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Despite the rain, Valerie Smith’s smile shone during her inauguration as Swarthmore’s 15th president. 

Swarthmore senior Sabrina Singh’s mother and sister were eating lunch when the ground trembled in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Shortly after Parrish Hall opened its doors on rolling farmland in 1869, nearby Philadelphia was busy enhancing its fledgling Fairmount Park with statuary.

Nearly a century later, Swarthmore began acquiring its own outdoor sculptures, coinciding with a resurgence of interest in the subject in Philadelphia. As the city passed a landmark law requiring a percentage of building budgets to support public art, large-scale, abstract sculptures proliferated.

Former Swarthmore Vice President Ken Landis '48 reflects on the college during (and after) wartime.

In September, 77 runners participated the 40th-annual students-versus-alumni cross-country match.

Alumni took a biology-themed trip through the Galapagos, led by Rachel Merz, professor of biology.

Alumni, students, and their families and friends made an impressive showing at the People's Climate March in New York City this summer.

The largest-ever Connections event brought alumni and families together for a train ride through West Chester, Pa.

Check out a photo gallery featuring some of the many events offered during the 2014 Garnet Family and Homecoming Weekend.

Washington, D.C., startup TechChange, founded by Nick Martin ’04, hosted a Swattie Summer Gathering in mid-July.