Since 2011 College Communications has produced a unique homepage each weekday to spotlight the rich diversity of Haverford's academic programming, extracurricular offerings, campus culture, and community members' accomplishments.
Currently, Founders Hall is a mixed-use building that houses the President’s office, Institutional Advancement, classrooms and faculty offices and the Great Hall, which hosts myriad social functions.
Missed yesterday’s photo? See what the green looked like “Then”.
Once upon a time in the early 1900s Founders Hall featured a large, raised plaza at the steps of the building with a wide circular drive for wagons and later cars.
Come back tomorrow to see the green “Now”.
The Rufus M. Jones Institute for Leadership encourages students to utilize the diverse resources on-campus, in the surrounding communities, and around the world to build the necessary skills, knowledge, and understanding to become positive change agents in our increasingly global society.
The Strawbridge Observatory at Haverford College houses 12-inch and 16-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes which are actively used by students in Haverford astronomy classes.
In the academic context, the Honor Code engenders an immediate sense of trust and colleagueship between students and faculty and creates a relaxed, personal atmosphere.
A $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation brought several new high-tech instruments to campus. Among them is this confocal microscope, which employs a laser beam to produce high-quality images.
Missed yesterday’s photo? See microscopes back “Then”.
By the mid-1880s scientific labs were crowding out space in Founders once reserved for natural history museum specimens.
Come back tomorrow to see “Now”.
From Ultimate to ice hockey, badminton to crew, Haverford student-athletes find some serious fun playing all kinds of nonvarsity sports.
“Professor Walter Smith put me in charge of a $100,000 scanning electron microscope and trusted me with a new technology for Haverford: electron beam lithography. Being able to manufacture nanoscale objects was fascinating, and I loved being on the cutting edge of a new program.” – Alberto Guerrero ’11
“I gained insight into the ways in which veterinary science can be combined with conservation biology. Since these are potential career paths and ideas for graduate school, my summer research was a great help in solidifying my desire to explore these fields further.“—Elizabeth Willis ’13
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.