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Community Care and Resources in Response to Israel-Gaza

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.

Students

Two Students Receive Innovation Microgrants

The grants provided by the Haverford Innovations Program are intended to sustain Fords' entrepreneurial spirit during the busy academic year.

A women's basketball player drive to the hoop while wearing a white Haverford uniform.

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Game Changer: Inside the Athletics Action Plan

The new plan aims to elevate the field of play, and not just for student-athletes.

For the Love of the Game

Former All-American lacrosse player Richard J. Schwab '79 is the founder of a girls' lacrosse league that has grown to more than 250 players on 18 teams
Q&A: Marcy Dermansky '91

Dermansky talks to Cheryl Sternman Rule '92 about her well-received new novel Bad Marie, the pressures of producing a second book and the writing life in general.
Pride and Prejudice on College Lane

Haverford College is the unlikely setting for a new romance novel that features a biology professor as a lovestruck heroine. Author Abigail Reynolds, a Bryn Mawr alumna, says her familiarity with the campus wasn't the only reason she set her "modern love story with a Jane Austen twist" at Haverford.
Student Garden Takes Root

The Haverford Garden Initiative marks the end of its first successful growing season with plans for expansion and increased student involvement. Co-founder Andrew Bostick' 12 says the garden is fulfilling its promise "as a space where people can think creatively and act decisively about food and its importance."
The Personal, the Political

Associate Professor of Political Science Cristina BeltrÃ¡n, whose new book examines the elusive“Latino vote,” shares her passion for politics with her students.
Ancient Artifacts, Modern War

Concerned about the plunder of antiquities in Iraq and Afghanistan, archaeologist C. Brian Rose '78 did something about it. With the help of like-minded colleagues, Rose, the president of the Archaeological Institute of America, created a program to provide cultural heritage training for troops about to be deployed.
Dr. Michelle Albert '90: Studying Stress and Health

In an interview with the <em>Boston Globe</em>, the Harvard Medical School assistant professor and Brigham and Women's Hospital cardiologist talks about her research into racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes and life expectancy.
Happy Holidays from Haverford!

The College will be closed from December 24 - January 2. Administrative offices including Admissions will re-open January 3. Classes resume Tuesday, January 18.
Cast Your Vote For The Best "Lloyd Lights"

The denizens of Lloyd Hall have once again festooned each entry with lights in celebration of the season. Time to cast your non-binding (but fun anyway) vote for best effort.
There for Students: Haverford's New Graduate Assistants

New on campus this semester: Haverford's first-ever Graduate Assistants in Campus Life.
Winter 2011 Faculty Updates

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances and publications.
Prizing Both Teaching and Research

Associate Professor of Chemistry Alexander Norquist is one of six winners of the 2010 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. The prize recognizes faculty who are outstanding educators and researchers with a $60,000 unrestricted research grant.
Dispatches From the Gulf

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Helen White (right) and student Katie Sheline '13 are aboard a research cruise that will study the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on marine life at the bottom of the Gulf. Sheline, whose trip was funded by the Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center, and White are blogging about their experiences and a special website is documenting the expedition with daily updates from the ship.
Andy Greenberg '04: Talking WikiLeaks

Greenberg, a technology journalist who writes the "Firewall" column for Forbes.com, sat down for a rare two-hour interview with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Assange, whose leaks of U.S. State Department cables have been making headlines, told Greenberg that his next target is a U.S. bank.
Premiere for Haverford Composers

Haverford music professors and composers Curt Cacioppo and Ingrid Arauco will both have commissioned works performed as part of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society concert series on December 9. Cacioppo's Philadelphia Diaries evokes five area sites. Arauco's Vistas takes its inspiration from visual art.