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.

Uplifting a community affected by HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda

Sam Gant '13 is spending the summer working with a community affected by HIV/AIDS in Uganda.
Financial Aid: Haverford "Among the Best"

<em>The Washington Post</em>'s College, Inc. blog names Haverford's aid policy, which replaced loans with grants in 2008, as one the 12 best in the country.
Uncovering History in Philadelphia

Rosalie Hooper '12 is spending the summer conducting history research in Philadelphia.
Researching Woodblocks from the 19th Century

Liz Crooks '12, is studying 19th century wood blocks at The Library Company of Philadelphia this summer thanks to a Hurford '60 Humanities Center Grant.
Exploring the Humanities (and Philadelphia)

Katie Monroe '12 is in the middle of a Humanities Center-sponsored summer internship at the Pennsylvania Humanities Council in Philadelphia.
Theresa Tensuan '89 Named Director of Office of Multicultural Affairs

The former assistant professor of English will be supporting intercultural initiatives and enhancing multicultural community life at Haverford
Interning with the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Jacob Horn and Jenny Sanford (both class of '13) are spending the summer interning at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Studying the History of Medicine

Elinor Hickey '12 is spending her summer conducting research at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the MÃ¼tter Museum thanks to a grant from the John B. Hurford '60 Humanities Center.
Recreating Du Bois' 7th Ward

Michael Franklin '12 is spending the summer with the Mapping Du Bois Project at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, developing a high school curriculum about race relations in the 7th Ward of Philadelphia.
Reporting on K-12 STEM Education

A committee of educators that includes Physics Professor Jerry Gollub recommends ways to improve the teaching of science, technology, engineering and math in a new report issued by the National Research Council.
A Ford at the Fringe

Lulu Krause '12 is spending the summer interviewing performing artists, updating a blog, and filming a web-series promoting the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe in September.
Anita Isaacs Quoted in Wall Street Journal

The political science professor and Guatemala expert comments on a Mexican drug cartel's incursion into northern Guatemala.
Four Haverford Grads Named Philly Fellows

Anders Hulleberg, Alexandra Kutler, Hilary Malson, and Sameer Rao will spend the next year working with social service agencies in Philadelphia.
Eve Gleichman '11 Wins Stony Brook Short Fiction Prize

The recent grad will take home $1000 for her story,“The New Neighbor.”
Relive Alumni Weekend 2011

Photos from this year's eventâ€”during which classes ending in 1s and 6s celebrated a reunionâ€”can now be viewed on the <a href="http://news.haverford.edu/blogs/haverblog/">Haverblog</a>.