At a Magill Library open-house event this week, Haverford's new first-year students got a glimpse of some of the treasures held by Special Collections. Among them: a Buddha Scroll from the Ming Dynasty, a deed signed by William Penn and (pictured) the first of the Four Folios of Shakespeare's plays, a rare and beautiful volume that dates to 1623.
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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.
In Hee Sook Kim’s class, students explore the foundation of offset printing, the standard before the dawn of digital printing.
On a beautiful fall weekend, more than 700 friends and family members flocked to Haverford.
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Kate Alfieri and Heather McMahon from the class of '10 were honored by the Protein Society for having the best undergraduate poster at the Society's annual symposium. -
Through an internship funded by the Hurford Humanities Center, Madeline Kreider-Carlson '10 spent the summer at the Library Company of Philadelphia uncovering the lives of American women in the pre-Civil War era. -
Haverford students and alumni are playing featured roles—both onstage and behind the scenes—at the 2009 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe. -
Stephen Janick '87 is featured in this Philadelphia Inquirer article about Rittenhouse Needlepoint.
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Students have arrived for Customs Week, our first-year student orientation program. -
As a teacher of mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques, Baime works at the frontier of mind-body medicine. -
Taylor Goodman (far right), Kathleen Abels, Jesse Paulsen and Luke Van Meter, all Class of '09, are among the 2009-10 Philly Fellows. The AmeriCorps-sponsored, year-long program, which gives 20 recent college graduates the opportunity to work for Philadelphia area non-profits, was created by two Fords from the Class of '03, Tim Ifill and Matt Joyce.
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Through the Hurford Humanities Center, Danielle Helme '10 spent the summer interning at Philadelphia's World Cafe Live and its nonprofit partner, LiveConnections.org. -
An impressive roster of Haverford grads is working on environmental issues around the country and the world. We asked a few of them to tell us about the exciting projects they're engaged in and to give us their take on the current prospects for moving the world toward sustainability. -
Through the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, Colleen Hotchkiss '11 spent the summer interning at Grupo Venancia, a nonprofit that works to empower women in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. -
A summer internship sponsored by the Hurford Humanities Center gave aspiring director Matthew Bessey '10 the chance to learn about documentary film production at Philadelphia's Scribe Video Center. -
Associate professor of political science Steve McGovern, author of The Politics of Downtown Development, offered his insights on the challenges of urban redevelopment in an article in the Rochester (New York) Democrat and Chronicle.
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Paul Socolar '77, editor-in-chief of the Philadelphia Public School Notebook, weighs in on the No Child Left Behind Act, President Obama's pick for Secretary of Education and how we can improve urban education. -
Center for Peace and Global Citizenship intern Kaia Davis '10 is spending the summer in South Africa assisting on a reality TV show with a social justice theme.
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