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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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Over the summer, Haverford’s Bookstore received a facelift and now sports a broader array of College-branded merchandise. The book-purchasing process has also been simplified.
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The campus-wide initiative builds on the College’s previous work to build a stronger sense of welcome and belonging for all who live, learn, and work on Haverford’s campus.
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In October, Anirudh Suri '06, a double major in economics and political science, received a rare opportunity for undergraduate students: He joined a panel of distinguished scholars—a professor emeritus from McGill University, a Ph.D. candidate from the University of Ohio, and the head of the political science department at the University of Baroda, India—in presenting papers at the 34th Conference on South Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Tom Ifill '03 and Matt Joyce '03 talk about Philly Fellows, an organization that they have started to get recent college graduates interested in the non-profit sector of Philadelphia.
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Amanda Lannert '94, President of Jellyvision, discusses how her educational and entertainment company attempts to make relationships between computers and their users friendlier.
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Laura Gavinski '06 recounts her travels in Turkey.
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Alumni Association Executive Committee (AAEC) is taking nominations.
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Eugenia Machado '10 discusses her time at the United World College.
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Unity Fest and the John B. Hurford '60Humanities Center's Student Seminar "Seen and Unseen Seen and Not Seen: Twentieth Century U.S. Working Class Narratives, Representations and the American Dream" invite you to attend a talk: "The Making of American Working-Class Literature" given by Janet Zandy on Thursday, Nov. 30 at 6:30 p.m., Stokes 102. A reception will follow the presentation.
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George Parker, the Dean Witter Professor of Finance and Management, Emeritus, who has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business for 33 years, was honored with the 2006 Distinguished Teaching Award.
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Tom King's Daily Rounds (in which the Director of Safety and Security teaches Education Law; second of a series.)
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The Haverford Fund Leadership Challenge was established through the generosity of Board members and leadership level donors and was officially announced on September 30, 2006. The Challenge will match all NEW and INCREASED gifts to the Haverford Fund which are made before June 30, 2007.
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The game is both very British and, to Americans, very confusing. But it was once our national pastime, and its gaining fans on these shores.
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Haverford Professor Ruth Guyer talks about the power of a waning sun on NPR's "All Things Considered"
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About a year after Sept. 11, 2001, Professor of Astronomy Bruce Partridge was meeting with close friend and Haverford alumnus Jim Kinsella ‘82 in London. Both bemoaned the poor relations between the Islamic and Western worlds—particularly the United States—and wondered what Haverford might do to help counteract the growing hostilities. They came up with the idea of a scholarship that would bring Islamic students to Haverford, where they would see a different, more positive side of America.
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“Four Printmakers” will exhibit their works in Haverford's Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Oct. 27-Nov. 22, 2006. The exhibit will be curated by painter and printmaker Hee Sook Kim, assistant professor of fine arts.
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Gilbert F. White, known worldwide as the "father of floodplain management" and one of the most distinguished and internationally recognized faculty members at the University of Colorado at Boulder, died on Oct. 5 at his home in Boulder. He was 94.
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