Haverford College

Ever since architect Gil Schafer '84 built himself a Greek Revival-style weekend home he's had clients seeking him out to design new houses that look like they've been around for a century or two.

In a classic <em>New York Daily News</em> column, the prolific author reminisces about his undergraduate band Federal Duck, which performed during his 35th reunion in 2004.

Brother Guy Consolmagno, who spoke at Haverford on April 29, discusses his studies of meteorites and the relationship between science and religion.

A documentary co-produced by Ellen Brodsky '85, about a radical 1920s housing experiment in New York, will air nationally on PBS's Independent Lens. The film tells the story of the United Workers Cooperative Colony, a Bronx apartment complex built by immigrant Jewish garment workers with a vision of a just society.

Anthropologist David R. Braun '98 was part of a team that discovered a set of 1.5 million-year-old footprints in northern Kenya. Analyzed in a study published in the journal Science, the prints have become big news for what they reveal about human evolution.

Professor Steve McGovern's seminar "Grassroots Politics in Philadelphia" provides a service learning component by having students intern with local nonprofits.

A cautionary letter from Quaker founder George Fox to slave holding Friends in Barbados; legal documents freeing the slaves of their Quaker masters; the working manuscript of 18th century abolitionist Thomas Clarkson's magnum opus on slavery—these are just a few of the items soon to be available online, thanks to a grant awarded to Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges.

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances and publications.

The economics major will enter Penn's Wharton School in the fall to pursue a Ph.D. in applied economics.

Professor of History Paul Jakov Smith Publishes Major Work of Chinese History