Haverford Headlines

Founders Hall at night with the cupola lit up

Campus

President Raymond on Becoming Anti-Racist

"If not at Haverford, where?"

John Botti in one of the trucks used to transport surplus produce purchased by Farms to Food Banks

Alumni magazine

Access to Excess

With Farms to Food Banks, John Botti ’92 bridges the divide between surplus crops and hungry Americans.

A portrait of Feven Gezahegn standing in front of a brick wall

Alumni awards

Feven Gezahegn ’19 Wins Clementine Cope Fellowship

The recent Haverford House fellow begins medical school at the University of Virginia this fall with support from the over-100-year-old Haverford College fellowship for graduate study.

Shoshana Zuboff Talks Surveillance Capitalism

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Faculty, Campus

The talk was the latest in the yearlong Technology and Justice Series, sponsored by the President’s Initiative for Ethical Engagement and Leadership, which aims to help the Haverford community grapple with issues in the intersection of technology, equity, privacy, surveillance, sustainability, and more.
COOL CLASSES: “Quakers, War, and Slavery 1646-1723”

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Faculty

This seminar encourages students to analyze primary sources and secondary works to explore how and why early Friends came to see both war and slavery as immoral.
COOL CLASSES: “Anthropology of Human Rights: Engaged Ethnography and Anthropologist as Witness”

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Faculty

This course examines how anthropologists contribute to human rights in law and grassroots movements.
Haverford College Once Again Named Top Fulbright Producer

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Alumni, awards

Five recent graduates earned 2019–2020 Fulbright Student Awards.
Coaching a Championship Team

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Alumni, magazine

Head coach Bruce Berque ’88 led the University of Texas men’s tennis team to the program’s first national championship.
COOL CLASSES: “Refugees and Forced Migrants”

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Faculty

This political science course integrates diverse disciplinary approaches—legal, political, sociological and anthropological—to explore the causes of migration, the dynamics of assimilation and incorporation of migrants in the U.S., and the process and impacts of deportation and (re)incorporation in Mexico and Central America.
The Kamikaze Canoe

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Alumni, magazine

Boyce Upholt ’06 recounts a perilous trip atop a record-breaking flood—and an attempt to understand what we’ve done to America’s iconic river.
COOL CLASSES: “Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Representation”

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Faculty

This anthropology course explores the tensions between indigenous peoples and the various political and ideological structures that govern their lives.
Running After a Dream

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Alumni, magazine

Jen Maranzano ’94 details her journey to run a marathon in a time that would qualify her for the Olympic trials years after her time as a member of Haverford’s cross-country and track and field teams.
COOL CLASSES: “Junior Research Seminar: The Federal Reserve”

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Faculty

This economics course covers the history of monetary policy and central banking before and after the creation of the Fed, as well as current debates in monetary policy.
Documenting A Director’s Dream

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Alumni, magazine

In his new documentary, He Dreams of Giants, Keith Fulton ’88 continues an exploration into the psyche of ex-Monty Python-er Terry Gilliam that began with his 2002 film festival hit Lost in La Mancha.
Kant and Plato and Locke, Oh My!

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Faculty, magazine

Ahead of its series finale, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Qrescent Mali Mason discusses how NBC comedy The Good Place offers lessons in ethics along with the laughs.
CLUB LIFE: Lame Ducks Are Anything But

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Students

Haverford’s long-standing, midnight-skating, stick-wielding, hoagie-eating ice hockey team is open to all players, regardless of skill level.
Curating Compassion

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Alumni, magazine

Mary Ceruti ’87 is prioritizing accessibility in art as the new executive director at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Barrel Fires Wake to the American Dream

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Alumni, magazine

The band, which is composed of Jay Carlis ’99, Mike Kay ’00, and Josh Meyer ’98, released a new EP that combines a lighthearted rock sound with politically charged lyrics.