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.

Seth Gillihan in Scientific American

The visiting assistant professor of psychology is interviewed for an article about using brain scans to diagnose mental illness.
Angelo Ngai '13 Presents Senior Thesis in Hong Kong

The sociology major and Mandarin Chinese minor shared his work on the fundamental differences between a western liberal and Chinese Confucian view of law and politics at an international academic conference in June.
Dawit Habtemariam '15 In The Wilmington News Journal

A recipient of support from the John C. Whitehead '43 Fund in Entrepreneurial Studies this summer, Habtemariam is one of the Clinton Community Fellows profiled in the article.
Summer 2013 Internships: Teaching in Ghana

Anthropology major Deborah Leter '15 is interning at Titagya Schools in Dalun, Ghana, with support from the CPGC.
Philadelphia Futures Students On Campus Again

<em>Main Line Media News</em> ran a story on the 28 students who spent a week here at Haverford immersed in the college admissions process.
Four From the Class of 2013 are Chosen as Philly Fellows

As Fellows, they will work with social service agencies in the city, and get the chance to develop professional experience and leadership skills.
Susanna Wing on WBEZ's Worldview

The associate professor of political science talks about Mali's upcoming presidential elections.
Daniel Gillen '16 in the New York Daily News

The music minor is included in a story about new computer programs, which he will use in his music classes next year, that help the blind read and write music
Summer 2013 Internships: Festival Guide at the Fringe

With support from the John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities English major Maya Beale '15 is interning with FringeArts.
Dan Weiss in the Philadelphia Inquirer

The arrival of Haverford's 14th president is part of a feature on the changing landscape of local college leaders.
Whitehead Interns at Work in the Business World

The John C. Whitehead '43 Fund in Entrepreneurial Studies is supporting 28 Haverford students in summer internships in the finance and small business sectors.
Curt Cacioppo's New CD Released

The Meyermedia label has just released <em>The Realm of Possibility</em>, spotlighting pianist and Ruth Marshall Magill Professor Curt Cacioppo as its sole performing artist. Award-winning composer Mark Hagerty scored the music, dedicating the 36-minute title piece to Cacioppo. 
Mark Wong '05 in Philadelphia Weekly Cover Story

Wong and his co-founders of Hip-Hop Fundamentals used Kickstarter to raise funds to bring their history-via-hip-hop program to underfunded Philly schools.
Protesting in Turkey

Istanbul resident Melis Cin '17 has taken part in the demonstrations in Taksim Square that have inspired citizens across the country to launch their own public protests against the government.
Jennifer Waits '89 in Radio World

The publication featured a report by Waits, a former WHRC music director, on the“What is Radio?” conference hosted by the University of Oregon in Portland. Waits, who is a college radio DJ, blogger and independent scholar, presented a paper on the history of student radio at Haverford.