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The skills picked up at Haverford—critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and a sophisticated understanding of data—have turned out to be an ideal fit for key front office roles in Major League Baseball. And as a growing number of alumni get established in the industry, they are opening doors for younger alums.

Read "Pipeline to the MLB" in the Spring/Summer 2019 issue of Haverford Magazine.

Physics and astronomy double major Reilly Milburn ’19 used his senior thesis to investigate both transiting exoplanets and the tools used to detect them.

“I’m immensely happy that I made the decision to study abroad at University College Dublin during the spring 2019 semester. I had the opportunity to experience a whole new educational system and national culture, make a new set of friends, and see parts of the world and hear viewpoints that I never would’ve gotten the chance to otherwise.”  – Caroline Tien '20

Each year more than 130 Haverford students take advantage of the opportunity to study abroad.

Biology major Hanae Togami '19, who minored in environmental studies and concentrated in peace, justice, and human rights, will be working at the nonprofit HIAS Pennsylvania, furthering a dedication to advocacy work that she initiated while at Haverford.

Supported by the Center for Career and Professional Advising’s Liberal Arts in the Workplace Fund, political science major Isabel Clements '21 is interning at Physicians for Human Rights, a non-governmental organization of health professionals dedicated to defending human rights across the globe.

Political science major and Spanish minor Nico Kaplan ’19 is working with documentary-distribution company Argot Pictures to reach Spanish-speaking audiences and organizations that stand committed to supporting immigrant communities in New York.

Physics major Shufan Xia '21 is studying peacock courtship displays by examining the scientific intricacies of their feathers. The work is being pioneered by Professor Suzanne Amador Kane.

Classical languages major Paul Brucia Breitenfeld ’19 authored a senior thesis that explored cultural allusions in a second-century North African Latin novel as a way of understanding the reach and oppression of the Roman empire.

Amira Abujbara '17, an English major and environmental studies minor, is a Doha-based journalist who teamed up with native Hawaiian filmmaker Ciara Lacy for a documentary that shines a light on the ongoing challenges facing the tight-knit rural community of Iliamna, Alaska.

Read Out of Alaska in the Spring/Summer 2019 issue of Haverford Magazine.

For Matthew Ridley '19, a summer internship at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is another notch in his belt of archival experience. Funded by the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities, the history major is working in the museum’s conservation department through August.