Haverford College

Haverford College is pleased and proud to announce that Martha J. Denney is our new Dean of the College, effective July 1, 2009.

Rocky Kolb is the Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy &amp; Astrophysics and the College and Chair of the Department of Astronomy &amp; Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. He is also the co-author of <em>The Early Universe</em> and appeared in several television productions.

Instead of sunning it on a beach somewhere, Ingrid Pancoast and Katie Monroe, '12, opted to join other college students in a week of community service in inner city Philadelphia during spring break. They worked on a mural, labored in a community garden, helped out at a public high school and more. Read all about it on their blog.

President Obama has nominated Hamilton, now a U.S. District Court judge, to the federal appeals court.

During winter break, Lloyd battled altitude sickness and temperatures both scalding and frigid as she, her mother and her brother hiked to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Emma's fine arts senior thesis is highlighted in the American Medical Student Association's International Health Journal.

Continuing a longstanding commitment to making a Haverford College education as accessible as possible to as many as possible, the College Board of Managers has reaffirmed Haverford's commitment to an expanded Financial Aid program while approving the smallest percentage increase in tuition and fees in a decade.

Rembert discusses his decision to put aside working for the Peace Corps in order to return to his Ohio hometown after its largest employer left thousands jobless.

Students are serving as Spanish translators for clients and advisers at tax clinics for migrant farmworkers run by Philadelphia Legal Assistance and Philadelphia VIP.

The Graduate School of Social Work visiting professor discusses welfare and the economic crisis.