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A Haverford horticulturalist wearing a gray sweatshirt and hat uses a hose to water hundreds of student plants in the Arboretum greenhouse.

A Growing Tradition

For more than 35 years, one spot on campus has remained lush and green during winter break.

Exploring the Life of Ada Smith

An exhibition in the Rufus Jones Study explores the overlooked life of a quintessential member of his Haverford family: his house manager Ada Smith.

Faculty

COOL CLASSES: “Human Rights: Culture, Language, and Power”

At the heart of Zeynep Sertbulut’s class is the question of “culture” and its relation to human rights.

The Inauguration of Dan Weiss in Video and Photos

The inauguration of Haverford's 14th president took place on Oct. 26. To read live-tweeted updates from the ceremony, please check the <a href="http://blogs.haverford.edu/haverblog/2013/10/28/haverford-inaugurates-14... Haverblog</a>.
Carolina Ferreira '00 Shortlisted for Commonwealth Youth Worker Award

The Cayman Islands Red Cross Deputy Director and HIV & AIDS Programme Manager is one of five regional finalists for the award, which is being offered for the first time outside of the United Kingdom.
Emma Copley Eisenberg '09 Wins 2013 Montana Prize for Fiction

Eisenberg was chosen for the prize by writer Maile Meloy for her short story "44 True Things About Being Gone," which appears in the current issue of Cutbank.
Margaret Palmer '17 Guest Blogs for the National Wildlife Federation

Palmer writes about a trip she took with her high school's Eco-Club last year to Ecuador, where she volunteered at a school in the rain forest, and worked on a reforestation project in an Andean dry forest.
Samuel Mason '75 in The Legal Intelligencer

The oldest law journal in the U.S. covered the former Drinker Biddle & Reath corporate partner's move to a newly created position of general counsel at global environmental, health, and safety consulting firm Environ Corp.
Heather Curl '03 and Jack Schneider '02 Co-Write a Piece for the Washington Post

The education researchers (Curl is an instructor in the Bi-Co education department) argue that policymakers own life circumstances affect the way they make school reform decisions for the poor.
Sonia Williams '08 on the Cover of Philadelphia Weekly

The yoga instructor is praised in the paper's annual roundup of citywide bests, Philly's Favorites 2013.
Nicholson Baker '79 on WHYY's Radio Times

The writer talks with Marty Moss-Coane about his latest novel, Traveling Sprinkler. Listen at the link.
Robert Anu (Hubbard) '74 in Chestnut Hill Local

The actor, producer, and teacher discusses his new directing project, Purlie Victorious, a play by Ossie Davis about the struggles of the Civil Rights era that runs through Oct. 12 at the Allens Lane Theater in Mt. Airy.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Reviews Cantor Fitzgerald Exhibit

Edith Newhall calls Professor William Earle Williams' photography show, A Stirring Song Sung Heroic: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, 1619 to 1865, "haunting" and "fascinating."
Tom Barbash '83 on WNYC

The author discussed his new short story collection, Stay Up With Me, on Leonard Lopate's show.
Jesse Weaver Shipley Produces Worldwide Radio Program

The associate professor of anthropology's show, Hip Deep Ghana 2: 21st Century Accra from Gospel to Hiplife, is available online, and you can read an interview with him about it <a href="http://www.afropop.org/wp/12243/jesse-shipley-part-1-pan-africanism-and-....
CTY at Haverford in Singapore Newspaper

As detailed by this Singapore Press Holdings storey, the Center for Talented Youth welcomed eight students from Singapore to its three-week program on Haverford's campus this past summer.
Chemistry Professor Lou Charkoudian '03 Publishes Groundbreaking Study

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Lou Charkoudian '03, working with colleagues at Stanford and Berkeley, has published a study in the journal Science that could help expand the already important role of fluorine in medicinal chemistry.
Three Haverford Scientists Receive NSF Funding for Collaborative Project

With the help of a $299,998 NSF grant, chemists Joshua Schrier and Alexander Norquist, and computer scientist Sorelle Friedler, will create a database to collect and analyze the results of experimental efforts focused on a class of materials with promising industrial applications.