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.

Alex Robinson is pictured in a portrait on Haverford's campus. He wears a light shirt, red patterned tie, and dark suit jacket.

News & Updates Alumni Strategic Plan

$2 Million Gift from Alex Robinson '96 Supports Summer Experiences for All

Robinson’s gift helps realize a cornerstone of Haverford 2030, the College’s strategic plan.

Students

Welcome, New Friends!

Last week, the 387 students comprising the Class of 2028 began their transition to college life with Customs, Haverford’s signature orientation program.

Abolitionists' Letters are Candid; Writings Bought by College Reflect Personalities as Well as History

Emma Lapsansky, curator of special collections at Haverford College, recently purchased 100 letters penned by prominent abolitionists.
Roads Taken and Not Taken: Lindsay Voigt '03

Lindsay Voigt discovers a new appreciation for her Haverford education while working as teacher in a vocational college in China.
Students Gather Big Ideas About Small-School Governments

Eleven colleges sent representatives to a Haverford conference designed for small schools, where they often have an influential role.
Five Years Dead, WHRC Airborne Again

The Haverford College station had folded, its studio forsaken. An alumnus' gift has brought back the beat.
Julio de Paula Chosen For International Assembly

The chair of Haverford's chemistry department, Julio de Paula, represented the United States at the 40th General Assembly of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry held in the summer of 1999 in Berlin.
Students Go to the Head of the Class In New ExCo Program

ExCo is a program of student run, non-credit courses in which students can share their areas of expertise with their peers.
Ghost of Shakespeare Thrives at Haverford: Students and Faculty Proclaim Report Of the Bard's Death on Campus Is an Exaggeration

Can you ever kill a ghost? Not on Haverford's campus, where the spirit of Shakespeare is alive and well in the classroom.
Aspiring Haverford Doctors Find a New Prescription For Medical School Preparation

Some aspiring doctors at Haverford have chosen to pursue other interests during their undergraduate years.
Students Speak the Language of Science at National Conferences

If science is a universal language, then it makes sense that Haverford's student researchers should be speaking it outside the laboratories and classrooms of Stokes and Sharpless halls.
Painting the Colors of Freedom

An artist's journey from China to the U.S. frees her from the strict rules of art for the party.
It's About Time: Seconds Count In This New Psychology Research

Time certainly is a crafty magician. Just ask psychology professor Marilyn Boltz, who can tick off a list of tricks that Father Time plays on us gullible human beings year after year.
Haverford College Becomes a Summer Playground for Local Children

As temperatures rose, the Haverford College campus became a summer playground for local children.
Students and the Media On Race Relations

Race relations was the focus of a panel discussion held in the spring of 1999, when a group of Haverford students and journalists from national and regional news organizations talked about the current climate on college campuses and in the workplace.
Bosnian Student Returns Home

Vanja Filipovic '99 hopes to help rebuild a democracy in his home country.
Chair Appointments in Global Studies and the Humanities

Anita Isaacs, associate professor of political science, and Joseph Russo, a professor and chair of the classics department, were both named to endowed professorships in the spring of 1999.