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Swarthmore's Teachers as Scholars Program Continues to Inspire Community Educators
Lisa Smulyan '76

Now in its 7th year, founder Lisa Smulyan '76 says the program gives area teachers the time and resources to re-engage in their own learning and exchange ideas with others. Read More: Swarthmore's Teachers as Scholars Program Continues to Inspire Community Educators

  • Interdisciplinary Faculty Panel Reflects on Charlottesville
  • Q&A with Educator Alicia Muñoz '03
  • Listen: Biologist Alex Baugh on Why There Is So Much Variation in How Animals Respond to Challenges
  • Students, Faculty to Bring Plans for Social Action to Clinton Global Initiative University
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Watch: President Valerie Smith

Video: [24 min 40 sec]

President Valerie Smith delivers her presidential address during the ceremony to install her as the 15th president of Swarthmore College.

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Faculty Lectures & Featured Events

Listen: Biologist Alex Baugh on Why There Is So Much Variation in How Animals Respond to Challenges

Biologist Alex Baugh

Baugh says he aims to free the audience from "tyranny of the golden mean" and take a deep dive into the interesting biology hidden inside the error bars. Read More: Listen: Biologist Alex Baugh on Why There Is So Much Variation in How Animals Respond to Challenges

Audio: [56 min 15 sec] | Text transcript

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Listen: Historian Ben Goossen '13 on History with a Future

Ben Goossen '13

Goossen discusses his book, Chosen Nation, which tells the story of a Christian religious group's entanglement with German nationalism through Hitler's Third Reich and the Holocaust. Read More: Listen: Historian Ben Goossen '13 on History with a Future

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Stephen Golub

Stephen Golub

Have questions about how low wages affect developing economies? Economist Stephen Golub is an expert on international trade and finance, money and banking, U.S.-Japan economic relations, exchange rates, and capital flows.

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Music

Student Conductors Take Spotlight at Chamber Orchestra First Editions

Andrew Kim '18

“An opportunity to collaborate with a professional orchestra is rare for student conductors, especially undergraduates,” says Andrew Kim '18, one of three students who will conduct at this weekend's concerts. Read More: Student Conductors Take Spotlight at Chamber Orchestra First Editions

  • Watch: Interdisciplinary Collaboration Provides Opera with Context and Color
  • Balancing Act
  • Music Professor James Freeman to Debut New Orchestra This Weekend
  • Yule Ball Returns with Special Guest Amy Vachal '11
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