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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

Hope Brinn '15 Wins Truman Scholarship

Hope Brinn '15 Wins Truman Scholarship

"I'm so grateful to now have the financial support to pursue a graduate degree," Brinn says, "and join a powerful alumni network of scholars committed to social change."More
Nimesh Ghimire '15 Named 2014 Newman Civic Fellow

Nimesh Ghimire '15 Named 2014 Newman Civic Fellow

The economics and rural innovation major from Nepal was honored for his dedication to social innovation and entrepreneurship, both at Swarthmore and abroad.More
New Class of Lang Opportunity Scholars Named

New Class of Lang Opportunity Scholars Named

Social action projects from the Class of 2016's scholars, such as Efua Asibon (left), will help communities from Chester, Pa., to Ghana.More

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