Students take advantage of the idyllic nature of Magill Library’s Philips Wing, one of the library'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.
Environmental anthropologist Nikhil Anand lectures on the history of the global environmental movement.
The Tri-College Environmental Studies Program offers students across the three campuses an interdisciplinary approach to some of the crucial issues of our time.
One of the new residence hall study rooms.
Located just across the road from Whitehead Campus Center, the new Tritton and Kim residence halls each contain 80 single rooms and feature an interior courtyard, two common rooms (each with a kitchenette and wall-mounted TV) and a study room … Continue reading
Plenary Fall 2011, Debbie Leter '15. "This was probably the shortest Plenary ever," commented SC Co-President Florencia Foxley '13.
Then & Now: Plenary Students at Fall Plenary in 2011 were concerned with establishing an Honor Council liaison with Bryn Mawr; the campus alcohol policy; and allowing Honor Council juries to seek outside consultants. Missed yesterday’s photo? See the plenary … Continue reading
This photo from 1985 shows Plenary as held in Roberts Hall. Currently, the Gardner Integrated Athletic Center hosts Plenary.
Then & Now: Plenary When students came to Roberts Hall for Spring Plenary in February 1985, resolutions included guidelines for the publication of Honor Council abstracts; ratification of the Honor Code; and a proposal that the College …[purchase] “new and … Continue reading
"In the Collection" highlights some of the rare and marvelous items that are part of Magill Library's Special Collections.
In the Collection Bleak House, like all of Charles Dickens’s novels, was originally published in serial form. Issued monthly from March 1852 to September 1853, each of the 20 numbers in Bleak House contained 32 pages of text and two … Continue reading
Bamboo stem section stained with Toluidine Blue O (TBO).
Biology superlab is designed so that students get first hand experience using techniques and equipment commonly used in graduate labs and research facilities; however, what really makes superlab special is the independence the professors give.
Led by Christopher Stadler '14, men's cross country captured their third straight, and 18th of 20, conference crown.
“Haverford encourages the development and growth of the whole person—that includes learning inside and outside of the classroom.“—Jordan Schilit ’13, men’s cross country
Photo by Jonathan Yu '12.
Then & Now: The Blue Bus Alumni who took the Blue Bus as students and return to campus today wouldn’t miss a beat as they hop aboard for the trip to Bryn Mawr. Missed yesterday’s photo? See the Blue Bus … Continue reading
Alumni who attended in the 1970s and 1980s will remember another plus: It was usually driven by Tex! Courtesy College Archives.
Then & Now: The Blue Bus For decades, the Blue Bus has been a welcome sight for Haverford and Bryn Mawr students who rely on it for timely and convenient travel between campuses. Come back tomorrow to see the Blue … Continue reading
Hank Glassman with a Jizō statue (center) in the College’s Japanese garden.
More than 25 years after first laying eyes on a cloth-draped stone statue in Japan, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies Hank Glassman publishes his book on Buddhist deity Jizō. Read the Spring/Summer 2012 Faculty Profile in HAVERFORD magazine »
Haverford's Cricket team, c. 1896. Courtesy College Archives.
Cricket is Haverford’s oldest and most distinctive sport and was introduced by the English landscape architect who planned the campus in 1834, William Carvill.