HAVERFORD COLLEGE NEWS

Rep. Steny Hoyer Names Alexis Covey-Brandt '01 Chief of Staff (Click Here to View) The former floor director for the Maryland Democrat and House Minority Whip, Covey-Brandt will be the youngest chief of staff in the House and the only female in that position.

 

OTHER HAVERFORD COLLEGE NEWS

The Chicago Tribune Interviews Benjamin Le
The associate professor of psychology discusses his book, The Science of Relationships, and answers common questions about coupling.


Juliana Morgan-Trostle ’12 Wins a Fulbright Grant
The political science major will spend her first post-graduate year studying marriage- and reproductive-rights policy in Argentina.


John Broening '87 Celebrates 200th Denver Post Column
The chef and food columnist writes about his cooking "statement of principles" and includes five tasty recipe favorites.


Lindsay Ryan '12 in UWI Barbados News Magazine
Ryan is interviewed about playing soccer in the 2011 UWI Cave Hill Games during her semester abroad in Barbados


Jayme Guokas '97 Featured in Philadelphia City Paper
The alum's custom-renovation company, Craftwork, is featured as part of the alt. weekly's home and garden issue.


Nora Cohen '03 Tapped For Biden's Re-Election Team
Cohen, who has served in the White House since 2009, has been named Deputy Director of Advance for the Vice President's team and will be based at Obama for America headquarters in Chicago.


Helen White Authors New Study that Shows Surprising Effects of Gulf Oil Spill
The Deepwater Horizon spill has had an unprecedented impact on deep-water sea coral communities, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.


Honorary Degree Recipients Announced for Commencement 2012
At Commencement 2012, Haverford College will award honorary degrees to doctor, professor and public health expert Robert C. Bollinger ’79; oceanographer and environmentalist Sylvia A. Earle; and former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Margaret H. Marshall.


Professor Susanna Wing Interviewed on the BBC
The political scientist discusses the coup in Mali.


Two Seniors Earn Watson Fellowships
Maya Barlev and Erin Islo (both ’12) have been awarded $25,000 to fund yearlong independent projects abroad.


Senior Ian Goldberg Interviewed in Jewish Journal
The economics major talks about playing basketball at Haverford.


Christopher Johnson '74 Named One of the "Best Mayo Clinic Docs Ever"
The former director of pediatric critical care service and professor of pediatrics is number 39 on a list of 50 medical luminaries from the Clinic's history.


Student Organizers Expand Public Observing Program
Maya Barlev and Megan Bedell (both ’12) have doubled the number of on-campus astronomy events held this year.


Cooking up a Food Revolution
Tamar Adler '99, author of acclaimed food manifesto/cookbook An Everlasting Meal, will do a cooking workshop with students as part of Tri-Co Food Week. Adler, featured in the cover story of the latest Haverford magazine, speaks at Swarthmore College on March 18.


Karan Shah '09 Interviewed on Good Morning Mumbai
The co-founder of Grow-Trees.com discussed his socially beneficial business, which has planted more than 216,000 trees to offset carbon, create low-skill jobs and improve wildlife habitats.


Winter 2012 Faculty Updates
Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances and publications.


On Film, Politics, History and AIDS
Canadian director John Greyson comes to campus for a screening of and conversation about Fig Trees, his "documentary opera" about two AIDS activists. He'll also take part in a panel discussion.


The Philadelphia Inquirer Reviews the "Fine" Jack Carnell Show
The exhibit, which is up through April 22 in the Atrium Gallery, was curated by Professor William Earle Williams.


Jennifer Zelnick ’12 Named Luce Scholar
The fellowship will provide the anthropology major with a stipend, language training and a year-long immersion experience in Asia.


Math Professor Aids Call for Freedom of Education in Iran
Lynne Butler is one of the organizers of an on-campus documentary screening, panel discussion and petition drive in support of higher education for Bahá’ís in Iran.


A New Way to Look at Plants
A matching grant awarded to Assistant Professor of Biology Jonathan Wilson has helped him add a sophisticated new piece of equipment to his lab. The portable infrared gas analyzer allows biology students to easily measure rates of photosynthesis.


Life After Life
Haverford House fellow Emily Bock ’11, with support from the CPGC, organizes a discussion of the criminal justice system. Among the panelists: Tyrone Werts, whose life sentence for murder was commuted after he spent 36 years in prison.


Women's Basketball Makes Semi-Finals For First Time In Program History
Haverford heads to Johns Hopkins, host of the conference tournament, to take on the No.1 seed and 25th-ranked Blue Jays on Friday night at 6 p.m. in the first of two semifinals.


Haverford Conversation: Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa
Kuwaiti psychologist Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa spoke on campus about The 99, his comic book series in which the heroes represent the 99 attributes of Allah. While at Haverford he spoke with Henry Elliman '14 about the inspirations for his comics and how they can help fight extremism.


Prof. Linda Bell Appointed Provost at Barnard College
She will start October 1, shortly after concluding her term as Haverford's Provost.


Updates for Alumni & Parents
Learn more about “The Haverford Experience of Tomorrow” and connect at upcoming events—including the Haverford College Lawyers Network gatherings, Alumni Weekend, regional happy hours and volunteer meetings.


Fords and the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Saturday, March 17, 2012


Anita Isaacs Speaks to the Associated Press About Possible Guatemalan Drug Legalization
The associate professor of Political Science weighs in on President Otto Perez Molina's claim that the U.S.'s failure to effectively combat drug trafficking has forced him to consider options such as legalizing the use and transport of drugs.


Susanna Wing Discusses Mali on the BBC's "The World Today"
The associate professor of Political Science was featured on a segment (which starts at 18:40) on the recent clashes between Tuareg separatists and the Malian government.


Islamic Comic Book Creator Comes to Haverford
On Feb. 15, Kuwaiti psychologist Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa will give a lecture about The 99, his comic book series in which the heroes represent the 99 attributes of Allah, in conjunction with Visiting Associate Professor of Art History Carol Solomon’s course “Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran and Turkey.”


Steve Emerson '74 to Columbia
Haverford's former president, a hematologist/oncologist, has been named director of the University's cancer center.


Craig Borowiak's Solidarity Economy Map in Grid Magazine
The associate professor of political science's Philadelphia Mapping Project is a visual representation of the area's cooperative businesses.


The Philadelphia Inquirer Reviews People's Biennial
Edith Newhall says "some of these rough-cut diamonds" in the Cantor Fitzgerald's exhibition "make a lasting impression."


Fosters.com Profiles Runner-Writer Matt Fitzgerald '93
The New England newspaper site talks to the author of Iron War, Dave Scott, Mark Allen and the Greatest Race Ever Run about his career writing about running and his interest as a practitioner of the sport itself.


Religion & Spirituality Week, Feb. 7-12
Five days of events exhibiting the diversity, energy and creativity of the Haverford community.


Philadelphia Daily News Calls People's Biennial "Radical," "Charming"
The exhibit, which is currently up in the campus' Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery through March 2, showcases the work of artists outside the "mainstream" art world.


Mapping Du Bois
Through internships supported by the Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities, Haverford students help to bring to life a seminal 1899 work by W.E.B. Du Bois.


Bibhav Acharya '06 And His Collaborators Run Nepali Hospital Via Smartphones
The now California-based psychiatry resident started Nyaya Health, a nongovernmental organization that runs a free hospital in remote Nepal, with two classmates in 2005 while still in medical school at Yale University.


Paul Cates '50 Profiled in The Portland Press-Herald's Maine Gardener Column
Growing and selling gladiolas helped finance his Haverford education and led to his gladiola-growing family farm, Cates Family Glads.


Matt Wetherell ’12 Interviews Former Surgeon General Koop
Wetherell spoke to Koop as part of his research for his senior thesis, which uses the role of the Surgeon General as a case study within a broader examination of the ways government bureaus gain and lose power.


Christopher Johnson '74 Writes Book "Decoding" Doctor-Speak
The latest book by the pediatric critical care specialist, How Your Child Heals, earns praise from the press, including CBSPhilly.com.


Laura McGrane Talks Digital Humanities in Inside Higher Ed
The associate professor of English was part of a panel at the Association of American Colleges and Universities that discussed how best to weave digital humanities research into undergraduate classes.


Kimberly Benston Named Interim Provost of Haverford College
The Francis B. Gummere Professor of English will serve a one-year term as the College’s chief academic officer.


Library Launches New Tripod!
The Library is pleased to announce the launch of the new Tripod, the Tri-College Libraries’ combined catalog. Try it out!


Peace Activist Sue Gelber Cannon Featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer
Cannon, who recently published the book Think, Care, Act: Teaching for a Peaceful Future, will speak on campus Jan. 26 at 7 p.m.


Is Howard Brown '12 "Philly's Next Rap Star?"
Flying Kite, an online magazine about the greater Philadelphia area, has profiled the rapper/student, who records under the name Gabriel Stark.


Danielle Simpson '12 Interviewed in the Joplin Globe
The anthropology major and her in-progress senior thesis are part of a piece on students using tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo., as a real-world lab for their studies.


Anita Isaacs Quoted in International Business Times
The associate professor of political science discusses the president of Guatemala's stated policy of using the military to police organized crime.


Sarah-Marie Belcastro '91 Interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered
The mathematician, who crocheted a mobius band, is part of a segment on different artistic expressions of math.


Robert Neuwirth ’81 Talks About His New Book on Slate.com
Journalist Robert Neuwirth ’81 traveled the world to research his book Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy. He discusses the book, which estimates that one-half the world’s workers are involved in the informal economy, in a podcast on Slate.com.


Professor Paul Smith In Inside Higher Ed/USA Today
The professor of history, who holds the John R. Coleman Professorship in the Social Sciences, is part of a discussion about Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes on U.S. campuses.


Noah Leavitt '91 on WHYY
The Whitman College sociologist, who we featured in the magazine in 2009, talks about navigating the holidays as part of a Jewish-Asian couple.


Robert Eisinger '87 in the Huffington Post
In an opinion piece titled "Advancing the Liberal Arts in and Beyond the Classroom," Eisinger, the dean of the School of Liberal Arts at SCAD, discusses "the false dichotomy between the liberal arts and careerism" and recalls what he learned in a memorable music class at Haverford.


Campus Folk Band Makes An Album
The Attic Stairs try to bolster funds received from the Student Arts Fund to record, press and design a vinyl record.


Lloyd Lights Brighten the Campus Again
Vote for your favorite entryway's holiday decorations in our annual poll.


Rep. Steny Hoyer Names Alexis Covey-Brandt '01 Chief of Staff
The former floor director for the Maryland Democrat and House Minority Whip, Covey-Brandt will be the youngest chief of staff in the House and the only female in that position.


Economics Class Tours Brussels, Frankfurt
Visiting Professor of Economics Biswajit Banerjee took 17 students to the European Commission and the European Central Bank on a week-long class trip sponsored by the CPGC and Provost’s Office.


Emily Dickinson Inspires Class of New Poets
Visiting Assistant Professor of English Thomas Devaney’s introductory poetry writing class used an intensive study of Dickinson as a the germ for its students' own writing, which is now collected on a class blog.


The Hurford Humanities Center Adds “Arts” to its Name
In recognition of the increasingly important role of the arts in the work of the Hurford Humanities Center, the Center has been renamed the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities.


Former President Tom Tritton Visits Future Site of Tritton Hall
On December 3, a guided hard-hat tour of the new dorms' site was held for Board of Managers members, faculty, students, staff and other interested community members.


Symposium Examines “Islam: Reform and Revival”
On December 8, a distinguished group of scholars, including Visiting Professor of Religion Abdolkarim Soroush, will gather at Haverford College for a daylong symposium that will explore broad questions about the history and future of Islam.