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  • On March 18, all members the Haverford community—students, faculty, and staff—were invited to take a break from their usual Friday schedules to participate in volunteer projects at sites throughout the Philadelphia region in honor of the 34 years of service of the now-retired Marilou Allen.

  • At Haverford’s second Public Policy Forum, alumni from across the professional spectrum returned to campus to talk to students about the wide range of careers that exist to address the complex issues facing our world.

  • Haverford Effective Altruism Effective brings the titular philosophy and social movement to campus.

  • The student group’s name is an acronym for “ethical, transparent, homegrown, organic, and sustainable,” which is how they would like the food they consume here on campus to be produced.

  • This year the residents of Gummere led the winners by reducing their consumption by 25.1 percent, and campus-wide the use of 4265 pounds of carbon were averted over the course of the competition.

  • Jenna Medeiros ’18 is the winner of our Instagram contest for creatively decorated campus homes, and seniors Grace Mangigian and Sergio Fernandez are the runners up.

  • Following a CPGC-sponsored trip to the Real Food Challenge Summit, members of Haverford’s ETHOS food-justice group brought a resolution to Plenary that aims to expand ethical, local, and ecologically sound food on campus.

  • The future religion major will use the award to fund ancient Greek language studies this summer. 

  • On Friday, Feb. 12, Fords Against Boredom hosted its annual Loveshack graham-cracker-house-building competition in honor of Valentine’s Day.

  • The new student-run organization, born from an anthropology course on "DIY Movements and American Environmentalism," aims to foster community through do-it-yourself projects, skills sharing, and exchanges of member-made items.

  • To celebrate the new Year of the Monkey, the Global China Connection student affinity group hosted a dumpling-making (and -eating) event.

  • Winter Storm Jonas blanketed campus with ample snow for snowball fights and snow forts.

  • When you share a hobby, mission, or faith with your roommates, home is more than just where you live.

  • The housing cooperative marks its 25th anniversary on campus as a place where residents can live their commitment to the environment.

  • In Darin Hayton's 300-level seminar, students are using primary sources from the country's first Quaker-run psychiatric hospital to explore roughly 150 years of treatment of the mentally ill.

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