Tenure and Promotions for Eight Faculty Members
March 3rd, 2014
Associate Professor of English Literature Rachel Buurma '99 and Professor of Music Thomas Whitman '82 are the two alums to receive this recognition this year.
Twelfth Night Performances a Sesquicentennial Celebration and Homecoming
February 27th, 2014
Co-directed by Dan Rothenberg '95, Quinn Bauriedel '94, and Dito van Reigersberg '94, the Obie-award-winning theatre company will perform three times Mar. 1-2.
Arthur Chu '08 Continues Polarizing Jeopardy! Run
February 24th, 2014
Reporting for NPR News, Hansi Lo Wang '09 reports that "if there are any unwritten rules to playing Jeopardy!, Chu may have broken them all."
$5 Million Gift to Endow The Frank Aydelotte Foundation for the Advancement of the Liberal Arts
February 22nd, 2014
The commitment from James '79 (center) and Anahita Naficy Lovelace will boost Swarthmore's capacity to advance liberal arts education both in the U.S. and worldwide.
Kimberly Wright Cassidy '85 Named President of Bryn Mawr College
February 17th, 2014
Cassidy, a developmental psychologist, has served as Bryn Mawr's interim president since July 2013 and is the ninth president in the school's history.
Watch: South Pacific Performances to Mark and Reflect Sesquicentennial
February 13th, 2014
Andrew Hauze '04 will lead the concert performance of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by James Michener '29.
Q+A with Seattle Seahawks Team Physician Ashwin Rao '99
February 11th, 2014
Rao, who is also a faculty member at the University of Washington, talks about Super Bowl XLVIII and how Swarthmore prepared him for his career.
Watch: Cornel West and Robert George '77 Hold Collection on Campus
February 11th, 2014
In a visit sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts, the friends and colleagues discussed what it means for intellectuals to learn from each other despite deep differences on important questions.
Hope After Haiyan Dinner Raises Money by Celebrating Filipino Culture
February 7th, 2014
Maki Somosot '12 (left), who spearheaded the recent event, says proceeds went to two groups that are assisting provinces in the Philippines affected by last year's typhoon.Arthur Chu '08 Uses Game Theory in Notable Jeopardy Performance
January 31st, 2014
Chu, whose four-day winnings total $102,800 through Friday, forced a rare tie on the popular game show. He competes again in three weeks.
David Baltimore '60 Cited as One of World's Most Influential Scientists
January 30th, 2014
The former president of the California Institute of Technology is a co-recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, shared with Howard Temin '55.
Influential Scholar, Photographer, Vocalist, and Congressman Among Alumni Named This Year's Honorary Degree Recipients
January 27th, 2014
President Rebecca Chopp will honor scholar and writer Thomas Laqueur '67, documentary photographer and professor Barbara Norfleet '47, vocalist and composer Vaneese Thomas '74 (left), and congressman Chris Van Hollen '83 at commencement in June.
Curator Zoe Whitley '01 Discusses 'Afrofuturism' Exhibit at Harlem Museum
January 24th, 2014
Whitley, co-curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem's exhibition "The Shadows Took Shape," says the influence of Sun Ra is present in the art displayed.
Thom Collins '88 Launches New Miami Art Museum
January 7th, 2014
"There is a lot of aspiration in Miami," says Collins, the director of the new Perez Art Museum Miami, "And a recognition that we are building a real repository for the city's shared cultural heritage."
