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Transformative $25 Million Gift From Michael B. Kim ’85 to Establish Haverford’s Institute for Ethical Inquiry and Leadership

The institute is a cornerstone of Haverford 2030, the College’s strategic plan. Through it, students will discover new pathways to become the world’s ethical thinkers and leaders.

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News & Updates

Haverford Teams Up With Peers to Bring Large-Scale Solar Facility Online

By teaming up with eight other colleges in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, Haverford will receive the benefits of renewable energy that are typically only feasible for large customers.

Faculty

COOL CLASSES: “Electronic Music Evolution: From Foundational Basics to Sonic Horizons”

Electronic music is an ever-changing genre. This course covers its history and theory while offering students opportunities to use cutting-edge production tools and technologies.

Ancient Artifacts, Modern War

Concerned about the plunder of antiquities in Iraq and Afghanistan, archaeologist C. Brian Rose '78 did something about it. With the help of like-minded colleagues, Rose, the president of the Archaeological Institute of America, created a program to provide cultural heritage training for troops about to be deployed.
Dr. Michelle Albert '90: Studying Stress and Health

In an interview with the <em>Boston Globe</em>, the Harvard Medical School assistant professor and Brigham and Women's Hospital cardiologist talks about her research into racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes and life expectancy.
Happy Holidays from Haverford!

The College will be closed from December 24 - January 2. Administrative offices including Admissions will re-open January 3. Classes resume Tuesday, January 18.
Cast Your Vote For The Best "Lloyd Lights"

The denizens of Lloyd Hall have once again festooned each entry with lights in celebration of the season. Time to cast your non-binding (but fun anyway) vote for best effort.
There for Students: Haverford's New Graduate Assistants

New on campus this semester: Haverford's first-ever Graduate Assistants in Campus Life.
Winter 2011 Faculty Updates

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances and publications.
Prizing Both Teaching and Research

Associate Professor of Chemistry Alexander Norquist is one of six winners of the 2010 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. The prize recognizes faculty who are outstanding educators and researchers with a $60,000 unrestricted research grant.
Dispatches From the Gulf

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Helen White (right) and student Katie Sheline '13 are aboard a research cruise that will study the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on marine life at the bottom of the Gulf. Sheline, whose trip was funded by the Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center, and White are blogging about their experiences and a special website is documenting the expedition with daily updates from the ship.
Andy Greenberg '04: Talking WikiLeaks

Greenberg, a technology journalist who writes the "Firewall" column for Forbes.com, sat down for a rare two-hour interview with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Assange, whose leaks of U.S. State Department cables have been making headlines, told Greenberg that his next target is a U.S. bank.
Premiere for Haverford Composers

Haverford music professors and composers Curt Cacioppo and Ingrid Arauco will both have commissioned works performed as part of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society concert series on December 9. Cacioppo's Philadelphia Diaries evokes five area sites. Arauco's Vistas takes its inspiration from visual art.
Op-Ed: Steve Emerson '74

Haverford College President Steve Emerson writes about helicopter parents in the <em>Washington Post.</em>
Becoming a Rhodes Scholar

Andrew Lanham '10 has won a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University. Lanham, one of 32 winners from a field of 800 candidates, was one of only three U.S. Rhodes winners from a liberal arts college. Lanham described the rigorous application process as“a journey of self discovery.”
Andrew Lanham '10 Wins Rhodes Scholarship

The former captain of the Men's Cross Country team is Haverford's 20th Rhodes recipient.
On Sculpture

The Hurford Humanities Center's Dialogues on Art program sends students and faculty on interdisciplinary outings to museums, exhibitions and performances. A group recently traveled to the Storm King Art Center, a 500-acre sculpture park in the Hudson Valley.
Galaxies and Llamas

A team of international scientists working with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile have reported the discovery of 10 new galaxy clusters in a paper published in Astrophysical Journal. Emeritus Professor of Astronomy Bruce Partridge and several of his students contributed to the research.