Lighted Fools is a bi-co improvisational and sketch comedy performing group that regularly takes part in competitions and festivals.
Haverford has more than 145 groups who publish magazines, host symposia, sing a cappella, discuss religion and spirituality, stay politically active, maintain a system of student self-government, dance, demonstrate and create.
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 »
Professor of biology Robert Fairman will receive $350,612 from the National Institutes of Health to use animal models to study protein aggregation in Huntington’s disease.
Haverford faculty model academic excellence through their scholarship and an ongoing commitment to compelling, effective instruction.
Emily Dix '12, the Equestrian Club's former Haverford liaison, takes a jump. The Bi-Co group has access to a fully equipped barn and private riding lessons.
From Ultimate to ice hockey, badminton to crew, Haverford student-athletes find some serious fun playing all kinds of nonvarsity sports.
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.
Jen DiCandilo '14, pictured at bat, was named to the 2012 All-Centennial Conference Softball Team along with Elizabeth Newman '14.
“To me student-athlete means you have committed to a team and are accountable not only to yourself, but your teammates and coaches. Being an athlete is a time-consuming passion that is worth the extra hours you put in.“—Jordan Nieusma ’14, … Continue reading
The back of a Customs Person's tshirt. Jacob Lowy '14 shared an insider's look at Customs Week 2011 in the Haverblog.
Welcome Class of 2016 Customs Week is Haverford College’s orientation program designed to introduce all first-year students to college life at Haverford.
Assistant Prof. of Chemistry Joshua Schrier, here with students, discovered a carbon dioxide-separating polymer using supercomputers at NERSC.
Haverford faculty model academic excellence through their scholarship and an ongoing commitment to compelling, effective instruction.
Alexander Norquist in his lab with some of the students on his research team.
Associate Professor of Chemistry Alexander Norquist helped develop an introductory chemistry curriculum and has published 16 research papers with 15 different students as co-authors. Read the Winter 2011 Faculty Profile in HAVERFORD magazine »
Each fall the Quaker Affairs Office sponsors a visit to Snipes Farm for a day of community building.
Student Activities “Building community through sweet potato harvest at Snipes Farm, an absolutely wonderful, knee-dirtying, spirit-filling, friendship-forming element of QuaC’s fall semester retreat!” – Annie Boggess ’12 Read one student’s reflection on the retreat.
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 »