Haverford Headlines

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.

Delightful Dorm Decorations

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Campus, Students

This year’s #haverhome contest on Instagram brought out some of the most creatively decorated rooms on campus.
The Sensory Generosity of an Alum-Made Film

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Alumni, Arts, Centers

Harlow Figa ’16 and Sarah Moses ’16 explore the legacy of Pennsylvania artist Harry Bertoia in their latest cinematic project.
Tending to the Injured in Charlottesville

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Alumni, magazine

When the white supremacist rally in Virginia erupted in violence this summer, Dr. Robert E. O’Connor ’78, director of the University of Virginia Medical Center Hospital's Emergency Department, faced the largest multiple-casualty incident of his career.
Revitalizing Campus’ Natural Habitat

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Campus, Students

The Haverford College Arboretum hosted a planting event in which community members and local volunteers planted over a dozen different native tree species saplings near the Duck Pond’s stream bank.
Haverford College Announces New Financial Assistance Program for First-Generation and Low-Income Students

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Campus, Students

The LIFTFAR initiative will offer supplemental support to address the often hidden needs that exceed the parameters of matriculation-focused financial aid.
COOL CLASSES: “The Anthropology of Architecture”

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Faculty

This course surveys anthropological approaches to architecture, with a particular interest in how architecture expresses senses of place.
Symposium Heralds New Visual Studies Minor

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Arts, Campus, Faculty

The Black Extra/ordinary Symposium, organized by Assistant Professor Christina Knight, welcomed scholars, curators and artists from the greater Philadelphia area to campus’ new VCAM building for an explosive keynote performance and a day of discussions about black representation in fine arts, historical archives, and other visual landscapes.
COOL CLASSES: “Advanced Topics in Biology of Marine Life”

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Faculty, Science

This biology course challenges students to confront issues relevant to human impacts on oceans and asks them to engage in a conversation about the best strategies and practices to mitigate these effects based on scientific knowledge.
What They Learned: Alana Tartaro’17

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Alumni

The psychology major, who also minored in environmental studies, used her thesis to explore the role hope plays in environmental activism.
Exploring the History of Letter Writing

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Campus, Students

William Zachs took a hands-on approach in his lecture, which was a part of Haverford College Libraries’ Texts and Technology series.
COOL CLASSES: “Case Studies in Environmental Issues”

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Faculty, Science

This team-taught, case-studies-based course is the College’s introduction to the Tri-Co Environmental Studies Program.
What They Learned: Grace Thiele ’17

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Science, Students

The research that the chemistry major conducted for her thesis contributed to a paper she co-authored with her advisor and other Fords that was recently published in the American Chemical Society journal Biochemistry.
COOL CLASSES: “Experience, Know-How, and Skilled Coping”

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Faculty

This philosophy course examines how we learn and gain experiential knowledge by investigating such questions as “Is experience the same as expertise, and is it required for the acquisition of expertise?”
Haverford Hosts 13th Annual Undergraduate Science Symposium

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Science, Students

Students and faculty from the departments of astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, geology, mathematics, physics, and psychology from the Tri-Co and beyond were invited to present posters and give talks about their summer research work.
A View of VCAM from the Inside

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Alumni, Campus, Centers

James Weissinger '06, associate director of the John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities and operations manager for VCAM, discusses the newest campus building and his hopes for its future.