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At a time of conflict and divide, the College is working to bring students, faculty, and staff together to support one another and engage these important issues through peaceful and constructive dialogue.
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Guided by wildlife experts, the work should wrap up by Labor Day. It aims to shape a more favorable habitat and mitigate flooding.
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Through a virtual internship this summer, King is conducting a principal component analysis of 3,783 guide dog puppies.
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Concerned about the plunder of antiquities in Iraq and Afghanistan, archaeologist C. Brian Rose '78 did something about it. With the help of like-minded colleagues, Rose, the president of the Archaeological Institute of America, created a program to provide cultural heritage training for troops about to be deployed.
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In an interview with the <em>Boston Globe</em>, the Harvard Medical School assistant professor and Brigham and Women's Hospital cardiologist talks about her research into racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes and life expectancy.
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The College will be closed from December 24 - January 2. Administrative offices including Admissions will re-open January 3. Classes resume Tuesday, January 18.
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The denizens of Lloyd Hall have once again festooned each entry with lights in celebration of the season. Time to cast your non-binding (but fun anyway) vote for best effort.
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New on campus this semester: Haverford's first-ever Graduate Assistants in Campus Life.
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Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances and publications.
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Associate Professor of Chemistry Alexander Norquist is one of six winners of the 2010 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. The prize recognizes faculty who are outstanding educators and researchers with a $60,000 unrestricted research grant.
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry Helen White (right) and student Katie Sheline '13 are aboard a research cruise that will study the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on marine life at the bottom of the Gulf. Sheline, whose trip was funded by the Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center, and White are blogging about their experiences and a special website is documenting the expedition with daily updates from the ship.
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Greenberg, a technology journalist who writes the "Firewall" column for Forbes.com, sat down for a rare two-hour interview with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Assange, whose leaks of U.S. State Department cables have been making headlines, told Greenberg that his next target is a U.S. bank.
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Haverford music professors and composers Curt Cacioppo and Ingrid Arauco will both have commissioned works performed as part of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society concert series on December 9. Cacioppo's Philadelphia Diaries evokes five area sites. Arauco's Vistas takes its inspiration from visual art.
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Haverford College President Steve Emerson writes about helicopter parents in the <em>Washington Post.</em>
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Andrew Lanham '10 has won a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University. Lanham, one of 32 winners from a field of 800 candidates, was one of only three U.S. Rhodes winners from a liberal arts college. Lanham described the rigorous application process as“a journey of self discovery.”
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The former captain of the Men's Cross Country team is Haverford's 20th Rhodes recipient.
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The Hurford Humanities Center's Dialogues on Art program sends students and faculty on interdisciplinary outings to museums, exhibitions and performances. A group recently traveled to the Storm King Art Center, a 500-acre sculpture park in the Hudson Valley.
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A team of international scientists working with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile have reported the discovery of 10 new galaxy clusters in a paper published in Astrophysical Journal. Emeritus Professor of Astronomy Bruce Partridge and several of his students contributed to the research.
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