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Tricks, Treats, and Togetherness: Friends & Family Weekend 2025

Tricks, Treats, and Togetherness: Friends & Family Weekend 2025

ByDominic Mercier Nov 4, 2025
From the grand opening of the Student Life Suite to hands-on workshops and a historic soccer season, Friends & Family Weekend offered an unforgettable look at life at Haverford.
Four carved pumpkins glow on a doorstep at night. Each features a different design: a block “H,” a squirrel silhouette, a spiderweb, and an acorn. Autumn plants and brickwork frame the festive display.

Join Haverford’s Pumpkin Patch

ByDominic Mercier Oct 16, 2025
Bring a bit of campus to your front porch this Halloween with downloadable carving templates featuring the Black Squirrel and more.
A person in a gray suit reads from an open book during a classroom discussion, seated at a wooden table with a pen and notebook nearby. Two other participants sit farther down the table, also reading, in a room lit by large windows.

COOL CLASSES: “Site Work: The Art of the Table Read”

ByDominic Mercier Oct 13, 2025
This practicum-style English course invites students to analyze and perform screenplays, revealing how film storytelling takes shape through collaboration, performance, and interpretation.
Club Life: Tea Tasting Club

Club Life: Tea Tasting Club

ByDominic Mercier Sep 30, 2025
Tea lovers unite through one of the College’s newest student-run clubs.
Haverford Welcomes its Newest Fords

Haverford Welcomes its Newest Fords

ByDominic Mercier Sep 3, 2025
The newest members of the Haverford community began their college adventure with tradition, community, and ice cream on Founders Green.
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What They Learned

A series exploring the thesis work of recent graduates. View More
A young woman with long dark hair and bangs smiles at the camera while standing outdoors. She is wearing a sleeveless olive green top, and the background features greenery and the steps of a building.

What They Learned: Bailey Bowman ’25

Bowman explored how Democrats could reconnect with rural voters in Ohio, research rooted in her own upbringing that strengthened her commitment to electoral reform and legal advocacy.
What They Learned: Vy Le ’25

What They Learned: Vy Le ’25

Le studied how some bacteria can build complex molecules in unexpected ways. That research that taught her perseverance and strengthened her commitment to making medicine more equitable.
A young woman with dark hair pulled back in a ponytail smiles slightly while standing in front of a light-colored backdrop. She is wearing a black ribbed top, gold hoop earrings, and a necklace with a small letter "R" pendant.

What They Learned: Rebecca Hametz-Berner ’25

Through her paleobotany thesis on conifer evolution and a capstone on environmental education, Hametz-Berner explored how science can inform both climate research and community engagement.
A young man wearing a light blue polo shirt smiles at the camera while standing outdoors. The background is filled with vibrant green and yellow foliage, softly blurred to highlight the subject.

What They Learned: James Wayman ’25

Wayman explored how Guatemala’s anti-corruption movement resisted democratic backsliding and how grassroots coalitions can help sustain democracy.
Kenneth Hsu ’25 smiles while holding his diploma during Haverford College’s Commencement ceremony. He is wearing a graduation cap with a red and black tassel, a black gown, and an honor cord.

What They Learned: Kenneth Hsu ’25

Hsu developed a new tool for studying microbial enzymatic systems in his chemistry thesis while also completing a second thesis in history on 17th-century Spanish witchcraft.
Kira Wu-Hacohen ’25 stands smiling in front of a colorful mural painted on a brick wall. She is wearing a black top, light shorts, and white sneakers, and is leaning casually against a painted post on a city sidewalk.

What They Learned: Kira Wu-Hacohen ’25

Kira Wu-Hacohen ’25 used her thesis to explore how art education can cultivate political imagination in young people—and built a classroom where that growth could take root.

Where They’re Headed

A blog series detailing the post-Haverford plans of our recent graduates. View More
Where They’re Headed: Marta Wilbrink ’25

Where They’re Headed: Marta Wilbrink ’25

The biology major has joined the Broad Institute as a research associate in immunology, with plans to pursue a Ph.D. and a career in pharmaceutical development.
Where They’re Headed: Deric Fernandez ’25

Where They’re Headed: Deric Fernandez ’25

The biology major is taking a gap year to work as an EMT and prepare for medical school, with plans to become a community-focused emergency physician in his hometown of Boston.
Where They’re Headed: Hriday Nayak ’25

Where They’re Headed: Hriday Nayak ’25

The economics major is working as a research associate at Capital Group, where he’s building toward a long-term career in mutual fund investing.
Where They’re Headed: Vivek Veluvali ’25

Where They’re Headed: Vivek Veluvali ’25

The chemistry and political science double major is off to Copenhagen to pursue a master’s in climate change and plans to bridge science and policy.
Where They’re Headed: Ken Lin ’25

Where They’re Headed: Ken Lin ’25

Before pursuing his Ph.D., ​​the economics and mathematics double major is heading to MIT for a two-year research fellowship focused on healthcare policy.
Where They’re Headed: Austin Emile ’25

Where They’re Headed: Austin Emile ’25

Emile is building his career as a licensed FIFA agent through the Belgium-based agency Cherry Sports. In the fall, he’ll begin graduate studies in sports management at Columbia University.

Cool Classes

A series highlighting interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience. View More
A person in a gray suit reads from an open book during a classroom discussion, seated at a wooden table with a pen and notebook nearby. Two other participants sit farther down the table, also reading, in a room lit by large windows.

COOL CLASSES: “Site Work: The Art of the Table Read”

This practicum-style English course invites students to analyze and perform screenplays, revealing how film storytelling takes shape through collaboration, performance, and interpretation.
Two students, with only their hands visible, inspect a very old book contained within Haverford's special collections.

COOL CLASSES: “Theories of the Novel”

Visiting Assistant Professor of English Alexander Millen’s class explores novels as a cultural form and the ways of thinking they offer.
Eight children gather around a large printed copy of the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

COOL CLASSES: “​​Human Rights: Culture, Language, and Power”

At the heart of Zeynep Sertbulut’s class is the question of “culture” and its relation to human rights.
COOL CLASSES: “Anthropology of Empire”

COOL CLASSES: “Anthropology of Empire”

Ezgi Guner’s class is an anthropological exploration of empire, both as an analytical category and a historical phenomenon.
COOL CLASSES: “Art, Ecology, Activism: Aesthetics & Resistance in the Climate Crisis”

COOL CLASSES: “Art, Ecology, Activism: Aesthetics & Resistance in the Climate Crisis”

Bridging art history, environmental studies, and the humanities, this class explores the role of artists in confronting our escalating climate crisis.
COOL CLASSES: “Philosophy of Psychoanalysis”

COOL CLASSES: “Philosophy of Psychoanalysis”

This class encourages students to explore the philosophical dimensions of the psychoanalytic practice.

The Club Life @ Haverford

A series exploring the many varied student clubs on campus. View More
A grey and yellow bird is pictured perched on the branch of an evergreen tree against a blurry background.

Club Life: The Haverford Ornithological Club

While birdwatching is the club’s core activity, with weekly walks around campus, members also delve into bird biology, photography, ethics, conservation, and more.
Two hands hold knitting needles as a person works on a knitting project.

Club Life: Fiber Arts Club

The Fiber Arts Club offers resources and materials for artists seeking to develop their skills.
Club Life: Haverford Students for Reproductive Health

Club Life: Haverford Students for Reproductive Health

On a pleasant spring evening in 2022, a group of students converged in Lutnick Library. They appeared to be like any other group working on a problem set…
Haverford's leadership of the Tri-Co Law Review stand for a photo.

CLUB LIFE: Tri-Co Law Review

A new incarnation and expansion of the former Haverford Law Review, the The Tri-Co Law Review aims to publish law-related articles by writers from all three campuses.
Natalie White '23 and Sarah Mastrocola '23 stand in the Haverford radio studio.

Club Life: College Radio Lives Again

WHRC is bringing radio back to campus.
Brendan Holleck '25 and other members of the Haverford Fishing Club

Haverford Fishing Club Will Reel You In

The new club provides students of all skill levels with an opportunity to hit the open water, catch fish, and learn about underwater environments.