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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.

Winter 2015 Faculty Updates

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances, and publications.
Tom Barbash '83 Reflects on Writing

The novelist and short story writer teaches writing at the California College of the Arts and spoke with the "Marin Independent Journal" in San Rafael, Calif., about his craft.
Joshua Schrier and Carol Solomon Named 2015-2016 Fulbright Scholars

Schrier, a chemistry professor, will spend a sabbatical year at the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin. Solomon, an art historian and curator, will conduct research in Morocco.
Ethan J. Kytle '95 Writes "New York Times" Op-Ed on the Civil Rights Movement

The associate professor of history at California State University, Fresno, is the author of the book "Romantic Reformers and the Antislavery Struggle in the Civil War Era." His op-ed piece appeared in the Sunday Review of "The Times" on the song "We Shall Overcome" and the civil rights movement.
Asali Solomon Talks About Her New Novel With the "Philadelphia Inquirer"

The assistant professor of English is interviewed about her debut novel "Disgruntled" and her West Philadelphia childhood, which provided inspiration for the book.
Jessie McDonald '06

Major: Biology and English
Jessica Droste Yagan '99 Talks About Having a Social Impact

The CEO of Impact Engine, a tech company that helps startups build sustainable businesses, is interviewed in the student weekly "Columbia Chronicle" of Columbia College Chicago.
Paul Farber on WHYY's NewsWorks Talks New Philly Monument

The scholar of American and urban studies is co-curator of Monument Lab: Creative Speculations for Philadelphia, a public history project that seeks ideas for the ideal city monument.
Zachary Oberfield Interviewed about Research on Bureaucrats

The assistant professor of political science talks to the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin at Madison about his research and recent book, "Becoming Bureaucrats: Socialization at the Front Lines of Government Service."
Sorelle Friedler Wins Data & Society Research Institute Fellowship

The assistant professor of computer science will pursue research on preventing discrimination in machine learning.
Brook Danielle Lillehaugen Awarded Fellowships for Zapotec Project

The assistant professor of linguistics has won multiple grants for work on historical manuscripts written in the Zapotec language.
Iruka Okeke, Robert Manning Show Better Diagnosis Key to Curbing Ebola Spread

Okeke, a professor of biology, is the lead author of a study with Manning, a professor of mathematics and statistics, and another researcher that used computer simulation to study Ebola outbreaks and ways to reduce the spread of the deadly virus.
Susanna Wing Reports on the Fragile Mali Peace Agreement

The associate professor of political science writes about the uphill struggle for peace in Mali on ReliefWeb.
Message From President Weiss on Appointment To Lead The Met

Haverford's 14th president will be president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Message From Board Chair Howard Lutnick on Departure of President Weiss

The Board has begun deliberations about Haverford's path forward.