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  • Associate Professor of Music Heidi Jacob was commissioned by the trio L'Ensemble to write music for the poems of acclaimed author Julia Alvarez. They were performed at a bi-college event in December.
  • A scale model of Canterbury Cathedral, some meat pies, and a witty video on Medieval sexual mores were just a few of the creative final projects conceived by students in Associate Professor of English Maud McInerney's Chaucer class.
  • Make an impact now and give online! You can also give by phone, make a gift of stock or contribute through your IRA, among other options.
  • A rare book and its graphic counterpart will be on display in Special Collections each day December 14-December 18.

  • Haverford College welcomes Joe Spadaro of St. Joseph's College in Brooklyn, NY, as our new Chief Information Officer. We look forward to Joe's arrival on February 1, 2010.
  • Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances and publications.
  • The injectable, inactivated vaccine will be available to students, faculty and staff on December 9 and 10 in Health Services.

  • Lynette Mattke '91 is the creator of PicPocket Books, an application that allows users to download children's picture books to iPhones or iPods.
  • The program, sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, provides Fellows with stipends to pursue research and attend events such as November's Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, where four Haverford students presented their work.
  • Assistant professor of mathematics Joshua M. Sabloff answers that question in an article that appears in the new issue of Notices of the American Mathematical Society, the worlds most widely read magazine aimed at professional mathematicians. Sabloff's article is part of a series designed to introduce members of the Society to important current topics.
  • As part of a seminar he's taking at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad, Richards traveled to the frigid country to investigate climate change up close.
  • Shibulal, the owner of Caperberry Restaurant in Bangalore, India, joined her father, Infosys Technologies Ltd chief operating officer S.D. Shibulal, for a joint Q & A.

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

  • Cannon has run in marathons across the country, and qualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials.

  • 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.

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