Haverford Headlines

Community Care and Resources in Response to Israel-Gaza

At a time of conflict and divide, the College is working to bring students, faculty, and staff together to support one another and engage these important issues through peaceful and constructive dialogue.

Faculty

COOL CLASSES: “Our Americas: Imagining the Hemisphere”

In Visiting Assistant Professor Dennis Hogan’s class, students consider the literatures and histories of the hemispheric Americas as part of a shared cultural world.

Students

Student-Curated Exhibit Remembers Those Impacted by Guatemala’s “Dirty War”

An exhibit of Jonathan Moller’s photographs in Lutnick Library focuses on Guatemalan resistance, culture, and community amidst one of Central America’s most violent conflicts.

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.
New Book From David Wessel '75

NPR's "Morning Edition" interviews the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> columnist about his just-published book <em>Red Ink,</em> which explores the bitter politics surrounding the federal budget.