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Toward Anticolonial Futures in the Sciences at Swarthmore pt. 2

Editors’ note: This is the second of two parts of a larger article. The first part was published in the March 27 issue of The Phoenix. At Swarthmore, a select few professors like Ben Geller and David Cohen make efforts to bring

April 3, 2025

Campus Journal

Observation Night on February 3

On Feb. 2, everyone in a physics or astronomy class at Swarthmore received an email from the department’s administrative coordinator promoting an event hosted by the Society of Physics Students (SPS). This event was one of several observation nights hosted throughout the

February 16, 2023

Arts·Highlights

Counting Stars: Images of the Deep Sky Above Swarthmore College

In March of this year, the Swarthmore Physics Society (SPS) bought a new telescope for astrophotography, using it to take pictures of galaxies and nebulae. Led by Wilber Dominguez ’22, Simon Ji ’23, and Caleb Scott-Joseph ’24, and under the guidance of

October 6, 2022

Opinion

Why Everyone Should Go Stargazing, From a Non-Astronomy Student

In what might be my favorite piece of Korean literature, Jo Changin writes: “Look up at the sky ten times a day. A day you have not looked at the sky at least ten times is a day poorly lived.” And what

September 22, 2022

Arts & Features

Research Spotlight: Tristan Smith and Gravitational Waves

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. This is

October 5, 2017

Around Campus·Around Higher Education·News

Contrary to national trends, astro includes women

Students and faculty at Swarthmore find the college’s astronomy department to be a notable exception to the national trend of sexual harassment and gender discrimination. The college has a history of being more inclusive of women relative to other institutions around the

February 11, 2016

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Toward Anticolonial Futures in the Sciences at Swarthmore pt. 2

Observation Night on February 3

Counting Stars: Images of the Deep Sky Above Swarthmore College

Why Everyone Should Go Stargazing, From a Non-Astronomy Student

Research Spotlight: Tristan Smith and Gravitational Waves

Contrary to national trends, astro includes women

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