Farha Ghannam, Associate Professor of Anthropology, went on leave last year to pursue her fieldwork in Egypt, where she has been examining attitudes toward the body. “I was very interested [...]
History Professor Stephen Bensch began the spring Faculty Lecture Series with his talk this Wednesday. Bensch, a specialist in Medieval Europe and the Near East and the coordinator of the [...]
Mikio Akagi '08 is teaching three other students in a philosophy course entitled “Empiricism and Language in Twentieth-Century Analytic Philosophy” (PHIL 089S) this spring. The objective of the course is [...]
On Wednesday evening, Swarthmore’s celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day culminated in a keynote address by George Lakey, the Lang Visiting Professor of Social Issues. Since his involvement in [...]
During the weeks immediately before and after winter break, the student-run organization SHIP (Serving the Homeless In Philadelphia) will be collecting used clothing and blankets to bring to a shelter [...]
This Friday at 8:00 pm, Swarthmore’s illustrious sketch comedy group, Boy Meets Tractor, will be having a show in Science Center 101. As Madalyn Baldanzi ’08 noted in an email, [...]
As the weather cools down, some students are already suffering from chilly dorm rooms, while others are growing uncomfortably warm. Just how does the heating work?
Many college students, even the not-so-artistically-inclined, have adorned their notebook pages with doodles at one time or another [...]
On Tuesday evening, acclaimed novelist and Swarthmore graduate Christopher Castellani ’94 treated listeners to a tantalizing preview of his forthcoming novel. Castellani, the author of “A Kiss from Maddalena” (2003) [...]