Haverford Headlines

Where They’re Headed: Justin Adler ’23

The neuroscience major and health studies minor started his full-time job as a cancer researcher at Penn Medicine just two days after graduation. Adler awaits his upcoming matriculation to the University of Rochester School of Medicine.

Alumni

Where They’re Headed: Meg Bowen ’23

The biology and music double major begins her post-grad career as a Medical Career Design Fellow in the orthopaedic department at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Haverford track and field coach Tom Donelly wears a black tshirt and white hat. He is surrounded by several Haverford alums and former team members.

News

Tom Donnelly, Haverford’s Legendary Track and Cross Country Coach, to Retire

Donnelly’s career at Haverford spans an unprecedented 49 seasons and includes 77 Middle Atlantic and Centennial Conference championships and a 2010 NCAA Division III championship.

Kelsey Ryan '14 Excavates Roman Ruins at Fulbright UK Summer Institute

The English and linguistics major was one of six American undergraduates on the program studying at Durham University in the UK this summer.
Faculty Profile: Hank Glassman

More than 25 years after first laying eyes on a cloth-draped stone statue in Japan, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies Hank Glassman published his book on Buddhist deity JizÅ.
Anita Isaacs Pens Sunday New York Times Op-Ed

The Benjamin R. Collins Professor of Social Sciences and associate professor of political science writes about Ecuador's reasons for granting asylum to WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange.
Helen White Awarded Grant for Oil Spill Research

The geochemist will continue her work on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in a collaborative project that will examine what happened chemically to the oil and to the dispersants used in the aftermath of the disaster.
Lilly Lavner '07 Joins Student Activities Office

As coordinator of student activities and leadership, Lavner will work to enrich the co-curricular lives of students, including helping the more than 145 student-run clubs and organizations on campus plan events, coordinate trips, fund-raise, and organize conferences and symposia.
When Bad Behavior is a Sign of Something More

In his new book, Almost a Psychopath, forensic psychiatrist Ron Schouten '75 examines the range of behavioral and emotional issues that fall between "normal and fullblown pathology."
Carousel Connections Comes to Haverford

This summer Amy and Chris McCann (both '02) launched a live-in life-skills program for young adults with special needs on campus that was staffed by current students.
Susanna Wing On Voice of America

The associate professor of political science discusses the reappointment of Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra and his new deadline to form a unity government in Mali.
Steve Spaulding '05 in The New York Times

Staff counsel for watchdog group Common Cause, Spaulding weighs in on the ethical issues surrounding Representative John F. Tierney's family finances.
Haverford on the Radio

Former WHRC DJ Jennifer C. Waits '89 chronicles nine decades of campus broadcasting.
Battle of the Bulge

Marlene Schwartz '88 works on the front lines of the childhood obesity epidemic, advocating for changes that will help families make healthier choices.
Partner in Health

Kelsey Capron '12 volunteers at a maternity center in Jacmel, Haiti.
New Musical Direction

He's composed art songs, a Latin jazz-inspired suite, a work for a Taiko drum ensemble, and more. Now versatile L.A.-based composer David Arbury '95 is creating the score for the comedy web series Couch Surfers.
Promoting Children's Literature in Africa

During a summer in Ghana, Helen Farley '14 interned with an organization devoted to developing writers and illustrators of books for kids.
Music Man

Mario Cotto '98, a DJ at Los Angeles' free-form community station KCRW, has the dream job he didn't even know he wanted.