Haverfordians are regularly recognized for scholarly achievement.
A Haverford education carries clout worldwide.
Where do Haverford students go after graduation? Anywhere they want.
A liberal arts education is the best professional preparation.
The skills, knowledge, and critical thinking you develop via Haverford’s liberal arts curriculum have applications in so many different fields and careers all over the planet. As a Ford, you automatically stand out in the world, and are better able to inform, heal, and improve it.
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Fuchs works for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Submillimeter Array, a telescope located atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawai'i.
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As one of the lawyers featured in both seasons of Making a Murderer, Steven Drizin ’83 plays an important supporting role in the Netflix hit. While the series’ popularity has brought Drizin celebrity, it’s also brought him something more important: a much larger platform to advocate for change in the legal system’s treatment of juveniles.
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From bringing artists to Haverford to co-founding globalFEST, Bill Bragin '89 reflects on his experience creating connections and providing opportunities for musicians.
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The early education teacher was one of four Fords to be accepted into the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program for the 2023-2024 academic year.
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In Côte d'Ivoire, political science alumna Rebecca Levy ’04 works to fight poverty as an employee of USAID.
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The recent Oxford graduate, who discovered a monoclonal antibody that potentially prevents malaria, will use the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans to help support his final two years of medical school at the University of California, San Diego.
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The Walter A. Haas-Lucie Stern Endowed Chair in Cardiology and associate dean of admissions at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine has achieved widespread recognition for her work addressing health disparities.
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Hughes is working to make farming an accessible career for those new to the field through the National Young Farmers Coalition and the United States Department of Agriculture.
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As a composer, Burke's musical compositions span pop to classical styles.
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This ambitious Haverford alumna talks about her goals and the challenges that come with being an aerospace industry CEO.
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Kugler's circus arts company has performed to critical acclaim in Chicago and Philadelphia.
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Pioneering "New Urban Mechanic" Chris Osgood '99 is changing the way Boston delivers services and solves problems.
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Travis is changing the swimwear industry by providing more personalized options through her company, Andie.
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The CEO of Global Blood Therapeutics spoke to Haverford magazine about his company's experimental drug, GBT440, and its promise in treating people with sickle cell disease.
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Shuman creates fun, new ways for children to learn the stories of the Torah through his series, Torah Time Travel.
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Kabat-Zinn, the scientist/thinker who in 1979 melded mindfulness with medicine and launched a still-growing modern movement, visited campus via the Whitehead Mindfulness Initiative.
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Perez, who discovered he was legally blind at 30, is passionate about helping the education-technology community understand the crucial role it can play in giving all learners access to education and job opportunities.
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Introduced to art curation while a first-year student at Haverford, Penney now uses art as a vehicle for transformation.
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Beyond the famous Burning Man Festival, Debucquoy-Dodley works year-round to organize artistic and cultural programs for the San Francisco-based nonprofit Burning Man Project.
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Stavis, a pioneering musician, brought the banjo into the psychedelic rock era. He's opened for acts like the Grateful Dead, Neil Young, and Richie Havens.
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Klein is the founder of Storq, a maternity and postpartum apparel line.
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In Philadelphia, the 76ers can order yakisoba noodles for breakfast and drink bone broth during film sessions. It's all part of the team's food program under executive chef JaeHee Cho.
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Since December 2019, Indya Kincannon ’93 has been running Tennessee's third-largest city.
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Along with wonderfully transgressive heroines, Dermansky is also known for getting consistently rave reviews for her blackly comic novels.
Hands-on research with real-world application
Every student completes a thesis prior to graduation that contributes to their field of academia. The high-level research experience that students gain, in every department, prepares them for the next step in their academic life or career.
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Students can receive up to $10,000 in research funding through the Academic Centers
Haverford College senior psychology major Liz Heaton describes the behavioral neuroscience research she has been working on over the past year with Assistant Professor Laura Been.
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Nobel Prizes
George P. Smith ’63, one of three 2018 Nobel laureates in chemistry, is the fourth Haverford alum to win a Nobel Prize. A biology major while at Haverford, Smith credits his thesis advisor with introducing him to the field of molecular immunology that shaped his early career.
Haverfordians are regularly recognized for scholarly achievement through awards and fellowships such as Fulbright, Watson, Guggenheim, and the Nobel Prize.
Four Fords earned 2023/2024 Fulbright Student Awards. Haverford College is proud to be named one of the U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2023–2024 Fulbright U.S. Students.
Support for entrepreneurship and innovation
The Whitehead Internship Program funds rising Haverford juniors and seniors in summer work related to entrepreneurship, small business, venture capital, or finance. The new Haverford Innovations Program (HIP) works to develop a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship on campus by providing mentoring and financial support for student startups.
Experiential Learning
Across all academic disciplines and majors, Fords learn by doing. From publishing in peer-reviewed journals with professors to coursework that takes them out of the classroom and into the community to hundreds of internship opportunities around the world, Haverford students have numerous ways to apply what they’ve learned to professional settings before graduation.
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Over 60 summer internships around the world
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More than 150 students participate in internships funded by our Academic Centers every year
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Students explore more than 40 different countries
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“From Malcolm X to Dave Chappelle: Islam, Humor, and Comedy in America”
The class traces the history of African American comedy and situates it specifically in relation to the civil rights struggles and the politics of African American Islam.
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Pipeline to the MLB
The skills picked up at Haverford—critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and a sophisticated understanding of data—have turned out to be an ideal fit for key front office roles in Major League Baseball.
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The Class That Publishes Together
A "Biochemistry Superlab" course co-taught by Professor Rob Fairman and Assistant Professor Lou Charkoudian recently published a peer-reviewed paper in PLOS Biology detailing not only the results of in-class research, but also how the class itself was designed to facilitate such research.
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Summer Centered
Stories exploring Haverford students' Center-funded summer work
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AwardsHaverfordians are regularly recognized for scholarly achievement through awards and fellowships such as Fulbright, Watson, Guggenheim, and the Nobel Prize.
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IndustryWhether you’re destined for graduate or medical school, entrepreneurship or the arts, the business or banking realms, or elsewhere in the world at large, you’ll always find yourself applying the unique academic and social skills you cultivate at Haverford.
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Graduate StudiesRecent graduates have gone to programs at the University of Chicago, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, MIT, UCLA, Cambridge, and the University of Pennsylvania, to name a few. Our alumni pursue careers ranging from business to medicine to public service to science and technology.
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Center for Career and Professional AdvisingThe center empowers students and alumni to learn about and prepare for meaningful work, as they translate their Haverford liberal arts education into a rewarding life.
Our students and graduates have been awarded Fulbrights, Watsons, Guggenheims, and the Nobel Prize.
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Nobel Prize Winners
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Fulbright Scholars
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MacArthur Fellows
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Goldwater Scholars
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Watson Fellows
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Rhodes Scholars
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Guggenheim Scholars
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Pulitzer Prize Recipients
Awards
Haverfordians are regularly recognized for scholarly achievement through awards and fellowships such as Fulbright, Watson, Guggenheim, and the Nobel Prize.
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As a member of the 2020 cohort of fellows, the history major will have access to training and resources that will help her serve as an effective agent of change in addressing public problems and building equitable communities.
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Five recent graduates earned 2019–2020 Fulbright Student Awards.
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The Russian studies major will attend a university in Kazakhstan to hone her Russian proficiency for future government employment.
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Jonny Cookmeyer '17, Gebby Keny '14, May Helena Plumb '16, and Wilson Sinclair '15 received fellowships from the National Science Foundation that will support their graduate education and research.
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Gabe Halperin-Goldstein '19, Lilian Domenick '19, Feven Gezahegn '19, Ceci Silberstein '19, Hanae Togami '19, and Amanda Grolig '19 will spend next year working at Philadelphia nonprofits and strengthening connections between the College and the city.
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The physics major is one of 496 students selected from across the country for the scholarship, an annual award for outstanding undergraduates who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, or engineering.
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The English major from the Bronx will return to Barbados, site of her semester abroad, to research the relationship between Caribbean science fiction and the islands’ history at the University of West Indies, Cave Hill.
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The physics and astronomy double major from Oakland, Calif., will spend next year conducting research at the Max Planck institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany.
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The chemistry major from Seattle will spend next year at Lund University in Sweden, conducting research with his longtime collaborator Sara Linse.
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The comparative literature major will spend next year teaching English classes at Wuhan University of Technology.
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The political science and Spanish double major is the sole recipient of the University College Dublin Taught Master’s Program Award, which she’ll use to study philosophy and public affairs.
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The English major is one of 262 students from 39 states, three countries, and Washington, D.C., who are part of the 2019 cohort of the fellowship, which provides a year of learning and networking opportunities emphasizing personal, professional, and civic growth.
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Here's how our alumni are applying their skills, experience, and wisdom to life beyond campus.
Industry
Whether you’re destined for graduate or medical school, entrepreneurship or the arts, the business or banking realms, or elsewhere in the world at large, you’ll always find yourself applying the unique academic and social skills you cultivate at Haverford.
- Business and Finance22%
- Education19%
- Healthcare17%
- Science and Technology13%
- Public Service and Government9%
- Law and Legal Services8%
- Communications, Leisure, and Tourism7%
- Architecture, Arts, and Museums5%
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The co-author of the recent Food, Animals, and the Environment: An Ethical Approach spoke to Cat Lazaroff ’89 about the harsh realities of industrial agriculture, personal dietary choices, and how Haverford shaped his worldview.
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The Haverford music major's 50-plus-year career includes being a part of Musica Elettronica Viva, among the earliest groups to combine synthesizers with more traditional acoustic instruments.
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Haverford alumni are stepping up as first-time political candidates, boldly challenging longtime incumbents and the political “machine” in their communities. For all, the decision to seek office is an effort to live their values. “If you feel something, don’t just throw your shoe at the TV,” says one. “Do something.”
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Smith, one of three Nobel laureates in chemistry this year, is the fourth Haverford College alum to win a Nobel Prize and the second—after Joseph Taylor, Jr.—from the Class of 1963.
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The former sports agent, author, and founder of the Shapiro Negotiations Institute shares some of his "trade secrets."
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In her new book, Insane, America’s Criminal Treatment of Mental lllness, Roth explores how mental illnesses are treated in the country’s correctional facilities.
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The political science major has channeled her passion for minority advocacy into a career as a capital defender.
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As an ecology lab technician at the University of Vermont, the chemistry major examines local soil samples to see the effects of climate change.
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Keller, who was heavily involved in the campus comedy scene throughout his time at Haverford, is breaking into the entertainment industry with a job as a production assistant.
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The history major is now working at the Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center, a place she first fell in love with on a Haverford class field trip.
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The sociology major is laying the groundwork for a career in forestry as an intern with the University of Pennsylvania’s Morris Arboretum.
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The computer science and mathematics double major is now working as a software engineer for Amazon in his hometown of Seattle, Washington.
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Our students are admitted to medical school, law school, and other professional schools at rates that are significantly higher than the national average.
Graduate Studies
Recent graduates have gone to programs at the University of Chicago, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, MIT, UCLA, Cambridge, and the University of Pennsylvania, to name a few. Our alumni pursue careers ranging from business to medicine to public service to science and technology.
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Recent Graduate School Highlights
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Duke University
- George Washington University
- Harvard University
- Jefferson Medical College
- Johns Hopkins University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Northeastern University
- New York University
- Stanford University
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Chicago
- University of Pennsylvania
- Yale University
- Science and Math22%
- Medicine and Health21%
- Arts and Humanities15%
- Social Sciences12%
- Law12%
- Business and Finance9%
- Education9%
Recent Graduate School Highlights
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Duke University
- George Washington University
- Harvard University
- Jefferson Medical College
- Johns Hopkins University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Northeastern University
- New York University
- Stanford University
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Chicago
- University of Pennsylvania
- Yale University
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The math and linguistics double major with an educational studies concentration will continue her academic journey at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and pursue her dream of becoming a math teacher.
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A student in Haverford’s 4 +1 engineering partnership with the University of Pennsylvania, Sherman is interning with Boeing before heading off to her final year of graduate school.
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The biology major focused on the interactions between parasitic bacteria and their host for her thesis.
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A native of Puerto Rico, the former Jose Padin Scholar and Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow is following up her undergraduate degree in comparative literature with graduate studies in the same field at the University of Chicago.
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This fall, the English and Religion major will begin pursuing a law degree and her master’s in theological studies through a joint program at Harvard University.
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The philosophy and political science double major, who is currently pursuing an M.A. in nationalism studies at Hungary's Central European University, will spend next year at Kent Law School's master's in law program in the U.K.
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Noah Bloch '16, Jonathan DeWitt '16, Grace Klinges '15, Lindsey Lopes '16, and Katie Ulrich '14 all received fellowships from the National Science Foundation that will support their graduate education and research.
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Gillian Miswardi '17 Wins Stockholm School of Economics and Karl-Adam Bonnier Foundation Competition
The anthropology major from Singapore won a trip to Sweden (valued at more than $1600) to learn about the K-A Bonnier International Fellows Program.