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Bill Herbst, John Monroe Van Vleck Professor of Astronomy and chair of the Astronomy Department at Wesleyan University, has received a $330,990 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) that will benefit Wesleyan and the seven other elite liberal arts member institutions in the Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium (KNAC), one of which is Haverford.

Jonathan Fein '72 explores the value of objects in a post-9/11 world through his documentary, "Objects and Memory."

The Chamber Singers of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges—under the direction of Associate Professor of Music Thomas Lloyd—are a well-traveled group; they've been to Poland, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and Venezuela. This year, they participated in their fifth international inter-cultural exchange during winter break, traveling to Ghana Jan. 13-23 for a series of performances with local Ghanaian choirs.

This spring, the Committee for Environmental Responsibility's "Community Empowerment through the Environment" Conference will be received by a receptive audience after this year's environmental discourse on campus.

The unsung history of landscape painting in Pennsylvania is revealed in a new exhibition at Haverford's Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery.“The Pennsylvania Landscape: Colonial to Contemporary,” running March 2 – April 1, 2007, is the first exhibition to bring together depictions of the Keystone State from first European settlement to the present day.

Haverford senior and co-captain of the basketball team Ray Brown was honored with the Samuel Cozen Player of the Week Award, presented by the Philadelphia Area Small College Basketball Coaches Association.