Hannah Watkins ’21 Stitches Swarthmore Together with Community Quilt
April 6th, 2021
Watkins, who has already logged over 100 hours on the project, is using cloth donations from students, faculty, and staff members to create a tactile reminder of this unusual year.
Linguists K. David Harrison and Robbie Hart ’04 Named to Explorers Club 50
March 11th, 2021
Now colleagues, Harrison and Hart are both included on the inaugural list of the Explorers Club 50: Fifty People Changing the World the World Needs to Know About.
Nader Almadbooh ’23 Named Newman Civic Fellow
March 12th, 2021
Nader Almadbooh ‘23 joins 211 other students from across the U.S. and Mexico in this year’s Newman Civic Fellowship. The yearlong program is for students from Campus Compact member institutions who demonstrate leadership on their campuses along with a commitment to finding solutions for challenges facing communities locally, nationally, and internationally.
Biologist Sara Hiebert Burch '79 Honored for Excellence and Innovation in Science Education
February 24th, 2021
Sara Hiebert Burch '79, the Edward Hicks Magill Professor Emerita of Mathematics and Natural Science, spent a career refining her teaching practices, always aiming to grow along with her
Now a Department, Spanish Delivering Meaningful Student Experiences
March 1st, 2021
Formerly part of the Modern Languages and Literature Department, Swarthmore’s Spanish Department is thriving.
Fifteen Faculty Across the Disciplines Recognized with Tenure, Promotions
February 26th, 2021
At the February meeting of the Board of Managers, 15 faculty members were approved for promotion.
Tori Knox '21 presents her research at ABRCMS 2020
February 25th, 2021
Computer Scientist Ameet Soni Named Associate Dean of the Faculty for Diversity, Recruitment, and Retention
February 25th, 2021
“In his decade at the College, Ameet has demonstrated through experience and service that he is well-suited to take on the responsibilities of this position,” says Provost and Professor of Sociology Sarah Willie-LeBreton.
Aydelotte Project Examines Race, Racism, and the Liberal Arts
February 22nd, 2021
In what ways have liberal arts institutions silenced the voices and histories of people of color?
Swarthmore College Sets Slate of Black History Month Events
February 17th, 2021
Highlights of the virtual slate of events include a reading from poet and professor Joshua Bennett and a discussion between New Orleans-based filmmaker and photographer Garrett Bradley and Assistant Professor of Sociology Nina Johnson.
Uncovering the History of Innovative Teaching of Literature in Higher Ed
February 15th, 2021
In their book, The Teaching Archive: A New History For Literary Study, Associate Professor of English Literature, Rachel Sagner Buurma ‘99 and her co-author tell a new story about how literature was taught at colleges and universities in the 20th century.
Preserved and Restored, the Organ in Lang Music Building Again Making Beautiful Music
February 4th, 2021
After years of sitting silent, the centerpiece organ in Lang Concert Hall is ready to show off its pipes once again, thanks to a yearlong restoration project funded by a 2019 gift and donor challenge by the Lang family.
Economists Erin Bronchetti and Ellen Magenheim on COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts and Relief Payments
February 10th, 2021
Economics professors Ellen Magenheim and Erin Todd Bronchetti found in a 2015 study that paying $30 to college student
In Honor of Emeritus History Professor Bernard Smith
February 11th, 2021
"Bernard, who served on the faculty for 18 years, is remembered as a passionate medievalist and erudite scholar with an understated, dry wit, as well as a key inspiration to the College’s Medieval Studies Program," says President Valerie Smith.
