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.

Drew Cunningham ’20 Receives Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant

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Students, awards

The English major and German and philosophy minor will return to Germany, where he studied abroad last year, to enhance his teaching and language skills.
Helen White Publishes on 10 Years of Scientific Insights from Deepwater Horizon Spill

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Faculty, Science

The associate professor of chemistry and environmental studies was part of a team that wrote a review article in Nature, documenting the discoveries related to the largest single accidental release of oil and gas into the ocean.
Five Fords Earn 2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

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Students, Alumni, awards, Science

Sam Epstein ’19, Brett Pogostin ’18, Maurice Rippel ’19, Laura Seaberg ’20, and David Zegeye ’19 received fellowships from the National Science Foundation that will support their graduate education and research.
VCAM Maker Arts Space Equipment Helps Fight Against Coronavirus

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Campus

Kent Watson not only donated all of the shop’s PPE to local front line workers, he has also been overseeing loans of 3D printers and sewing machines to make new face shields and masks.
Haverford Adopts Test-Optional Policy

An announcement from Jess Lord, Vice President & Dean of Admission and Financial Aid.
Claudia Ojeda Rexach ’21 Honored as 2020 Newman Civic Fellow

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Students, awards

As a member of the 2020 cohort of fellows, the history major will have access to training and resources that will help her serve as an effective agent of change in addressing public problems and building equitable communities.
Videos: Haverford College and COVID-19

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Campus, Alumni, Faculty

A collection of video messages from—and conversations with—Haverford College President Wendy Raymond and faculty during this semester of remote learning and social distancing, as well as conversations with alumni fighting the disease on the front lines.
Winter 2020 Faculty Update

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Faculty

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances, awards, and publications.
COOL CLASSES: “Childhood and Children’s Literature”

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Faculty

This writing seminar focuses on how British and American culture has defined the child since the 18th century, tracing the ever-evolving definitions of childhood through books, games, and toys of different periods.
COOL CLASSES: “First Language Acquisition”

This linguistics seminar explores how humans acquire their native languages.
Coronavirus and Haverford

Operational and policy changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to be posted to our hub on an ongoing basis.
The Power of the Page

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Campus, Faculty, Students

The pre-spring break iteration of the Office of Academic Resources’ Reading Rainbow book-advocacy series featured students, faculty, and staff recommending books that helped them “overcome a sense of powerlessness.”
Kitchen Stadium Comes to the DC

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Students

Fords Against Boredom held its annual DC Iron Chef contest with a sustainability theme this year.
Industry Expert Leads “Game Jam” for Fords

James Seetal, who has worked on popular titles like Star Wars: The Old Republic and The Elder Scrolls: Legends, led a Haverford Innovations Program-sponsored workshop that culminated in student prototypes of tabletop games.
COOL CLASSES: “Asian American Psychology”

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Faculty

This seminar course addresses major theories and findings in Asian American psychology, with a focus on immigration and acculturation, ethnic identity, stereotyping and discrimination, families and development, and mental health.