Haverford Headlines

Scott Peltzer poses for a portrait in the shop at Brooklyn Woods. He is surrounded by numerous woodworking tools.

Building Futures

Through Brooklyn Woods, Scott Peltzer ’82 teaches job hunters a lost art and self-sustaining skills for life.

Education as Liberation

Philadelphia’s Freedom Side School imagines future intersections between education and anti-carceral movements with a Haverford first-year writing seminar.

Students

Changing Stigmatized Views of Menstruation in Nepal

For the past four years, Kripa Khatiwada '26 has been working with an eco-friendly feminine hygiene products company and supporting the women of her home country.

Language and Development in India

Robin Banerji '15 spent the summer in India, conducting research for Jeevika, a development program that provides social and economic support to women in Bihar.
Examining What it Means to â€œDo Goodâ€

After an unexpected false start, Alison Marqusee '16 turned her summer around by volunteering with Seva Mandir: a non-profit that takes a multi-faceted approach to development in India.
Supporting Access to Higher Education in Philadelphia

Jee Soo Kang '16 and Sarah Dwyer '17 interned with Philadelphia Futures this summer, teaching enrichment courses for local high schoolers and preparing rising seniors for the college application process.
Practicing and Teaching Sustainable Food Production

Bruce Willis '16 and Breanna D'Antonio '17 interned with Weavers Way Community Programs this summer, gaining hands-on experience in urban farming and teaching children about sustainable food production.
Cathy Koshland '72 Gives Q&A to UC Berkeley News

The newly appointed vice chancellor for undergraduate education at Berkeley and former chair of the Haverford Board of Managers talks about her new role and the importance of academic communities.
Scott Sheppard '06 in The New York Times

<em>99 Breakups</em>, the Pig Iron Theater play in which Sheppard stars, is part of the newspaper's roundup of Philadelphia Fringe Fest offerings.
Stephen Spaulding '05 On NPR's All Things Considered

The policy counsel at Common Cause was interviewed about what Wall Street firms hope to get from hiring former politicians, such as Eric Cantor.
Haverford Announces Three New Academic Partnerships

The new programs with Penn, Claremont McKenna College, and Zheijiang University in China will offer an accelerated path to a master's degree.
Anthony Belber '95 in Run Washington Magazine

The track and cross country programs that Belber runs at Georgetown Day School, where he also teaches 3rd grade, is profiled.
CPGC Expands Post-Baccalaureate Fellowships Program in Year Two

This year the Center is not only sponsoring another fellowship at the Quaker social action center Casa de los Amigos in Mexico City, but is also inaugurating a new public health fellowship in Hyderabad, India.
On The Fringe of the Philly Art Scene

Miriam Hwang-Carlos '17 interned with Philadelphia FringeArts, where she worked on the printed guide to the organization's month-long theater festival.
David Fraser '65 in Bucks County Courier Times

The former epidemiologist and president of Swarthmore College is profiled for his textile work.
Studying the Effects of Natural Disaster in Indonesia

Joe Leroux '17 spent his summer as an intern with the Volunteers in Asia Indonesia Research Program in Yogyakarta.
Summer in the Arctic Circle

Katie Rowlett '16 and Idun Klakegg '15 spent their summer break in Kotzebue, Alaska, assisting Haverford anthropologist Joshua Moses on a community building project.
Charles D. Cohen '83 in Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal

The Massachusetts-based dentist and Dr. Seuss scholar is <a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/inside-dr-seuss-inc-1409279452">interview... about the new book of lost Dr. Seuss stories, <em>Horton and the Kwuggerbug and Other Lost Stories</em>, for which he wrote the introduction.