Silber was recently named CEO of Canonical, the London-based firm founded by billionaire software entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth. Silber has been with Canonical since its start as the launching pad for Ubuntu, the open source computer operating system that has become one of the most popular Linux distributions in the world.
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At a time of conflict and divide, the College is working to bring students, faculty, and staff together to support one another and engage these important issues through peaceful and constructive dialogue.
The aspiring scientists will leverage their scholarships to advance their organic chemistry research and uncover innovative ways to diagnose schizophrenia.
This course focuses on the role Philadelphia’s colleges and universities — and their affiliated healthcare entities — play in organizing the region’s economy.
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Haverford's Quaker student group QuaC has received a grant to fund a series of visits to other Quaker-affiliated colleges across the country. The aim: to build stronger ties and learn from each other. -
Longtime lawyer Boal is chief of the civil division in the U.S. attorney's office.
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In two radio commentaries, Thornburgh, the executive director of the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania, muses on the value of a liberal arts education and finding a calling in life. -
Through a web site and a lecture tour, Schatzki is showing the public how to get in shape "sweatlessly." -
With his son Joseph as co-author, Bockol writes about the "legendary" ups and downs in the life of the former developer and Philadelphia Eagles football team owner. -
Want to know how you can aid the relief efforts in Haiti? Haverford has been hearing from Fords with ideas about where you can direct support to help the victims of the massive earthquake. Also, links to Philadelphia Inquirer stories about Haverford brothers separated by the disaster (and now safely reunited at the College). -
Over the break, the physics professor and Haverford alumnus traveled to his home country of Trinidad to give a presentation at the International School for Young Astronomers. -
A day-long visit to the D.C. headquarters of the IMF gave students from Haverford's economics department a new perspective on the global economy. The trip was co-organized by visiting professor Biswajit Banerjee, who worked at the IMF for 26 years. -
News for -- and about -- our next freshman class from Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, Jess Lord. -
The grant will allow Frasat Ahmad, Michele Buonora, and Emilyn Sosa, all Class of '11, to study abroad during the spring semester. -
Seymour, an independent major in public health, spoke at an event organized to protest the controversial Stupak/Pitts amendment to the health care bill being debated in Congress. -
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. -
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