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Dali Pomfret is pictured on a baseball field. He leans against a chainlink fence while an out of focus scoreboard sits in the background.

Major League Mindset

Dali Pomfret '25 started out wanting to play professional baseball. After an eye-opening internship, he’s now got his mind set on an even loftier goal.

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

Alumni Haverford magazine

Building Futures

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

Faculty Students

Education as Liberation

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

What They Learned: Rachel Wolfson ’19

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The softball player and sociology major explored how trending boutique fitness studios impact contemporary notions of health, wellness, and femininity in an era defined by universalizing pushes for gender equality.
Summer Centered: Matthew Ridley '19 Spends a Summer at the Museum

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Students, Centers

The history major is deepening his knowledge of the field of museum studies at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
What They Learned: Sam Epstein ’19

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Alumni

The chemistry major’s thesis involved innovative research that was published in a high-impact science journal.
Where They’re Headed: Tai Nguyen ’19

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The economics major will be joining IBM at their Burlington, VT., location as a data scientist.
Summer Centered: Jessica Lopez ’21 Strives for Positive Social Impact

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Anthropology major Jessica Lopez ’21 is doing her Whitehead Internship with real estate group Shift Capital to learn how a for-profit real estate group can emphasize positive social impact.
What They Learned: Paul Brucia Breitenfeld ’19

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Classical languages major Paul Brucia Breitenfeld ’19 used the cultural allusions in a second-century North African Latin novel to understand the reach and oppression of the Roman empire.
What They Learned: Hassan Ahamed ’19

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In his thesis, the chemistry major explores potential cures for pancreatic cancer.
Summer Centered: Cameron Albrecht '20 Tells a Story

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Students, Centers

The history major is revitalizing the past with a digital exhibit he’s producing for Tulsa’s Woody Guthrie Center.
What They Learned: Jharna Jahnavi ’19

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Alumni

The biology major’s thesis examined a non-toxic method of controlling the population of the <em>Drosophila suzukii</em>, which pose a threat to the agricultural industry by attacking fruit at a much earlier stage than their standard fruit fly counterparts.
Telling Different Narratives: Allyn Gaestel ‘09

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Alumni, magazine

The writer based in Lagos, Nigeria, reports on topics as varied as women's health, trauma, and fashion aesthetics and freelances for publications such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The New York Times.
What They Learned: Seanna Viechweg ’19

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For her thesis, the English major examined the politics of race and trauma in Octavia Butler’s science-fiction novel Kindred.
Migration Encounters Team Brings Truth and Compassion to a Contentious Discourse

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Faculty, Students

Led by professors Anne Preston and Anita Isaacs, a team of Haverford students is working to combat misinformation about immigration and immigrants by collecting and sharing personal stories from migrants in Mexico about their immigration and deportation experiences.
Where They’re Headed: Hanae Togami ’19

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Alumni

The Haverford House Fellow is supporting immigrant families at the nonprofit HIAS PA.
Summer Centered: Anna-Sophia Capizzi ’20 Learns Medical Specialties and Spanish

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Students, Centers

The biology major is spending her summer exploring a series of different medical fields with the Clínica Universidad de Navarra in Spain and soaking in the culture during her free time.
What They Learned: Madeline Guth ’19

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Political science major and statistics, Chinese, and health studies minor Madeline Guth ’19 used her diverse set of tools to study the many ways that public policy can impact unintended pregnancy rates among low-income women.