The physics major is one of 14 students from top schools across the country to be selected for the Churchill Scholarship, which funds graduate study in engineering, mathematics and the sciences at Cambridge University.
New York Times columnist Bob Herbert, Chilean judge Juan Guzman Tapia, French philosopher Jean-Luc Marion, and the late Greg Kannerstein '63 will be honored at the May 16 ceremony.
Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day has been named a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book. The award, given by the American Library Association, recognizes the best books for beginning readers.
Haverblog is always happy to turn over its space to Haverfordians who wish to discuss topics and people of HC interest, Today's guest Haverblogger is the irrepressible F. Scott Kimmich '51, who writes concerning a very special Ford, Evan Jones '49.
Christopher Hitchens' books, including God Is Not Great, and a journalistic career spanning more than 40 years have made him a prominent public intellectual. He will give a talk on February 5 at 7 p.m. in Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium.
Alfieri is a recipient of a Student Travel Award from the Biophysical Society, and will attend the Society's 54th Annual Meeting February 20-24 in San Francisco. She'll present a poster based on her senior thesis research.
The former United States senator from Maryland died Monday at his home in Chevy Chase, Md. During his years in Congress the liberal Republican, who clashed with the Nixon and Reagan administrations, supported civil rights and an end to the war in Vietnam, and backed legislation that cleaned up the Chesapeake Bay.