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.

Using Computer Science to Support Public Health in Peru

During her summer internship, Allie Lake '14 designed a medical records database for a health care nonprofit.
Summer 2014 Faculty Update

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances and publications.
Tamar Adler '99 In The Believer

The <em>An Everlasting Meal</em> writer is interviewed by author Sheila Heti.
Seeing Education Through A Different Lens

Leila Braun '16 worked with Research for Action in Philadelphia this summer.
Educational and Cultural Partnerships in China

Olivia DongMei Rauss '15 spent the summer in Nanjing working with the Amity Foundation.
Aiding Public Health in the UK

Naila Ijaz '14 spent this summer in Bradford, England, working with the Public Health Department on a Vitamin D awareness campaign.
Exploring the â€œInsideâ€ of Longitudinal Research

Dela Scharff '16 spent the summer in Bridgetown, Barbados, as an intern with the Barbados Nutrition Study.
Eric Feigelson '75 Awarded Penn State Medal

The professor of astronomy, astrophysics, and statistics at Penn State has been selected to receive the 2014 Penn State Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the physical sciences.
Promoting Public Health and Female Empowerment in Nicaragua

Tiffany Smith '15 spent the summer in Managua, interning with the Acahualinca Women's Center, which serves women in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods.
Paul Ingmundson '75 in the San Antonio Current

The clinical psychologist is running for a seat in the Texas state legislature as a Green Party candidate. Concerns about climate change propelled him into the race, he says.
Promoting Literacy and Underrepresented Voices

Natalia GutiÃ©rrez-Jones '16 explored the world of publishing this summer through an internship with Red Hen Press, a nonprofit that promotes literacy in Los Angeles-area schools.
Thad Levine and Josh Ellis in USA Today

The Class of '94 Fords have started a new venture, Meaningful Wins, which allows fans to convert their fantasy football league entry fees into charitable contributions.
Impact Investing in Brazil

Rosemary Ventura '16 explored her passion for impacting investing this summer in SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil, through an internship with the innovative investing fund Vox Capital.
Martha K. Woodruff '86 in The New York Times

The associate professor of philosophy at Middlebury College writes in response to a recent Nicholas Kristof article about the importance of teaching the humanities.
Building Community in Belfast, Northern Ireland

Dylan Woloszczuk '15 traveled to Belfast this summer to work with Community Restorative Justice Ireland, a nonprofit organization that works to moderate community conflicts that have persisted during the peace process in Northern Ireland.