stem – The Phoenix

How We Talk About the Humanities

February 7, 2019March 28, 2019 James Sutton 1 Comment humanities, opinions, stem

The humanities — defined as the “big four” of English, languages, philosophy, and history — are in decline. Intellectuals and

October 4, 2018October 3, 2018 Bess Markel 0 Comment CS, diversity, econ, gender gap, stem, women

According to a Swarthmore Institutional Research compilation of the class of 2018, four different popular majors have a disproportionate amount

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 Giorgia Piantanida 0 Comment Australia, stem, study abroad

It’s September of 2018, and I am officially a junior at Swat. I feel a little queasy just seeing that

March 8, 2018 Sydney Covitz 0 Comment coding, computer science, inclusion, neurodiveristy, stem

If Swarthmore’s computer science core curriculum has taught me anything — other than some Python, C, and C++ —it is

November 30, 2017 Trina Paul 0 Comment biology, construction, engineering, psychology, stem

On the northwest corner of campus, construction for the new Biology, Engineering, and Psychology building persists as the fall semester

I do not pretend to be a film critic, but what I do know is that “Hidden Figures” is the

February 16, 2017 Evangela Shread 0 Comment computer science, enrollment, honors, major, stem

Sam Evans ’17 had intended on pursuing computer science as a potential major. However, each of the four times he

April 14, 2016 Susan Gonzalez 5 Comments bio, stem, swarthmore

The biology department feels like a family. This is something that resonates with my peers in Bio 2 as we

March 3, 2016 Aydan Prime 0 Comment computer science, stem, wics, women

We’ve all heard the statistics: women are pretty drastically underrepresented in STEM fields, particularly those of computer science and engineering.

February 18, 2016 Marina Martinez 0 Comment biochem, research, stem, student profile

This week, I talked to Meghann Kasal ’17, who does research with Professor Stephen Miller in the biochemistry department.