Department of Biology News

It's the people, says the biology department supervisor and longest-serving current Haverford employee.

Biology professor Phil Meneely blogs about life in Oxford where he is finishing a book about genetics.

The Haverford senior will spend next year teaching and living at England's Chigwell School.

Immunologist Steven L. Reiner '82 has demonstrated how the immune system generates two types of sophisticated T-cells. The discovery, hailed as one of 2007's top 10 breakthroughs, could have applications for new vaccines and cellular cancer research.

Fifty Haverford students begin a scientific odyssey as part of the College's outreach to Philadelphia-area secondary students.

The grant will help strengthen Haverford's biological sciences by supporting research opportunities, curricular initiatives, technological advances, and outreach programs.

Biology professor (and Haverford alumna) Andrea Morris, recent recipient of a five-year Career Development Award from NIH, is featured in Science magazine.

10/30/07 - Haverford senior setter Emily Hinchcliff has been named the Centennial Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week ending October 28th.

As much as Amy Arundale valued the cultural and social benefits of her junior year in Scotland, it was always soccer that was at the top of her mind. In fact, it was a running joke among her friends that her penchant for all things soccer made her a rather distracted companion at pubs, where televised matches were extremely diverting.