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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.

Eyes Wide Open on Founders Green

Emily Higgs '08, Independent Major in Peace and Conflict Studies, brings powerful exhibit to campus. Watch the video.
Juvenile Law Center, Founded by Robert Schwartz '71, Wins MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions

The public-interest law firm, of which Schwartz is executive director, will receive $500,000 from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
The Berlioz "Requiem" comes to Haverford

On Sunday, April 13th the Haverford-Bryn Mawr Chorale will perform the Berlioz "Requiem" in Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium. Watch Professor Tom Lloyd discuss this upcoming free performance.
Richard Hirn '76 Wins Court Case Expanding Hiring Preferences for American Indians

The D.C. attorney represented the Indian Educators Federation (IEF) in a suit against the Secretary of the Interior.
Pulitzer Prize Winner Junot Diaz to Speak at Haverford

Junot Diaz presents "Whispers From the New America: A Reading". Diaz won the 2008 Pulitizer Prize for his novel <em>The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao</em>.
AcadeMIX Live! April 10-11

AcadeMIX live! is an“International Hip Hop Showcase” featuring an academic panel, concert event, and master classes on deejaying and beatboxing with several scholars from top tier institutions of higher education, and international artists.
Author and Pediatrician Perri Klass

Visiting Professor of Independent College Programs Ruth Levy Guyer chats with Perri Klass, M.D. about her work as a physician, writer, and her commitment to public service.
Professor of Astronomy Bruce Partridge Named President-Elect of Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Partridge will become president of the organization in 2009.
Nobel Peace Laureates for a Better World

Join Emily Higgs '08 on April 9th for a panel presentation and discussion of the 8th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates featuring guest speakers Jonathan Granoff and Mary Ellen McNish.
Daniel Kent '11 Helps Senior Citizens (and Others) Get Wired

The first-year student's nonprofit, Senior Connects, has become Net Literacy, an organization that provides computers and instruction to underserved communities.
A Limit to "The Politics of Selfishness"?

John Harkins '58 and political science professor Sid Waldman discuss Waldman's recent book, America and the Limits of the Politics of Selfishness.
Spiritual Medicine, Mixed Media Work by Hee Sook Kim, on exhibit through May 4

Spiritual Medicine, a solo exhibition of mixed-media works by Hee Sook Kim, assistant professor and department chair of fine arts at Haverford College, will be displayed in Haverford's Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery. An artist's talk and musical response from composer Christopher Shultis will held Monday, April 14 at 4:15 p.m. in the Gallery.
Haverford Alumnus Talks to CNN About the Future of Social Security

Patrick Wetherille '06 is the founder of Secure Our Future/Students for Saving Social Security, an organization he started while at Haverford.
Emily Hinchcliff '08 Awarded a William Penn Fellowship

The Haverford senior will spend next year teaching and living at England's Chigwell School.
Framing Photographs: Contexts & Transpositions

How does your experience and point of view influence what you see in photography and film? Visit the exhibit in Magill Library... see it right now on video.