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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

Hanna King ’15 Places Second in National Book Collecting Contest

Hanna King ’15 Places Second in National Book Collecting Contest

A passionate reader and writer of Yiddish, the history major will receive an award and tour the rare books collection at the Library of Congress later this month.More
A Blueprint for Success

A Blueprint for Success

Swarthmore staff, faculty, and students are helping to improve the lives of Chester youth through Project Blueprints.More
Swarthmore Students & Alumni Learn Leadership, Build Relationships in Chester

Swarthmore Students & Alumni Learn Leadership, Build Relationships in Chester

As Chester Community Fellows, students like Akunna Uka '14 use their skills and knowledge to serve the neighboring community of Chester, Pa.More

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