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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.

Accidental Expert

Joel Warner '01 was surprised to find that a web page he created on "Swine Flu Epidemics" for a course he took at Haverford in 1999 has become a much-referenced source on the Web. Warner, a writer for Denver Westword, wrote a blog post about that long-ago course and his sudden notoriety.
In Memoriam: John P. Spielman

The former Haverford College professor, an expert in Habsburg history, died April 25. A campus memorial service will be held on September 26.
Gene Ludwig '68 On Bank 'Stress Tests'

The Haverford Board of Managers member and former Comptroller of the Currency appears on NPR's 'Morning Edition'
Two Students, One Alumna Receive Fulbrights

Dan Arnstein '09 will pursue neuroscience research in Holland, while Angelina Gomes '09 and Elizabeth Gray '08 will teach English in Spain and Uruguay respectively.
Two Haverford Alumni Win Prestigious Graduate Fellowships

Mark Maienschein-Cline '07 has been recognized by the Department of Energy, and Joshua Carp '07 by the National Science Foundation.
Jennifer Waits '89: The Source on College Radio

Thanks to her <a href="http://spinningindie.blogspot.com/">Spinning Indie blog</a>, Jennifer Waits '89 has established herself as THE expert on college radio. Waits, who recently posted a history of radio at Haverford (complete with vintage photos), was the subject of an article on SFGate.com by music writer Ben Fong-Torres.
In Memoriam: Skip Lawrence

The former Director of Development, hailed for his intelligence and compassion, died Saturday, April 29.
Zhao Fang '09 Awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship

The scholarship, established by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, gives Fang the opportunity to attend graduate school at England's University of Cambridge.
Glimpsing Ancient Greece

Through Wednesday, April 29, Special Collections in Magill Library is offering a rare chance to see the entire collection of ancient Greek artifacts donated to the College in 1989.
Meditator-in-Chief

With his pioneering Massachusetts clinic, best-selling books and sold-out workshops, Jon Kabat -Zinn '64 has been melding medicine and meditation and bringing mindfulness to the masses for more than two decades.
A Message from President Stephen G. Emerson '74

President Emerson summarizes the Haverford College budget for FY 2009-10.
Dave Barry '69 Waxes Nostalgic on Haverford Rock Band

In a classic <em>New York Daily News</em> column, the prolific author reminisces about his undergraduate band Federal Duck, which performed during his 35th reunion in 2004.
This New-Old House

Ever since architect Gil Schafer '84 built himself a Greek Revival-style weekend home he's had clients seeking him out to design new houses that look like they've been around for a century or two.
Haverford Conversation: The Cosmic 'Why'

Brother Guy Consolmagno, who spoke at Haverford on April 29, discusses his studies of meteorites and the relationship between science and religion.
At Home In Utopia

A documentary co-produced by Ellen Brodsky '85, about a radical 1920s housing experiment in New York, will air nationally on PBS's Independent Lens. The film tells the story of the United Workers Cooperative Colony, a Bronx apartment complex built by immigrant Jewish garment workers with a vision of a just society.