Haverford Headlines

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Transformative $25 Million Gift From Michael B. Kim ’85 to Establish Haverford’s Institute for Ethical Inquiry and Leadership

The institute is a cornerstone of Haverford 2030, the College’s strategic plan. Through it, students will discover new pathways to become the world’s ethical thinkers and leaders.

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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.

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Faculty

Faculty Focus: Professor of Chemistry Alex Norquist

A solid state chemist, Norquist seeks out new solids with unique and useful properties. Assisted by robots and artificial intelligence, his lab’s current work is designed to help in the fight against climate change.

Customs Week Welcomes First-Years to Haverford

This year, in addition to the orientation program's perennial events like Dorm Olympics, a tree planting, a trust walk and the Honor Code presentation, students were treated to a Casino Night and flashmob performance.
New Faces in The Dean's Office

Arielle Diggs and Nicole Hesson are the College's new graduate assistants, and Franklyn Cantor '12 is the new coordinator of residential life.
Thomas Farley '77 Profiled by Reuters

The New York City Health Commissioner behind measures to get people to eat better, smoke less and exercise more is rolling out two new initiatives, encouraging breastfeeding and limiting the size of sugary drinks, this month.
Move-In Day 2012: A Gallery

On Aug. 29 the Class of 2016 finally arrived on campus. The weather was beautiful, and campus, which had been quiet all summer, came alive with cars full of parents, luggage and the newest members of the Haverford community.
John P. Chesick Scholars Program Launches

The new program helps underrepresented students, including first-generation college goers, excel with the help of summer enrichment and faculty mentors.
Summer Faculty Updates

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances and publications.
Anita Isaacs in Marine Corps Times

The Benjamin Collins Professor of Social Sciences and associate professor of political science discusses the partnership between the U.S. and Guatemala in fighting drug trafficking.
"Ying Li: No Middle Way" in The New York Sun

Franklin Einspruch, an art critic for <em>The Sun</em>, previews the show he curated, which opens September 7 in the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery and features the work of the professor of fine art.
The New Office of Academic Resources Welcomes Three Staffers

Kelly Wilcox, Lionel Anderson and Candace Jordan '12 are launching this new endeavor that aims to enrich the academic life of all Haverford students.
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."