Pinar Karaca-Mandic '98 Helps Syrian Refugees in Her Native Turkey
January 13th, 2016
"What we are doing is small, but I feel very grateful that we can do something," explains Karaca-Mandic.
Jason Heo ’15 Named to First Class of Schwarzman Scholars
January 11th, 2016
Heo is one of 100 scholars from around the world to enroll in a one-year master's degree program in Beijing designed to prepare the next generation of global leaders.
Artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby '04 Recognized as Leading Global Thinker
January 6th, 2016
In her work, Akunyili Crosby, who also recently won the Wein Prize, is recognized for bridging the complexities of the old world and the new.
Composer Peter Schickele '57 Revives P.D.Q. Bach for New York Performances
January 4th, 2016
"I’m amazed that P.D.Q. has gone on for 50 years," Schickele muses. "It just goes to show, some people never learn.”
Youth Educator Haydil Henriquez '14 on DreamYard Prep
December 22nd, 2015
"I want to show the kids I work with that someone like themselves can make a good life here," says Henriquez on returning to the Bronx to run youth programs at her former high school.
Watch: Swarthmore Faculty Celebrate Einstein's Theory of Relativity
December 21st, 2015
The celebration included a reading from Picasso at the Lapin Agile by physicist Tristan Smith, dance professor Jumatatu Poe '04 (left), and English literature professor Peter Schmidt.
Decision by Judge Frank Easterbrook '70 on Assault Weapons Ban Stands
December 21st, 2015
Easterbrook's ruling noted that legislatures retained the ability to prohibit "dangerous and unusual" weapons. “Why else are they the weapons of choice in mass shootings?” he wrote.
Listen: Raghu Karnad '05 on "The Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War"
December 11th, 2015
In this talk, Karnad describes the process of historical research that informed his writing, as well as the events that led him to undertake his project.
Watch: Gregory Brothers Provide Music for Michelle Obama's "Go to College"
December 11th, 2015
Evan '01 (bottom right) and Andrew Gregory '04 (upper right) worked with the first lady to create a song that promotes higher education.
Watch: Amy Vachal '11 Finishes on a High Note on The Voice
December 9th, 2015
Vachal's run ended with a powerful performance that reached the top five on the iTunes top songs chart.
Swarthmore Well-Represented at Paris Climate Talks
December 2nd, 2015
A delegation of faculty and students, including Stephen O'Hanlon '17, are serving as official NGO observers.
Watch: Swarthmore from Above
November 18th, 2015
Enjoy stunning views of Swarthmore's most iconic spaces, captured at the peak of this year's fall foliage.
Dancer C. Kemal Nance '92 Discovered His Passion Through a Gym Credit
November 12th, 2015
Swarthmore offered African dance as "a way to complete two of the four gym credits I needed," says Nance, also a post-doc at the University of Illinois. "I just fell in love with it."
Listen: Classicist Ralph Rosen '77 on Greek Comedy, Aesthetics, and 'Popular' Culture
November 5th, 2015
Rosen focuses on the comic drama of Classical Athens, a genre often described as "popular," and argues that the basic aesthetic and socio-cultural dynamics underlying our own theorizing of the "popular" were also operative in strikingly similar ways in Classical antiquity.
Of Fruit Flies and Renoirs
November 2nd, 2015
Last month, evolutionary developmental biologist Ben Ewen-Campen '06 scored a Genetics cover story and had some fun outside Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.