Dean of Admissions explains how Swarthmore recruits and enrolls students while sustaining its test-optional policy amid national debates over standardized testing.
In this special Final Exams edition of Swat Says, students discuss their plans for winter break, reveal their most dreaded upcoming finals, and share their thoughts on the Swarthmore Marriage Pact.
Nayla Punjabi '26 shares her experiences at Middlebury's Experiential Learning Conference, where herself and two other Swarthmore students learned about systems mapping, a technique which encourages a holistic and strategic approach to problem-solving.
Genine Collins ’27 is a force to be reckoned with in the pool. On Nov. 8, the junior swimmer broke Swarthmore and Centennial Conference records in the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.25, beating out her previous 23.30 school record. For
Track and Field: On Friday, Dec 10., Swarthmore track and field traveled to Lancaster, PA, to compete in the Diplomat Open hosted by Franklin & Marshall College. The Garnet were one of fifteen colleges represented in the indoor meet, the first of
The National Hockey League’s (NHL) opening day was Oct. 7 this season. As you may know, the NHL sucks the last ounce of consumerism out of sports fans by making their season span six months of 82 games per team. In the
Recently, I have been conscientious of presence. The way one holds themselves. The way one walks with purpose. The way one eats alone in the glowing sunlight. Before college, I thought if one was by themself, it meant that they were lonely.
The second in a series of conversations with alumni, Sara Sargent ’07 is currently a senior executive editor at Penguin Random House. Like last week’s Grace Dignazio ’22, she’s pursued a career around writing, though the dates and details differ slightly …
Sleep is a mystery. Despite decades of research, scientists have hardly begun to uncover its physiological function. We know that staying awake for prolonged periods of time -- the record [...]
Last Monday, Professor David Mumford of Brown University gave a lecture titled "Discovering the same things in two such different ways – Indian and Western Calculus." This was the first [...]
According to Charlie Decker '09, the 2006-07 Movie Committee chair, "movie committee’s role is mainly to organize and facilitate screenings of films on campus." [...]
As David Mumford, Professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University, was setting up his laptop before Tuesday afternoon's lecture entitled "What's an Infinite Dimensional Manifold, and How Can It be Used in Hospitals?", Professor Walter Stromquist remarked that "infinite dimensional manifold" is
The discussions about last year's chalkings were lengthy and at times painful, but it looks like we actually learned some lessons from it. So far, the chalkings have taken important [...]