Category Archives: News & Updates

A Moment of Silence for Sandy Hook

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Rebecca Raber

President Joanne Creighton invited the Haverford community to share five minutes of silence this morning as a way to show support for and stand in solidarity with the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, their families and our national community. Continue reading →

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De-Stress with Dogs

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Rebecca Raber

The Pre-Vet Society and HaverMinds, a new club devoted to promoting awareness of mental health issues in college students, joined together to sponsor Dog Day, which brought pooches from Main Line Animal Rescue to campus to help exam-frazzled students de-stress. Continue reading →

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Haverford-Bryn Mawr College Chorale in Fall Concert

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Eils Lotozo

The weekly rehearsals of the Haverford-Bryn Mawr College Chorale are known as a Wednesday night institution in bi-college life. The practices bring together students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the local community in an oratorio choir of more than … Continue reading →

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Winterreise And Beyond

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Rebecca Raber

On Friday, November 30, the Performing Artists Series presented a concert featuring Franz Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise by Ruth Marshall Magill Professor of Music Curt Cacioppo and Montreal-based baritone Alex Dobson that represented the culmination of months of interdisciplinary between five professors and 60 students. Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: Ronald F. Thiemann (1946-2012)

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Rebecca Raber

Share your memories of the former Haverford religion professor, acting provost and acting president, who died Nov. 29 at age 66. Continue reading →

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Poetry Possible

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Eils Lotozo

“The Impossible Prose Poem” brought together members of Visiting Assistant Professor of English Thomas Devaney’s Creative Writing Poetry Workshop, Haverford’s student-run Poetry Reading Group and others for a spirited poetry reading in November. Continue reading →

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Talking Heads ’77

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Rebecca Raber

We were flooded with so many responses to our recent request for memories of an infamous on-campus 1977 Talking Heads concert that we couldn’t print them all in the Fall 2012 Haverford magazine. So we are printing those letters from alumni in the Haverblog in their entirety. Continue reading →

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An Israeli’s View of the Conflict

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Eils Lotozo

A standing-room only crowd packed Sharpless Auditorium to hear Miko Peled, author of The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine, speak about his path to becoming a peace activist. Continue reading →

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The New Dorms… In About Three Minutes

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Rebecca Raber

Over 22 months on campus we watched Kim Hall and Tritton Hall take shape. But now you can watch the new dorms rise from the site of a former parking lot in just over three minutes, thanks to a time-lapse video. Continue reading →

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Yoga For a Cause

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Eils Lotozo

The Women’s Center at Haverford hosted a Yoga-thon fundraiser on November 10 to benefit Women for Women International. Continue reading →

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