Haverford Headlines


  • Steve Begleiter '84 beat out 6,485 other players to become one of nine to win a seat at the final table of the World Series of Poker.
  • Dylan Hatt and Justin Sears, both from the class of '10, are interns in the RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) program sponsored by the German organization DAAD.
  • Thanks to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yusup Shin '11 and Adolfo Cuesta '10 are interning at world-renowned research laboratories this summer.
  • Marc Grossman '07 discusses his experiences working with eSolar, a solar thermal plant that uses an innovative software program to control renewable energy-producing fields of mirrors.
  • The Seuss scholar and foremost collector of Seussiana talks to Haverford about his passion for the work of the beloved author.
  • 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.
  • Jerry Gollub and University of Cambridge collaborators discover a new mechanism for the swimming of micro-organisms.
  • Smith's play, The Sacrifices, was selected from more than 1,400 submissions for the Public Theater's Summer Play Festival (SPF).
  • The former Bear Sterns executive won $1.26 million and bested more than 6,000 players to become one of nine who will play in the final rounds in November.

  • Thanks to the Hurford Humanities Center, Julia Dunbar '10 is spending this summer with the University of Pennsylvania's Mapping Du Bois Project. She's helping to create a board game, documentary, and interactive map aimed at teaching inner-city students about Philadelphia's diverse history.
  • 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.
  • The office has great 08-09 fiscal year news.
  • Over the course of six days in October, Haverford's campus sustainability officer Claudia Kent watched with growing excitement as a team of workers transformed the roof of Stokes Hall into a meadow.
  • 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.
  • Professor Kaye Edwards talks with Geoffrey Kabat '67 about his Haverford experience, how the College has influenced his career, and the issues raised by his latest book, Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and the Science of Epidemiology.

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