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Snipes and his sister Susan--children of Sam Snipes '41--have turned their family's 150-acre Pennsylvania farm into an "outdoor classroom" called the Farm School at Snipes.

Hamilton was President Obama's first judicial nominee. He previously served as chief judge at the federal courthouse in Indianapolis.

Professor of English Theresa Tensuan and filmmaker and bookstore buyer Mary DiLullo are shooting a documentary about the innovative writing workshops led by bestselling author and artist Lynda Barry.

U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala Stephen McFarland visited campus for a public conversation with CPGC Global Leader for Peace Jorge Morales Toj about the country's hopes for peace and reconciliation.

Haverford's Inside-Out program, sponsored by the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, brings bi-co students together with incarcerated women and men at local correctional facilities to learn collaboratively about restorative justice.

Halsted Larsson '03 and Tim Ambrogi '04 are two of the creators of Final Form Games, a Philadelphia-based game development company. Their mission is, among other things, to create socially responsible games.

Haverford astronomer Bruce Partridge credits the International Year of Astronomy, a worldwide Galileo celebration, as inspiration for “No Night Without a Telescope.” The event, which Partridge helped launch, features free observing nights at eight Philadelphia area institutions every night of the lunar cycle running through November 24.

Look for Haverford College in the closing credits of the new Jane Campion film Bright Star, about poet John Keats' secret love affair with Fanny Brawne. Haverford gets a special thank you for providing access to an 1819 love letter written by Keats that is part of Special Collections at Magill Library.

The Jaharis Family Foundation pledges support for a new dormitory, tentatively sited on Orchard Lot, which will be a cornerstone of Haverford’s upcoming comprehensive fundraising campaign.

Haverford hosted a week of brainstorming sessions to create a prototype for "Earth Dashboard," an interactive computerized exhibit that will be displayed in the lobby of the U.N. Building.

Smith's play, The Sacrifices, was selected from more than 1,400 submissions for the Public Theater's Summer Play Festival (SPF).

Associate Professor of Music Thomas Lloyd co-led a July concert tour to Brazil that featured two American choral groups performing with their Brazilian counterparts.

Through an internship funded by the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, Suarez is spending this summer excavating ancient human and ceramic remains with the Andahuaylas BioArchaeological Project in Peru— and enjoying a few adventures along the way.

The work of sculptor Peter Rockwell ’58 is the subject of a restrospective exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum through October 25. In a recent newspaper profile, the artist talks about his first encounter with sculpture in a studio art class he took at Haverford. Says Rockwell, “… After about the third class, I fell head over heels in love with it.”

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