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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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Graduates from the last decade raised more than $250,000 this fall for the College's Annual Fund, by stepping up to a generous challenge made by an anonymous member of the Board of Managers.
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Named the winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Howard W. Lutnick '83 used his acceptance speech at a gala ceremony for the prestigious award to talk about life lessons learned at Haverford College.
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With help from students Christine Letts '12 and Cameron Scherer '11, Assistant Professor of Political Science Craig Borowiak has developed a new web resource for the research seminar he teaches on Solidarity Economy Movements.
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The veteran beer maker launched his Hill Farmstead Brewery in May. Now he's being called "Vermont's most buzzed about microbrewer."
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A <em>New York Times</em> profile of Farley, the NYC health commissioner, explores his ideas about the health benefits of life-style changes and his belief that promoting behavior change "is the 21st century's equivalent of 19th-century advances in sanitation."
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The coveted award, given by the Cave Canem Foundation, goes to exceptional first books by African-American poets. Cave Canem faculty member Elizabeth Alexander, who was selected by President Obama to compose a poem for his inauguration, chose Pollock's Spit Back a Boy for the award. The University of Georgia Press will publish the book in spring 2011.
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The Oxford Blues, Haverford's oldest all-female a cappella group, joined with over 40 alums to celebrate the group's 25th birthday on November 6.
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In its November 21st program,“The Harmony of Yin-Yang, ” Lyric Fest will premiere a new work by Associate Professor of Music Thomas Lloyd. Lloyd's song,“Fatherly Reflections,” will be performed by prominent tenor Richard Troxell. In an interview, Lloyd, a tenor himself, talks about the genesis of the work and discusses his wide-ranging musical career.
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The CEO of Nextek Power Systems believes converting the electrical grid from from AC to DC could save energy, and he's traveling the world to promote his ideas.
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Alexander, an associate professor of physics at Haverford, is the subject of several videos debuting November 3 on“Secret Life,” a web video series and site created by the makers of the PBS science show NOVA. Aimed at students and teachers, the site features researchers talking about their work and their lives beyond science. Alexander's secret? He's a jazz saxophonist.
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A report in the Chronicle of Higher Education puts Haverford College in the top 25 of bachelor's degree granting institutions for the number of its students awarded Fulbright grants in 2010.
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Kim has received the San Diego Asian Film Festival's "Influential Asian American Artist" award.
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Kim is featured in the <em>Wall Street Journal's</em> Speakeasy blog.
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The Aperture Foundation marked the publication of Strand in Mexico, the new book by Professor of History James Krippner, with a two-day symposium on the seminal photographer and an exhibition of his work.
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On October 1st, Haverford welcomed Cathy '72 and Jim '73 Koshland to campus to thank them for generously endowing the Directorship of the John B. Hurford '60 Humanities Center. View our photo gallery from the dedication celebration.
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