
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.

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.

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
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
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
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