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Filmmaker Kishi Bashi Visits Swarthmore, Presents Music as Tool for Social Change

March 12th, 2024

Bashi’s 2023 film Omoiyari was recently screened at Swarthmore, accompanied by a panel discussion and a live performance by Bashi and Mike Savino, a member of Bashi’s touring band who performs under the name Tall Tall Trees.

María Luisa Guardiola

Professor of Spanish María Luisa Guardiola Illuminates Stories of Working-Class Women in Spanish History

March 7th, 2024

Professor of Spanish María Luisa Guardiola was awarded a Franklin Research Grant by the American Philosophical Society (APS).

Chris Graves

14 Faculty Across the Disciplines Recognized with Tenure, Promotions

February 26th, 2024

Fourteen faculty members were approved for tenure or promotion at the February Board of Managers meeting.

Christy Schuetze

Christy Schuetze Spotlights Mozambican Women’s Care Networks in New Ethnography

February 21st, 2024

In her ethnography Spirit Wives and Church Mothers: Marriage, Survival, and Healing in Central Mozambique (University of Wisconsin Press, 2023), Associate Professor of Anthropology Christy Schuetze details central Mozambique’s distinctive religious tapestry while challenging Western feminist assumptions about women’s liberation.

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Dynasties: Men's Basketball, Swimming Programs Defend Conference Titles

February 26th, 2024

It was a golden weekend for Swarthmore College athletics as the men's basketball team and the men's and women's swimming programs each captured their respective Centennial Conference championships. 

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Women’s Resource Center Now the Gender & Sexuality Center

February 20th, 2024

The Women’s Resource Center (WRC) is now the Gender & Sexuality Center (GSC), reflecting student interest in more expansive gender and sexuality programming and support.

Barbara Milewski

Musicologist Barbara Milewski Honored for Article on Chopin

February 14th, 2024

Daniel Underhill Professor of Music Barbara Milewski and musicologist Bret Werb of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) recently received the

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Swarthmore Once Again Recognized as Top Producer of Fulbright Students

February 13th, 2024

For the ninth time in 10 years, Swarthmore is among the top producers of U.S. Fulbright students, with seven recent alumni receiving the honor with the College’s support.

"Africa is Rising" Symposium Celebrates Vibrancy of Continent's Future

February 6th, 2024

Celebrating the vibrancy of Africa's future and exploring the many pathways of collective action, Swarthmore College will host the Africa Is Rising symposium on February 9 and 10.

Rachel Buurma

Rachel Sagner Buurma ’99 Honored for Showcasing Everyday Teaching of Literature

January 31st, 2024

Rachel Sagner Buurma ’99, associate professor of English literature, and Laura Heffernan, professor of English at the University of North Florida, recently received the 2023 Teaching Literature Book Award for The Teaching Archive: A New History for Literary Study.

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In Honor of Composer and Satirist Peter Schickele ’57 H’80

January 22nd, 2024

Peter Schickele ’57 H’80, an American composer whose career as a writer of serious concert music was often eclipsed by that of his antic alter ego, the thoroughly debauched, terrifyingly prolific and mercifully fictional P.D.Q.

Myadaggarav Chuluundorj ’26

Six Lang Opportunity Scholars Embark on Change-Making Projects Across the World

January 19th, 2024

The newest recipients of the Eugene M. Lang Opportunity Scholarship (LOS), six Swarthmore sophomores will embark on an array of projects around the world, collaborating with partners to effect change. The scholars are Myadaggarav Chuluundorj ’26, Danika Grieser ’26, Lena Habtu ’26, Prerna Karmacharya ’26, Steven Mukum ’26, and Cheng-Yen (Billy) Wu ’26.

Group of Swarthmore students in front of buildings during COP28 conference

Swarthmore Contingent Shares Takeaways of U.N. Climate Change Conference in Dubai

January 18th, 2024

A group of Swarthmore students, staff, and faculty attended the United Nations Foundation Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai in December, witnessing and contributing to international unity against the existential threat of climate change.

James Padilioni

‘A Horizon of Possibility for the African Diasporic Renewal’: James Padilioni Embarks on American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship

January 8th, 2024

Padilioni will explore that next year through his highly sought-after fellowship with the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). The award, bestowed upon no more than 60 scholars in the U.S. each year, recognizes outstanding scholarship in the humanities and interpretive social sciences.

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