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 …
To the Phoenix: To the students and faculty colleagues who have reached out to me in solidarity about USAID (United States Agency for International Development), where I was chief economist in 2014 and 2015: thank you. It is hard to overstate the
Ta-Nehisi Coates, acclaimed author, journalist, and activist, commenced the spring ’25 semester “Global Justice: Historical Present, Imagined Futures” series with a reading and conversation at Swarthmore College on Monday, Feb. 10, attracting an estimated 600 attendees to Pearson Hall Theater in the
On Feb. 5, Keziah Ridgeway and Maura Finkelstein — educators suspended and fired, respectively, after controversies surrounding their pro-Palestine speech — visited Swarthmore. Ridgeway, a Philadelphia high school history teacher, and Finkelstein, formerly an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Muhlenberg College, discussed
When it became certain that the Philadelphia Eagles would win Super Bowl LIX on Sunday night, many Swarthmore community members celebrated with a rush to Broad Street, a cheer in staff living rooms or student dorms, or a plan for merch to
On Nov. 15, 2024, Swarthmore College announced its plan to reduce Scope 3 emissions as part of its “To Zero By Thirty-Five (20X35)” initiative to become a carbon-neutral campus by 2035. In line with the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, the college classifies
2/7: Men’s Track and Field at the FastTrack National Invitational Men’s Track and Field traveled to Staten Island, NY to compete in the FastTrack National Invitation this past Friday. Robert Mirabello ’25 earned eighth overall in the 5000m run and fell a
Although cliché, some professors at Swarthmore make an impression in the way they lecture, while others do so in the way they inherently challenge you to your core, creating mental chasms through your body and mind. But few weave their lived experience
On Wednesday, Feb. 5, Philip Jefferson, current Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and former Centennial Professor of Economics at Swarthmore, visited campus to lecture on noninflationary economic expansions’ impact on shared prosperity. Earlier in the day, Jefferson had
Musa Al-Gharbi, author of “We Have Never Been Woke,” spoke with Swarthmore students on Feb. 8 about the rise of wokeness and how it has not resulted in significant material change by elites. The talk, moderated by Swarthmore political science professor Jonny