Haverford College

The veteran beer maker launched his Hill Farmstead Brewery in May. Now he's being called "Vermont's most buzzed about microbrewer."

The Oxford Blues, Haverford's oldest all-female a cappella group, joined with over 40 alums to celebrate the group's 25th birthday on November 6.

The coveted award, given by the Cave Canem Foundation, goes to exceptional first books by African-American poets. Cave Canem faculty member Elizabeth Alexander, who was selected by President Obama to compose a poem for his inauguration, chose Pollock's Spit Back a Boy for the award. The University of Georgia Press will publish the book in spring 2011.

The CEO of Nextek Power Systems believes converting the electrical grid from from AC to DC could save energy, and he's traveling the world to promote his ideas.

In its November 21st program,“The Harmony of Yin-Yang, ” Lyric Fest will premiere a new work by Associate Professor of Music Thomas Lloyd. Lloyd's song,“Fatherly Reflections,” will be performed by prominent tenor Richard Troxell. In an interview, Lloyd, a tenor himself, talks about the genesis of the work and discusses his wide-ranging musical career.

Alexander, an associate professor of physics at Haverford, is the subject of several videos debuting November 3 on“Secret Life,” a web video series and site created by the makers of the PBS science show NOVA. Aimed at students and teachers, the site features researchers talking about their work and their lives beyond science. Alexander's secret? He's a jazz saxophonist.

A report in the Chronicle of Higher Education puts Haverford College in the top 25 of bachelor's degree granting institutions for the number of its students awarded Fulbright grants in 2010.

Kim has received the San Diego Asian Film Festival's "Influential Asian American Artist" award.

Kim is featured in the <em>Wall Street Journal's</em> Speakeasy blog.

The Aperture Foundation marked the publication of Strand in Mexico, the new book by Professor of History James Krippner, with a two-day symposium on the seminal photographer and an exhibition of his work.