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.

Where They’re Headed: Qilong (Matthew) Chen ‘22

File under:

Alumni, Science

The computer science major is working as a rotation software engineer at Apple, focusing on artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Summer Centered: Serving Philadelphia’s Latinx Community at Puentes de Salud

File under:

Students, Centers

Keishla Sanchez ‘22, Elena Bien ‘24, and Sunny Martinez ‘24 are interning at the South Philly nonprofit, supporting its youth programs through bilingual education and activities.
Summer Centered: Rebecca Osbaldeston ‘24 Connects Serotonin and Decision Making

File under:

Students, Centers, Science

The biology major is studying serotonin receptors in zebrafish, and their connection with decision making, with the support of the Velay Fellowship.
Where They’re Headed: Anthony Walker ‘22

File under:

Alumni, Science

The physics major is pursuing a master’s degree in systems engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, as part of Haverford’s 4+1 program with the university.
What They Learned: Callie Crawford ‘22

File under:

Alumni, Science

For her thesis, the chemistry major studied structure-function relationships of acyl carrier proteins, and how they can contribute to medicinal diversity.
Summer Centered: Harrison Lennertz ‘24 Helps Train Search and Rescue Dogs

File under:

Students, Centers, Science

The biology major and music minor is gaining hands-on experience working with animals by helping train search and rescue dogs at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center.
Where They’re Headed: Alissa Vandenbark ‘22

File under:

Alumni

As part of her Quaker Voluntary Service fellowship, the psychology major is working as a developmental staff member with MANNA, a Philadelphia nonprofit.
Summer Centered: Athena Intanate '23 Studies Diasporic Communities Through Food

File under:

Students, Centers

The English, international studies, and Spanish triple major is researching the foods of diasporic communities across the United States to better understand them.
Summer Centered: Supporting Asylees and Refugees

File under:

Students, Centers

Natalia Barber ‘23 and Isabel Ashford Arya ‘24 are part of the Asylee Outreach Program at HIAS Pennsylvania, which provides legal and social services to migrants in need of support.
What They Learned: Ravenel Davis ‘22

File under:

Alumni, Science

The psychology major and neuroscience minor used her thesis to study how children understand social categories.
Where They’re Headed: Felix Qin ‘22

File under:

Alumni

The classical culture and society major is working as a humanities teacher at Fusion Academy.
Summer Centered: Jill DiTommaso '24 Helps Companies and Campaigns Market Themselves

File under:

Students, Centers

The political science major is conducting market research as an intern with Engagious this summer.
Where They’re Headed: Yuval Luria ‘22

File under:

Alumni, Science

The chemistry major is communicating with patients and contributing to ALS treatment research.
Summer Centered: Laura Mercedes '24 Combats Mass Incarceration

File under:

Students, Centers

The political science and anthropology double major is working with Common Cause on the Mass Incarceration Policy Project, researching criminal justice corruption across the U.S.
Where They’re Headed: Junior Nguyen ‘22

File under:

Alumni, Science

The biology major is working at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as a lab technician, studying inflammation and immunology.