Mellon Tri-College Creative Residencies Program Brings Boundary-Breaking Artists to Swarthmore
June 10th, 2013
Professor of Linguistics Donna Jo Napoli organized one of more than a dozen residencies sponsored by the program this year.
Watch: Inaugural AgoraTalks Event Showcases Senior Thesis Projects
June 5th, 2013
Rebecca Hammond '13 joined several classmates in sharing thesis work during an event geared toward interdisciplinary discussion.
For the Love of Honors
May 29th, 2013
Nearly two dozen alumni returned to campus as honors examiners to continue the College's singular tradition.
Six Swarthmore Students Receive Honors in National Russian Essay Contest
May 29th, 2013
Abigail Holtzman '16, who had never taken Russian before this year, says the distinction showed "that we had clearly learned a ton."
Eight Seniors Awarded 2013 Fulbright Fellowships
May 28th, 2013
Alexander Anderson '13 (left) is one of eight members of the Class of 2013, in addition to a Class of 2012 alumna, who received the award this year.
Watch: New Work by Composer Gerald Levinson to Debut at Notre Dame Cathedral
May 27th, 2013
The performance of "Au coeur de l'infini" on Tues., May 28., will be held in honor of the Cathedral's 850th anniversary.
Victoria Pang '13 Named James Madison Memorial Fellow
May 22nd, 2013
The fellowship, which fill fund Pang's graduate teaching program at Brown University in the fall, is awarded to students planning to teach American history, government, or social studies at the secondary school level.
Take Your Best Shot
May 15th, 2013
Learn the stories behind the student submissions for the fifth annual Robert Savage Biological Image of the Year Award, named for the College's first professor of cell biology.
Akunna Uka '14 and Mackenzie Welch '14 Win Truman Scholarships
May 6th, 2013
Uka (left) and Welch are two of only 62 students in the country to receive the scholarship, which provides $30,000 for graduate study.
Watch: Jonathan Haidt Talk Concludes Four-Part Righteous Mind Symposium
May 1st, 2013
Inspired by Jonathan Haidt's book The Righteous Mind, the Swarthmore community engaged in a series of lively discussions throughout the 2012-13 academic year.
Listen: Bach Scholar Michael Marissen Discusses Anti-Semitic Undertones in Composer's Work
April 30th, 2013
"It's well known that there's some challenging language in the Gospel of John," says Marissen, the author of Lutheranism, Anti-Judaism and Bach's St. John Passion.
Patrick Ammerman '14 Receives Newman Civic Fellows Award
April 29th, 2013
Ammerman, a biology major from Cincinnati, Ohio, was recognized for serving as a "vital resource for environmental awareness and justice."
Cariad Chester '13 Puts Interest in Virology and Video to Good Use
April 23rd, 2013
Chester, a neuroscience and religion major from Alfred, N.Y., produced an educational video now used by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia on the benefits of vaccines.
Political Scientist Keith Reeves '88 Discusses History and Legacy of Mass Incarceration
April 18th, 2013
More than a million Americans are in jail today for non-violent crimes, and Reeves says many of them could be sentenced in more productive ways.
