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Swarthmore College Names 2017 Honorary Degree Recipients

President Valerie Smith will award honorary degrees to film producer and journalist David Gelber '63, philanthropist John Goldman '71, and actor and playwright Anna Deavere Smith at the 145th...

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Swarthmore Among Top Producers of Fulbright Winners

Swarthmore is once again among top producers of Fulbright winners in the U.S. this year, with three graduating seniors and an alumna receiving the honor last year through the College and another...

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Miriam Pierson '18 and Nathaniel Urban '18 Win National Debate Tournament

When Miriam Pierson '18 and Nathaniel Urban '18 heard their topic -- the filibustering of Supreme Court nominees -- for the finals of the Stanford Debate Tournament, they smiled. Some of their friends...

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Why Swarthmore Supports Putting a Price on Carbon Pollution

Swarthmore College is leading the effort among colleges and universities to support carbon pricing as a matter of policy.

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More Than 40 Years After First Arriving at Swarthmore, Charles "Kip" Davis...

Charles "Kip" Davis, who left Swarthmore in 1975 just shy of a degree, has had a mantra throughout the past year. "If not now, when?"

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Urban Land Institute Honors College Inn, Restaurant Project

This month, the Philadelphia chapter of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) honored Swarthmore for its Town Center West project.

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Everything Old (English) Is New Again

When Craig Williamson made the decision to tackle something no one else had ever done before--translate every known Old English poem into modern alliterative, strong-stress verse--he faced two fears....

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Political Scientist Rick Valelly '75 on Honoring Reconstruction

Given the sheer number of Confederate memorials, there is bound to be another shocking flashpoint of the kind that rocked Charlottesville and the nation. Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee have...

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Expert Available to Discuss How Zombies Can Be Viewed Through The Lenses of...

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Watch: MAD Magazine Donation Honors Alum's Love of Laughs

As a part-time librarian while at Swarthmore, David Peele '50 saw volumes of dusty old books -- and mischievous opportunity.

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Students Help Organize Event to Support Persons with Disabilities

During the first week of spring semester, a group of Swarthmore students used putt-putt golf and animal fun to help raise close to $11,000 for local persons with disabilities.

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Philosopher Krista Thomason Examines the Reality of Shame in New Book

Moral philosophers are in agreement that shame is a natural and valuable emotion that occurs most often when someone does not live up to their ideals or standards.

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Decoding Extinction

A new National Science Foundation grant awarded to Professor of Statistics Steve Wang will help him, his students, and a recent alumna decode why the Earth may be entering a modern extinction.

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Art Historian Brian Goldstein Shines Light on Overlooked Architect

A new grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts in Chicago will help Assistant Professor of Art History Brian Goldstein continue his research on architecture through the...

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Swarthmore College's Enhanced Campus Navigation System for Blind Among Most...

Swarthmore has enhanced its campus navigation system for the blind, among the most sophisticated at colleges and universities in the country.

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Physicist Tristan Smith to Explore Dark Universe with NASA Grant

Assistant Professor of Physics Tristan Smith has received a NASA grant to support his work in developing new ways to identify and measure the physics of the dark universe.

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Economist Philip Jefferson Says to Dismantle Poverty, First Understand its...

Centennial Professor of Economics Philip Jefferson offers a systematic examination of the layers and roots of poverty and argues for the need to understand poverty.

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Political Scientist Carol Nackenoff on Fraught Consequences of Kavanaugh...

On Saturday afternoon, Judge Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court by a 50-48 vote in the Senate, almost strictly along party lines. Marked by allegations of sexual assault and sustained...

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Microbiologist Amy Cheng Vollmer on Similarities Between Bacteria and Teenagers

Isaac H. Clothier Jr. Professor of Biology Amy Cheng Vollmer was recently a guest on Key Conversations, a podcast from the Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Society that features dialogues with PBK Visiting Scholars.

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New Book from Sociologist Daniel Laurison Explores the 'Class Ceiling'

In his new book, The Class Ceiling: Why it Pays to Be Privileged, Assistant Professor of Sociology Daniel Laurison '99 investigates the ambiguities of meritocracy in white-collar workers' salaries in...

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