About a year after Sept. 11, 2001, Professor of Astronomy Bruce Partridge was meeting with close friend and Haverford alumnus Jim Kinsella ‘82 in London. Both bemoaned the poor relations between the Islamic and Western worlds—particularly the United States—and wondered what Haverford might do to help counteract the growing hostilities. They came up with the idea of a scholarship that would bring Islamic students to Haverford, where they would see a different, more positive side of America.

Gilbert F. White, known worldwide as the "father of floodplain management" and one of the most distinguished and internationally recognized faculty members at the University of Colorado at Boulder, died on Oct. 5 at his home in Boulder. He was 94.

Let's drop the modesty right from the start. Peter Hochman '75 says the food in his restaurant, the inventive and funky Alberta Street Oyster Bar & Grill, in Portland, Ore., is better than sex.

Out of the 15,000 singers participating in this year's MNBA America Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest in Indianapolis, Ind., only one of them performed while wearing a banana costume. He was from Haverford College.

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After Hurricane Katrina, Lane Savadove '89's theater company, EgoPo, relocated to Philadelphia.