Close to 75% of Haverford College's students are strongly or partially opposed to a U.S. invasion of Iraq and an equal percentage of them report a willingness to participate in anti-war activities, according to a recent survey conducted by their peers.
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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 Geography Association honors 19 Scholars.
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Instead of getting some rest and relaxation, 22 students at Haverford College are spending their spring breaks building houses, painting apartments, and tutoring children.
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Haverford College alumnus, Frank Conroy '58, took part in a White House ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 27 to accept the National Humanities Medal for the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop — the first university-based organization to be presented the Medal.
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Haverford Professor Anne Preston delivered a talk on "The New Influx of Women Into Doctorate Science: Career Patterns" at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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A group of 28 highly selective colleges submitted a brief to the United States Supreme Court in support of the University of Michigan, involving two cases which challenge the university's race-conscious admission policies to its law school and its undergraduate College of Literature, Science and the Arts.
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San Juan resident Yamille Marti-Haidar '03 helped establish a tutoring project at a Philadelphia Middle School.
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Over the recent winter break, Haverford's Career Development Office saw a record number of students participate in externships.
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For many members of the class of 2007, the wait is over.
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Visitors to Haverford College's newest building might think they've entered a state-of-the-art research facility, and they would be right.
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Representatives from the American Friends Service Committee and Global Policy Forum, a member of the advisory committee for Human Rights Watch/Middle East, and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives shared their expertise and opinions on U.S. policy toward Iraq as part of a“teach-in” at Haverford College on Saturday and Sunday, November 9 and 10, in Roberts Hall.
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This fall, as part of their requirement for graduation, Haverford history majors embarked on what the department faculty call, an exercise in“historical detective work.”
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An internationally renowned scientific researcher in the field of nanoscience was the keynote speaker at Haverford College on October 3 and 4, as it celebrated the completion of its state-of-the-art science facility, the Marian E. Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center.
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How Quakers have held to their belief in“plain living,” while actively consuming fine material goods is the subject of a collection of essays co-edited by Haverford College historian Emma Lapsansky and Anne A. Verplanck, curator of prints and paintings at Winterthur Museum in Delaware.
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Stephen G. Cary, former acting president of his alma mater Haverford College, antiwar activist, and lifelong Quaker, died Tuesday, July 30 of complications due to prostate cancer at his summer home in Chatham, Mass. He was 86.
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