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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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Whether doing scholarly research on“ethical loneliness,” interviewing philosophers for the magazine The Believer, or directing the College's peace, justice, and human rights concentration, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Jill Stauffer crosses disciplines and reaches out to audiences beyond the campus.
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Students played an important role in organizing the exhibit Lasting Impressions: Monumental Brass Rubbings, which showcases figures depicted on medieval and early modern brass tomb monuments.
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The visiting assistant professor of religion and Mellon postdoctoral fellow is interviewed about the deep-seated fascination with guns in America, even in the wake of tragedies like the Newtown school shooting.
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The Center for Peace and Global Citizenship is funding the international work of seven seniors over break.
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The University of Virginia astronomy professor shares the 2013 prize with a colleague from Oxford for "their discovery and study of the magnetorotational instability, and for demonstrating that this instability leads to turbulence and is a viable mechanism for angular momentum transport in astrophysical accretion disks."
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Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances and publications.
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Weiss and his co-editor, Swarthmore President Rebecca Chopp, discussed the value of liberal arts education and their new book, <em>Remaking College</em>, both in <a href="http://articles.philly.com/2013-12-10/news/45038788_1_arts-colleges-weis... and on the <a href="http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2013/12/10/%E2%80%9Cremaking-college%E2%8....
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The Board of Managers member is interviewed for a piece that focuses on the activist economic legacy of Nelson Mandela.
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Fuchs, who works at the Franklin Institute, was part of the radio show's Campout for Hunger broadcast demonstrating some explosive science.
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The venerable journalist recounts meeting Nelson Mandela in February 1990, saying "fresh from prison, he granted an interview—then quizzed me about a topic that fascinated him: race and politics in America."
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The Ford-trained neuroscientist and psychologist are both interviewed about how the ADHD medicine Adderall is being used and abused as a performance-enhancing drug for the brain.
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In Remaking College: Innovation in the Liberal Arts, Haverford College President Dan Weiss and President Rebecca Chopp of Swarthmore argue that no approach better prepares students for life after graduation, whatever path they follow.
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The Library's Young Academic Alumni Lecture Series brings Haverford grads in the final stages of completing their doctoral dissertation, or who are in their early years of academic employment, to campus to talk about their work.
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The website excerpted a chapter from Chatterjee's <em>The Aesthetic Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art</em> under the title,“Neuroscience explains why sex feels good.”
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Allen, who has been the director of Haverford's Women's Center for all of its 31 years, was recognized as a pioneer in her field and for her decades of service to the College and its students.
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