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.

Students awards

Two Haverford Students Receive Goldwater Scholarships

The aspiring scientists will leverage their scholarships to advance their organic chemistry research and uncover innovative ways to diagnose schizophrenia.

Faculty

COOL CLASSES: “University City: Race, Power and Politics in Philadelphia”

This course focuses on the role Philadelphia’s colleges and universities — and their affiliated healthcare entities — play in organizing the region’s economy.

"Playing" in the Park

Sharada Tolton '11 is interning with Shakespeare in Clark Park in Philadelphia to assist with this summer's production.
Making Ancient Chinese Philosophy Accessible to Contemporary Scholars

Historian John S. Major '64 and his colleagues have become the first academics to completely translate the Huainanzi--a work of political philosophy dating back to the Han Dynasty--into English.
Providing Health Education in Nicaragua

Maia Freudenberger '13 is volunteering in Nicaragua this summer with the Foundation for the International Medical Relief for Children.
Building Bridges Between the College and the City

Six recent graduates will spend a year living together in Philadelphia and working for local nonprofits through the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship's Haverford House program, which strengthens the school's connection to the city next door.
And the Winner is ...

A film created by Sarah Harrison, Cole Fiedler-Kawaguchi, and Matt Liscovitz (all '13) as a final project for the class“Culture and Crisis in the Golden Age of Athens” has won the Best Picture category of the Terence Awards for Excellence in Classics Student Filmmaking.
Building Sustainability in New York City

Caroline Malapero '11 is spending the summer learning about urban farming and studying ways to help New York City plan for a sustainable future.
Promoting Reproductive Rights

With the help of funding from Haverford's Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, Blase A. Provitola '11 is interning at Planned Parenthood in Philadelphia, where they are helping to promote reproductive rights and sex education at the state and national level.
Teaching English in China

Four bi-co students are spending the summer teaching English to children and middle school teachers in China, thanks to a program sponsored by the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship.
I Can Has Art Show?

Hurford Humanities Center Associate Director James Weissinger '06 co-curated "Kat Culchur," an exhibition exploring the unique relationship between humans and felines. Organized by the Philadelphia artists of FLUXspace, the show debuted in London's Tate Modern art gallery this spring and is now on view through August 15 in Philadelphia.
Fighting Discrimination in France

Natalie Zych '11 is spending this summer in Paris, interning with two organizations that work together to promote equality in France.
Four Fords at the Fringe

On the schedule for the September Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe is a new production from The Groundswell Players, whose members include Ali King, Jack Meaney, Jesse Paulsen, all â€˜09, and Scott Sheppard '06. For a post on the Festival blog, summer intern Ellen Freeman '11 spoke to them about their play <em>How to Solve a Bear</em> and their plans for a June 26th fundraiser.
Using Material Objects to Express American Jewish Identity

In his new book, Material Culture and Jewish Thought in America, religion professor Ken Koltun-Fromm brings together the fields of cultural studies and modern Jewish thought.
Senior Reilly Costigan-Humes Receives Scholarship to Study in Russia

Costigan-Humes is the first Haverford student to win a David L. Boren Scholarship, which will allow him to study Russian at St. Petersburg University during the 2010-11 academic year.
Returning Descartes

At a special ceremony and gala celebration in Paris on June 8, Haverford College and the Institut de France marked the return of a long-lost letter written by philosopher Rene Descartes, and the beginning of new scholarly connections.
16th-Century Songs Presented in a 21st-Century Format

Professor of Music Richard Freedman has developed a website that provides access to music books published in the 1500s by Parisian printer Nicolas Du Chemin. The site, which is now live, was created with funds from a National Endowment for the Humanities "Digital Humanities" grant.