Economist Philip Jefferson Says to Dismantle Poverty, First Understand its Abounding Causes
October 2nd, 2018
“There’s an unwillingness of society to confront the structures that limit people’s options and an unwillingness to dismantle these structures,” says Jefferson.
Swarthmore Announces Philadelphia Program with Bryn Mawr, Haverford Colleges
September 19th, 2018
The program, starting this spring, will feature classes taught in the city by professors from all three institutions.
2018–19 Mellon Grant Program Celebrates Arts and Humanities
September 12th, 2018
The grants support projects like that of Cam Wiley '19, who will develop a series of video interviews with members of the Swarthmore community who identify with the black male experience.
Ten Faculty Across the Disciplines Recognized with Tenure, Promotions
September 10th, 2018
Mathematician Nsoki Mavinga joins colleagues in biology, chemistry, classics, computer science, Japanese, political science, and psychology.
Physicist Tristan Smith to Explore Dark Universe with NASA Grant
July 26th, 2018
“I am very excited to see how far we, and our students, are able to peek through to the currently unknown and unimagined,” Smith says.
Listen: Chemist Christopher Graves on Constructing Through Chemistry
July 20th, 2018
"As chemists, we take these building blocks and we transform them," Graves says, "so we can also make beautiful structural motifs that have a very specific purpose."
Students Offer Slice of Summer Research
July 11th, 2018
A pizza lunch in Cornell Science Library brought together students, including Guinevere Mesh '19, to present their summer research projects in an informal setting.
Students Shine at Tri-College Film Festival
June 22nd, 2018
Julian Turner '18, who won the festival's Dramatic Filmmaking Prize, was one of several students to earn accolades at the annual event.
Watch: The Chemistry of Art
June 21st, 2018
A science lab became an artists’ studio as one interdisciplinary course explored the intersection of chemistry and art.
Linguist Jamie Thomas Named Woodrow Wilson Fellow
June 8th, 2018
With the support of the fellowship, Thomas will serve as a visiting scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara next year.
Ten Recent Alumni Receive Fulbright Grants
June 1st, 2018
Among the eight members of the Class of 2018 honored is Nikhil Chopra, a public health special major who received a grant to study substance use and mental health in India.
Statistician Lynne Steuerle Schofield '99 Named Associate Provost of Faculty Diversity and Development
May 29th, 2018
Schofield’s research includes areas of mathematics, education, environmentalism, cognition, public health, and public policy.
Taylor Morgan ’19 Wins Truman Scholarship for Graduate School
May 1st, 2018
Morgan, an Honors sociology & anthropology major, will pursue a joint JD/Ph.D. in African American studies and philosophy with a specialization in race theory.
Poet Julia Bouwsma ’02 Returns for Reading, Student Poetry Contest
April 16th, 2018
The eclectic and off-the-grid author read from her recently published and forthcoming work before announcing the winners of the Lois Morrell and John Russell Hayes Poetry Contest.
Juhyae Kim ’19 Receives Beinecke Scholarship to Explore Languages in Grad School
April 9th, 2018
Kim credits the guidance and encouragement she received from professors and advisors in giving her the determination to pursue it.
