As the world becomes increasingly dependent on technology and educational policymakers continue to push for STEM education in American schools, the balance and nature of humanities and natural science courses at Swarthmore are changing. A Daily Gazette article published earlier this month
Seventeen current students and alumni shared personal memories about the events of the spring of 2013 on Saturday. A group that calls itself the “Specters of Discontent” hosted the event at the Matchbox and drew a crowd of around 50 people. The
The Swarthmore Organization of Low-Income Students held its first open meeting of the semester this week, inviting students of all socioeconomic backgrounds to participate in a discussion on how class is perceived at the college. Doubling as its first open meeting and
Last week, The Israel-Palestine Programming Committee (IPPC) kicked off its first event on the relationship between Israel and Palestine with a panel of five Jewish students who shared stories about their personal relationships with Israel. “We wanted to start with people, from
Swarthmore students are more likely to report frequent depression and frequent feelings of being overwhelmed, and are less likely to report higher than average emotional health than the national average, according to a recent Phoenix survey. The Higher Education Research Institute at
Last month, the Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Managers deliberated the state of on-campus religious and spiritual life, and the importance of enhancing it. Dean of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Development Lili Rodriguez, Religious and Spiritual Life Advisor Joyce Tompkins,
Of the 180 tenure and tenure-track faculty positions at the college, 45 percent are occupied by women and 36 percent are occupied by individuals who identify as members of racial and ethnic minority groups. Of the 75 female tenure and tenure-track faculty
Valerie Smith, dean of the college at Princeton University, was named the 15th president of Swarthmore College and introduced to the community in Eldridge Commons on Saturday. She will assume office on July 1 as the first Black president of the College,
Student Government Organization Presidents Jason Heo ’15 and Sun Park ’16 sent an e-mail to the student body last week responding to concerns raised by the Native American Student Association. The group objected to a poster created by SGO depicting a fictional
On Friday, over 50 Swarthmore students joined hundreds across the nation and around the world in pledging direct action to urge institutions to divest from fossil fuels as part of Global Divestment Day. Swarthmore students partook in Mountain Justice’s launch of the