Swarthmore College must extend the period of modified operations and remote learning through the end of the spring semester. The Lang Center will continue to meet our mission, acknowledging that the health and well-being of the global community are paramount. Email us if you have questions regarding how the virus could affect your current and future community engagements.
The Lang Center and Saint Joseph’s University to hosted “Engaging Philadelphia through Scholarship and Teaching” at City Hall for faculty and community partners from Greater Philadelphia. The event enabled attendees to build knowledge, explore current community assets, and make plans for collaboration on co-creation of knowledge and mutually desired outcomes. Click here to read more.
Congratulations to the Class of 2022 Lang Opportunity Scholars! The Lang Opportunity Scholarship supports Scholars in the development of a project that creates a needed social resource in the U.S. or abroad. The program was conceived and endowed by Eugene M. Lang ’38. Click here to learn more about the Class of 2022 LOS cohort!
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.
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.
The Lang Center provides a variety of resources to students, faculty, and community members, including funding, advising, transportation, and space.
The fellowship will support a research project—which includes help from students and other local scholars—examining Philadelphia neighborhoods most affected by incarcerations. More
The College kicked off a week of programming in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a Day of Service to support children in Chester. More
Weaving the tale of today’s migration crisis with help from those living through it. More