Haverford Blogs
Posted: 11/19/09
Women's Center
The Women's Center is a safe, non-political space on campus that is open to both sexes. We're here to provide a network of support, resources, and information to the Haverford community.
NO-vember like SEX-vember!
Hello readers! This is Misha again, and I am going to update you on what’s been happening in the Women’s Center this month! November was themed as Sex-Vember as our events catered to sexuality, sexual health and sex education…. To start the month we partnered with FAB (’For... Read more >
Posted: 11/18/09
Haverford House
Founded in 2002, Haverford House provides a venue for the Haverford community to explore global citizenship in our own region and to strengthen connections between the College and the city of Philadelphia.
Alternative Fall Break Update
During the past Haverford fall break, we hosted the inaugural AFB here at Haverford House! Although our attendance list was short and the weather did not permit many outdoor activities, we enjoyed ourselves and got to know a Haverford student better. It’s always great to meet another New Yorke... Read more >
Posted: 11/10/09
8th Dimension
Eighth Dimension is Haverford's community service office. The name referred to the seven other academic "dimensions" of a Haverford liberal arts education (natural science, quantitative analysis, social and behavior sciences, laboratory, history, literature, and field/artistic experience).
This Week
Friday: Dance-a-thon to fight AIDS “I don’t know if you have heard yet, but the Pre-Health Society and ASN is hosting the first annual Dance-a-Thon on November 13, 2009 at 10pm. We are fundraising for Philly Fight, which is an AIDS organization in the area. We would really love for y... Read more >
Posted: 11/6/09
The Haverblog
A running account of life on campus with references to times and people past.
This Is Soooo Haverford
It’s a crisp autumn Friday and Founders Green captures the spirit of this place perfectly. On the Barclay side of the field, a pickup game of croquet: Meanwhile, not 100 feet away and toward the math/science end of things, physics student Julien Menko has his camping chair and is…... Read more >
Posted: 10/14/09
Going Green @ Haverford
The Committee for Environmental Responsibility (CER) has a mission: to educate our community towards an awareness of global concerns and to set a positive example of forward thinking, environmental stewardship for our campus and for other colleges to follow.
Haverford Boosts Sustainability Report Card Score
Sustainability coordinator Claudia Kent examining early spring growth atop the College's first green roof. The College earned a “B+” overall grade on the Sustainability Report Card issued in early October by the Sustainable Endowments Institute. That grade continues the steady improvement... Read more >
Ongoing Blogs
New & Noteworthy
Quaker & Special Collections of Magill Library provide a lighthearted inside look at some of the treasures of Special Collections.
Mapping Identity
Janet Yoon '10 documents her work on Mapping Identity, an exhibit co-curated with Professor Carol Solomon and set to open Spring 2010 in Haverford's Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery.
Ehaus
Ehaus is a co-op on campus that works to live in a more environmentally sustainable way and bring awareness about the impacts of living this way.
IRIS
Assistant Professor Bret Mulligan blogs on news and events (mostly) related to Haverford Classics courses.
Diversity Through Accessibility
Assistant Professor of Computer Science John "JD" Dougherty blogs on exploring how to design and implement tools and teaching methods to resolve issues in both diversity and accessibility.
Helen K White Lab
Assistant Professor White is reporting on her lab as they investigate how organic compounds persist in the environment and move between different reservoirs.
Screening Music
How does music alter and enhance a film? How does film change the way we perceive music? Jane Holloway '11 and Genna Cherichello '11 will be exploring these questions and more through their Student Seminar blog.
Digging For Truth
Jennifer Trowbridge '04 relays stories from the grave(site) for those would like to follow along as she practices forensic anthropology in Guatemala.
David Felsen '92 - TV Producer
David Felsen '72 writes, produces and shoots. He also blogs about the modern production office experience.
All Quiet on the Quaker Front
Andrew Peterson '04 documents his experiences in Burundi working with a Quaker organization that conducts workshops on conflict management, peace building, trauma healing, and reconciliation in East Africa.
Summer Blogs
Leaping Lizards
Monica Stegman '10 is spending the summer on a field project in New Mexico with Bryn Mawr's new ecologist studying temperature regulation in lizards.
A Travelling Medievalist's Blog
Associate Professor of English Maud McInerney is going to be in a great many interesting places looking at art and architecture from the perspective of someone whose research interests lie in the 12th-15th centuries.
Democracy in Niger
Nick Lotito '10 will be traveling to Niger to work with the Nigerien Movement for the Defense and Promotion of Democratic and Human Rights.
Peacebuilding: Architecture in Belfast
Meghan McAllister '10 will be researching the architecture of social housing in Belfast, focusing on finding ways to incorporate peacebuilding into the design process of social housing in highly religiously segregated neighborhoods.
Nanjing, China
Eli Blood-Patterson '11 and Dena Kronfeld BMC '11 will be sharing thoughts and photos from Nanjing, China as part of their summer internship with Amity Foundation Teaching Program.
Ahmedabad, India
Katie Johnston-Davis '10 will be working with the Self Employed Women’s Association, an organization that works to organize its members to achieve their goals of full employment and self reliance.
Community Health
Ariel Herm '10 will be blogging about her internship with Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center in New York.
X-Street Children in Nicaragua
Maggie Bishop '10 returns to Nicarague to work with Asociación Los Quinchos, an intricate program for former glue-sniffing street children.
Social Entrepreneurship in India
Nora Graham '11 and Mohenna Sarkar '11 are working for Ashoka International in New Delhi.
Organic Farming in France
Andrew Bostick '12 will be blogging from Southern France as part of his summer internship with World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms.
Tres fîsicos no hispanohablantes
Martin Blood-Forsythe '10, Garrett Vanacore '11 and Alex Cahill '11 are in Santander, Spain collaborating with researchers, exploring fermions in curved spacetime and the cosmic microwave background at the Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria.
Philadelphia Community Gardens
Cecily Moyer '09 will be testing the soil and vegetables of community gardens in Philadelphia for lead and other heavy metals with Ari Briski BMC '09.
Reggae in Prague
Misha Baker '10 will be attempting to infiltrate the underground reggae and ska scene, hoping to explore youth identity transformations and cultural movements as well as the theme of social justice through music using the Czech Republic as her research site.
Urban Farming
Fay Strongin '10 is in Philadelphia exploring the intersection between urban and rural life, the dynamics of local food production, and getting to know all the plants and people who make it happen.
From Shanghai to Guatemala
David Garcia-Pedrosa '10 is in Shanghai getting his Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certificate before traveling to Quetzaltenango to volunteer at the Pop Wuj medical clinic and teach in the language school.
CPGC Guatemala
Kayleigh Herrick-Reynolds '11, Kara Percival '11 and Jane Holloway '11 will be blogging from Guatemala this summer.
Postcards from Paris
French major Grant Firestone '10 returns to the "City of Lights" for a summer internship at the International Herald Tribune.
Cape Town | South Africa
Alexa Kutler '11 is photo-blogging from her semester abroad in Cape Town, South Africa. She will be there from July to December studying about Religion, Race and Conflicts in South Africa.
Archived Blogs: 2009
among friends
The 2009 Hurford Humanities Center Mellon Symposium was a series of four simultaneous, collaborative workshops that teamed contemporary artists with Haverford students.
Alternative Spring Break '09
Campus Philly and 20 college students decided against spending money on airfare, hotels over Spring Break. Instead, they stayed in the City to focus on helping their local community.
127 Egyptian Nights
Michael Novinson '10 is a political science major, education minor, and prospective journalist. He will be studying abroad in Cairo during the spring semester.
among friends: field trip guide
Documents the three days of non-stop field trips that students organized for Harrell Fletcher's visit to Haverford as part of the among friends Symposium. Field trip leaders posted reactions to and pictures of their trips.
2009 Presidential Inauguration
Lauren Dickey '10, Roby Yoskowitz '09, Alexa Kutler '11 and Student Activities Director Jason McGraw shared their photos and experiences from the inauguration of President Obama.
Research Cruise
Adam Subhas '09 went on a month-long research cruise with Jess Adkins '90 looking for deep sea corals.
