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C4 Students Protest Covanta Incinerator in Media

The country’s largest trash incinerator is only four miles away from Swarthmore. On March 16, Chester City residents and students in the…

March 24, 2022
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Engaged Scholarship Evolves in Response to Pandemic

    The COVID-19 pandemic has forced all professors to rethink their curriculum and adapt to remote learning. This transition, however, is particularly…

September 23, 2020
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Lang Scholar Opportunity Project Brings Design Thinking to Chester

Omri Gal ’20 plays on the varsity men’s soccer player, is a Lang scholar, has given guest lectures at Stanford University’s d.school,…

November 7, 2019
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Historic Election Opportunity for Delaware County Democrats

Delaware County will be holding elections on Tuesday, November 5th for three open seats on County Council. Members of the County Council…

October 24, 2019
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New Student-Run Volunteer Org Connects Students with DelCo

Volunteer Council of Delaware County (VCDC) co-directors Yi Wei ’21, Maleyah Peterson ’21, and Terence Thomas ’21 founded the group in Fall…

February 21, 2019
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Sustainability and Zero Waste: Swarthmore at a Glance

On Friday, Oct. 21,  the Zero Waste Working Group held their annual Waste Characterization Study, where bins of gray, green, and blue…

October 4, 2018
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Power and Pedagogy in the Chester-Upland School District: A Conversation with Tommy Bothwell ’20

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall…

April 3, 2018
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“Inside Out” program brings students and coursework into local prison

On Wednesday afternoon, in the Visitors’ Room of the nearby the Chester State Correctional Institute, Professor of Political Science Keith Reeves oversaw…

April 29, 2016
Arts

Blueprints screens a new side of Chester

This past Tuesday, the college’s Project Blueprints program hosted a film screening in LPAC Cinema to showcase the short film projects created…

April 28, 2016
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Documenting Oral Histories of Ruth L. Bennett

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall…

April 4, 2016
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