Listen: Maya Schenwar ’05 on Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better
June 4th, 2015
Schenwar is the editor-in-chief of truth-out.org and the author of a new book which depicts the shortcomings of America’s prison system through stories of prisoners and their families.
Listen: Historian Pieter Judson ’78 Reflects on Field, Swarthmore Experience
June 2nd, 2015
In a fitting cap to Judson's 20 years on the faculty, colleagues and former students came together for an all-day symposium and farewell reception.
Watch: Patricia Park '03 Novel Offers New Spin on 'Jane Eyre'
May 22nd, 2015
"I guess it's pretty audacious to take on a classic and put your own spin on it," she tells WNYC's Brian Lehrer.
Seven Seniors, Two Alums Awarded Fulbright Grants
May 11th, 2015
Elizabeth Bachman ’15 is one of seven seniors chosen for the highly-competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange.
Listen: Edward Gardner '81 on "The Euro Area and the Perils of Monetary Union"
May 8th, 2015
Gardner, an international economist at the IMF, presents a narrative of the Euro Area crisis and its ongoing resolution for the 2015 Bernie Saffran Lecture.
International Write-In Offers Students Support, Solidarity
May 8th, 2015
Writing Associate Abby Holtzman '16 describes the event, which grew from a joking question on campus to ultimately involve more than 40 schools around the world.
A Royal Collaboration
May 6th, 2015
Students, faculty, and staff join area schoolchildren to stage The Royal Singer, a children's opera, sending the sesquicentennial out on a high note.
Classicist Jeremy Lefkowitz Receives Rome Prize
May 6th, 2015
The prestigious prize will allow Lefkowitz, an expert in Latin and Greek poetry, to spend a year in Rome working on an ancient studies project and engaging a vibrant community of scholars and artists.
Thomas E. Spock '78 Named New Board Chair
May 4th, 2015
"I’m looking forward to working with my fellow alumni, students, faculty, staff, and the College leadership to ensure that Swarthmore provides the very best, most intellectually rigorous undergraduate liberal arts and engineering education available," Spock says, "while continuing to expand the accessibility of a Swarthmore education to all qualified students."
Candlelight Vigil Held in Support of Nepal Earthquake Victims
April 30th, 2015
Community members joined together in front of Parrish Hall to share their feelings and outline the ways they could be of help.
Q&A with Fellowships & Prizes Advisor Melissa Mandos
April 27th, 2015
Introducing Fellowships & Prizes Week, Mandos discusses the highlights and challenges of helping Swarthmore students to have their academic and community service efforts rewarded nationally.
Watch: Student Entrepreneurs Network with Seasoned Pros at Annual Lax Conference
April 14th, 2015
Conference highlights included the culmination of SwatTank, a student competition, and SwatTalks, short presentations on ideas and challenges related to entrepreneurship.
Listen: Author Jamie Stiehm '82 on "Alice Paul and the Woman's Suffrage Movement"
April 7th, 2015
Stiehm '82 discusses Paul, a member of the Class of 1905 and one of Swarthmore’s most influential alums.
Engineer Francisco Valero-Cuevas '88 on "Neuromechanics: What Control Problem Does a Biological Brain Face When Controlling a Mechanical Body?"
April 3rd, 2015
Taking an approach based on mechanics, computational motor control, mathematics and pathology, Valero-Cuevas describes a perspective for the study of sensorimotor function that begins to resolve numerous paradoxes.
Mary Schmidt Campbell '69 Named President of Spelman College
April 3rd, 2015
Campbell, an art history and humanities scholar, will be the 10th president of the prominent historically black women's college in Atlanta.
