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Robin Wall Kimmerer Speaks On The Honorable Harvest, Reciprocity and Sustainable Futures

On April 1, 2024, renowned author and doctor of plant ecology Robin Wall Kimmerer came to Swarthmore to speak about Indigenous knowledge, ecology, and honorable harvest practices. Kimmerer, who is most well-known for her 2013 book “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge,

April 4, 2024

Features·News

Professor of Biology Vince Formica on Evolutionary Biology, Swatties, and the Circus

Professor Vince Formica is an associate professor and the current department chair of biology. He specializes in studying evolution and animal social behaviors as well as the intersection between the two. He explores such themes in his research and in the courses

March 30, 2023

Highlights·News

Cooper Series Events on HeLa Cells Emphasize Importance of Bioethics, Honoring Henrietta Lacks’s Legacy

Henrietta Lacks, a Black mother of five who passed away in 1951 at 31, has saved more lives than nearly anyone in history. She has helped eradicate polio, create the HPV vaccine, and discover that humans have 46 — not 48 —

November 4, 2021

News

Phi Beta Kappa Speaker Encourages Optimism in Climate Discussion

Last Thursday, Richard B. Alley, a professor of Geosciences at Penn State University, came to Swarthmore to provide a more optimistic look at climate issues. A crowd of a few dozen students and faculty gathered in Sci 101 to listen to Professor

September 19, 2019

News

College Announces Early Acceptance Medical Program With Jefferson University

Swarthmore College is known for having an overall medical school acceptance rate well above the national average of 41 percent — 48 percent higher, according to the Health Science Office — yet the school is now offering an alternative route to those

November 29, 2018

Arts & Features·Columnists

Research Spotlight: Ameet Soni – Computational Biology and Machine Learning

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

February 9, 2018

News

BEP phase one comes to a close

On the northwest corner of campus, construction for the new Biology, Engineering, and Psychology building persists as the fall semester comes to an end. Since enrollment has risen for the biology, engineering, and psychology departments, BEP is being built to provide these

November 30, 2017

Columnists·Features

Research Spotlight: Kathy Siwicki and Neurobiology (Part II)

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

November 28, 2017

Columnists·Features

Research Spotlight: Kathy Siwicki and Neurobiology (Part I)

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

November 27, 2017

News

Bio Professor Siwicki cited in Nobel prize-winning research

A research paper on the gene regulating the circadian rhythm that Professor of Biology Kathy Siwicki worked with a team on a research project about the gene regulating the circadian rhythm. On Oct. 2, this research won the Nobel Prize. The paper,

October 26, 2017

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Robin Wall Kimmerer Speaks On The Honorable Harvest, Reciprocity and Sustainable Futures

Professor of Biology Vince Formica on Evolutionary Biology, Swatties, and the Circus

Cooper Series Events on HeLa Cells Emphasize Importance of Bioethics, Honoring Henrietta Lacks’s Legacy

Phi Beta Kappa Speaker Encourages Optimism in Climate Discussion

College Announces Early Acceptance Medical Program With Jefferson University

Research Spotlight: Ameet Soni – Computational Biology and Machine Learning

BEP phase one comes to a close

Research Spotlight: Kathy Siwicki and Neurobiology (Part II)

Research Spotlight: Kathy Siwicki and Neurobiology (Part I)

Bio Professor Siwicki cited in Nobel prize-winning research

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