For some, gardening is a quiet hobby; for Abby Rosenheck '99, however, urban agriculture has become a force for social change. Rosenheck is co-founder and executive director of Urban Sprouts, a garden-based education non-profit operating in four San Francisco schools. Committed to educating middle and high school students in San Francisco's underserved areas, the program hopes to bolster academic performance, health and nutrition, ecoliteracy, and youth development.
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Two current students and four recent alums have received fellowships as they get set to pursue advanced degrees in a wide range of scientific disciplines.
Visiting Assistant Professor of English Alexander Millen’s class explores novels as a cultural form and the ways of thinking they offer.
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Secrets of the underground production of German V-1 and V-2 rockets, the dark and foreboding beginning of the modern space age, will be shown in a display of photographs by Philadelphia-based photographer Alvin Gilens at the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Sept. 15-Oct. 20. An opening reception will be held Friday, Sept. 15, from 5-7 p.m. at the Gallery. -
When volunteers came to Burundi in 2002 to promote a variation of the United States“Alternatives to Violence Project” (AVP), they sought a translation for trauma in the official language of Kirundi.
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Indradeep Ghosh, Casey Londergan, Ana Lopez-Sanchez, Peter Love, Bret Mulligan, and Jennifer Pals join Haverford's faculty.
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Joseph G. Bock has been appointed executive director of Haverford's Center for Peace and Global Citizenship. -
Amelia Mutso '08 shares her impressions of the modern Haverford. -
Haverford professor Ruth Guyer ponders death and the "Body Worlds" exhibit on NPR's "All Things Considered."
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Nick will be sharing his experiences in Americorps' NCCC program as a monthly feature. Click the link below to visit Nick's blog for regular updates.
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Sarah Inver '06 reflects on her work with 8th Dimension's day camp. -
Will Coleman '07 interns with the Philadelphia Art Museum thanks to the Hurford Humanities Center. -
Shaun Hill '01 is well on his way to fulfilling a dream he has had since his days at Haverford—starting his own homestead brewery. Currently the brewmaster at The Shed in Stowe, Vt., he made what he terms his“glorified hobby” into a professional career. -
This summer, Claire Brislin '07 worked with Germantown's historic Cliveden House, participating in a 10-week student summer internship through the John B. Hurford '60 Humanities Center. The second year of the Center's new program has seen the doubling of opportunities open to students, now placing rising seniors in a dozen arts organizations in the Philadelphia area.
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Edwin E. Tuttle '49, a longtime friend and generous supporter of Haverford College and a leading philanthropist in the Philadelphia area, died May 19 at the age of 79 at his home in Ventnor, N.J. -
This fall, Jim Soland '02 will enroll at Stanford University in a two-year master's program in East Asian Studies. Out of more than 1,000 nominees, Soland is one of the 77 recipients of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship. -
Haverford is ninth in the U.S. News 2007 rankings, which were released late last week. Last year, the College was tied with Middlebury for eighth place.
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