SwatTank is the premier event for entrepreneurial Swatties looking to develop their project ideas and work to refine them towards fully-fledged ventures.This annual innovation competition organized by the Center for Innovation and Leadership sees groups of students go head-to-head to convince a
For first year students, moving onto campus can be as disorienting and difficult as it is enthralling and exciting. While most first years undergo this transition in the Fall with a cohort of other students, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many international
Last year, the college extended the ongoing spring break when COVID became a pandemic and the entire country shut down for quarantine. This year, many colleges in the U.S. had no spring break at all. At Swarthmore, this year’s spring break was
Aside from making national headlines for being the main online application that colleges are turning towards during the COVID-19 outbreak, Zoom has received much media attention for its privacy and security issues. As was reported by multiple major news outlets, one of
Spring semester to be completed online with credit/no credit While Swarthmore classes had previously been scheduled to move online until April 3, President Valerie Smith sent out an email on March 17 sharing the administration’s decision that all classes will remain online
On Wednesday, March 11, President Valerie Smith sent an email to Swarthmore’s “covid19” listserv detailing the college’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including information for faculty, staff, and students. Colleges and universities across the country have increasingly been taking preventative measures to
