On Thursday, April 10, Joshua Hausman ’05, associate professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan, delivered a talk on how the markets for cars and houses influenced the United States macroeconomy in the 1920s and 1930s. The talk
On Monday, Nov. 18, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis at the U.S. Treasury Greg Leiserson ’06 delivered a talk on the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), parts of which are set to expire in 2025. The talk was part
An article on Tiffany Hammond’s talk, given before this interview, can be found here. Milan Tenn: In your talk, you mentioned intersectionality and the way in which various aspects of one’s identity can lead to unique forms of discrimination, unique forms of
On Tuesday, April 16, author and advocate Tiffany Hammond delivered a talk on neurodiversity and its relationship to race. She drew on her own experience as an autistic Black adult and a mother of children with autism to create a holistic understanding
On Friday, Feb. 16, Swarthmore students took part in the annual tradition of Ninjagrams. The tradition allows students to pre-purchase cards and chocolates to be delivered by students acting as ninjas for the day, weaving in and out of buildings to ambush
Starting on the evening of Dec. 7, Swarthmore’s Jewish community celebrated the festival of Hanukkah for eight days and eight nights. Kehilah and Chabad, two Swarthmore Jewish student groups, both held events and festivities for Jewish students on campus. Kehilah hosted celebrations
On Saturday, Nov. 18, Assistant Political Science Professor Jonny Thakkar hosted a Night Owls event on pacifism with Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies Sa’ed Atshan. Night Owls is a philosophical discussion forum started at Swarthmore by Thakkar this semester. At the
The Student Budgeting Committee (SBC) implemented funding cuts for student clubs after requests for the Fall 2023 semester equaled about 75 percent of the total SBC budget for the 2023-24 academic year. The cuts come after long-standing fiscal constraints in the 2022-2023