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"Connecting curriculum, campus, and community through engaged scholarship and collaborative action."
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Issue Areas

Organize your energies! If you’re passionate about an issue, we can help you find relevant courses, research, internships, and volunteer opportunities, whatever your academic major.

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Faculty-Led Initiatives

We house faculty-led programs that encourage interdisciplinary learning and Engaged Scholarship. Current programs: Urban Inequality & Incarceration, Global Studies Initiative, Health & Societies, Arts in Action. 

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Resources

The Lang Center provides a variety of resources to students, faculty, and community members, including funding, advising, transportation, and space.

The Lang Center in the News

Rosine 2.0 to Engage Public in Community-Driven Examination of Harm Reduction and Mutual Aid

Rosine 2.0 to Engage Public in Community-Driven Examination of Harm Reduction and Mutual Aid

The Rosine 2.0 project, an interdisciplinary collective of artists, harm reductionists, healers, archivists, and stakeholders in Philadelphia’s street economies, has spent the past two years grappling with the legacy and future of community care. More

“It’s Never Too Late for Justice”: Scholars, Community Activists Examine Juvenile Justice System

“It’s Never Too Late for Justice”: Scholars, Community Activists Examine Juvenile Justice System

A group of scholars and community activists gathered in the Science Center for a panel discussion “Youth in the System: Why Juvenile Justice Needs Reform” at Swarthmore in December. More

Six Sophomores Awarded Lang Opportunity Scholarships

Six Sophomores Awarded Lang Opportunity Scholarships

Olivia Han ’25, Katherine Kihiczak ’25, Feven Shonga ’25, Lina Verghese ’25, Helena Werneck ’25, and Aqua Withers Carello ’25 will use the scholarship to work on issues of social concern in deep consultation with community members. More

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