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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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The Haverford Fund Leadership Challenge was established through the generosity of Board members and leadership level donors and was officially announced on September 30, 2006. The Challenge will match all NEW and INCREASED gifts to the Haverford Fund which are made before June 30, 2007.
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The game is both very British and, to Americans, very confusing. But it was once our national pastime, and its gaining fans on these shores.
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Haverford Professor Ruth Guyer talks about the power of a waning sun on NPR's "All Things Considered"
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About a year after Sept. 11, 2001, Professor of Astronomy Bruce Partridge was meeting with close friend and Haverford alumnus Jim Kinsella ‘82 in London. Both bemoaned the poor relations between the Islamic and Western worlds—particularly the United States—and wondered what Haverford might do to help counteract the growing hostilities. They came up with the idea of a scholarship that would bring Islamic students to Haverford, where they would see a different, more positive side of America.
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“Four Printmakers” will exhibit their works in Haverford's Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Oct. 27-Nov. 22, 2006. The exhibit will be curated by painter and printmaker Hee Sook Kim, assistant professor of fine arts.
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Gilbert F. White, known worldwide as the "father of floodplain management" and one of the most distinguished and internationally recognized faculty members at the University of Colorado at Boulder, died on Oct. 5 at his home in Boulder. He was 94.
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Allyn Gaestel '09 shares travels in Taiwan.
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Let's drop the modesty right from the start. Peter Hochman '75 says the food in his restaurant, the inventive and funky Alberta Street Oyster Bar & Grill, in Portland, Ore., is better than sex.
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Tom King, Director of Safety and Security, ensures law and order on Haverford's campus.
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Out of the 15,000 singers participating in this year's MNBA America Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest in Indianapolis, Ind., only one of them performed while wearing a banana costume. He was from Haverford College.
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This fall, the Haverford community discovered something different—actually, several somethings—about the familiar eatery known as the Coop. During the summer, Facilities Management and the Coop staff were hard at work renovating and updating the popular 13-year-old Campus Center hangout.
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The Washington Monthly College Rankings: Liberal Arts Colleges
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We are pleased to announce that the members of the Alumni Association Executive Awards Committee have selected the alumni listed below to receive alumni awards during Volunteer Weekend, Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, 2006. The awards will be presented on Friday evening at the Volunteer Dinner with President Tom Tritton and the Board of Managers in Founders Great Hall.
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After Hurricane Katrina, Lane Savadove '89's theater company, EgoPo, relocated to Philadelphia.
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For some, gardening is a quiet hobby; for Abby Rosenheck '99, however, urban agriculture has become a force for social change. Rosenheck is co-founder and executive director of Urban Sprouts, a garden-based education non-profit operating in four San Francisco schools. Committed to educating middle and high school students in San Francisco's underserved areas, the program hopes to bolster academic performance, health and nutrition, ecoliteracy, and youth development.
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