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  • Folders on a grassy lawn

    The College received a record number of applications this year and offered admission to 877 students.

  • In the fifth year of Haverford’s annual energy conservation competition, the College reduced electricity consumption by 10 percent, saving about 6,200 kWh over its three-week period.

  • Nick Barile at the conference

    Political science major Nick Barile '18 won an essay contest to attend the annual conference on international security policy where prime ministers and other political leaders, senior intelligence and defense officials, and CEOs from around the world gathered to debate current and future challenges.

  • During her Velay Fellowship last summer, math major Charlotte Eisenberg ’19 wrote an algorithm to predict outcomes in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. Now, she’s testing it against live tournament outcomes.

  • As part of the Mark and Lillian Shapiro Speaking Initiative, communications specialist Holley Murchison led an interactive workshop to help students better communicate their goals, stories, and vision for professional success.

  • Maurice Rippel portrait

    As a member of the 2018 cohort of fellows, the English major will have access to training and resources that will help him serve as an effective agent of change in addressing public problems and building equitable communities.

  • The four Haverford women who took the workshop

    Four Haverford students participated in an immersive four-day software programming workshop at Bryn Mawr College with the help of developers from Google.

  • The inaugural Student Farmer Symposium cultivated campus interest in farming, justice, and ecology.

  • Independent theater major Rory Kennison ’18 wrote a two-act play for his senior thesis, and, with the help of seven student actors, he recently shared his work in a poignant staged reading.

  • Aspiring student entrepreneurs from across the Tri-College community learned skills “related to problem-solving, team-building, and critical-thinking.”

  • Headshots of five 2017/2018 Fulbright winners

    Five Fords from the Class of 2017 earned 2017/2018 Fulbright Student Awards. 

  • The weekend before Valentine’s Day, Fords Against Boredom held their annual edible graham-cracker-house-decorating competition with deliciously creative results.

  • Students from Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore gathered on Haverford’s campus for two days of intensive collaborative programming.

  • Four Haverford violin students had the opportunity to perform for and learn from David Kim when he gave them personal, one-on-one instrument instruction.

  • Four Haverford violin students had the opportunity to perform for and learn from David Kim when he gave them personal, one-on-one instrument instruction.

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