleges and universities in the U.S., but there is no place as distinctive as Haverford." - Dan Weiss

Welcome, Dan! Dan Weiss became the 14th president on July 1, 2013. His inauguration will take place during Family & Friends Weekend, October 26, 2013.