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Recently, Nell Bang-Jensen ’11 was granted a Watson Fellowship for her proposed project, “Names Across Nations: How the Naming Process Reflects Cultural Identity.” Over the course of the next year, Bang-Jensen plans to travel to Zambia, Germany, Morocco, Indonesia, India, Ireland, and

This year's Tri-College Summer Institute will no longer be open to students from all three colleges, as announced recently by Dean of Students Liz Braun. The Institute focuses on conversations about race, gender, class, privilege and leadership; both Bryn Mawr and Haverford

Recently, Deivid Rojas ’11 was granted a Watson Fellowship to travel to Peru, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, and Turkey. The Fellowship was awarded for Rojas’ proposed project, which includes speaking with internally displaced persons about their situation and about the effectiveness of aid.

Photos from the last week: Sirkka Natti and Ben Starr's senior recital, the LAX conference, visiting lecturers, contra dancing, and more.

Photos from last weekend's production of Farfetched Fables by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Lars Jan.

A group of students presented a database Wednesday that archives different case studies of nonviolent resistance from around the world.

For the third annual GREENMarch, Earthlust is collaborating with other environment-focused groups on campus—Environmental Justice, Green Advisors, Mountain Justice, Good Food and Animal Advocates, and the Womyn’s Resource Center—to coordinate a variety of events.

While many of us have explored the floors of McCabe library, hunkered in the depths of its basement or talked with friends over coffee in the Reading Room, few know of the incredible breadth of McCabe’s holdings, from its historic archives to

Photos from the last week: Sixteen Feet and Mixed Company, former Taliban hostage David Rohde, the Spike clown party, OASIS, and more.

On Wednesday evening, Swarthmore was visited by economist Gary Burtless, who serves as the senior fellow of Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. He discussed the recent recession, the government’s response, and why the stimulus package was a lot more successful than