Explore Stories

"I am really the person I am today at age 86 mainly due to my Swarthmore background," says Sylvia Hand Pott ’52. 

He gave me something completely priceless, a meeting of the minds in a realm where time and worldly concerns and death itself have no meaning, the realm of mathematics.

In 2014, Taylor Tai ’15 spearheaded the creation of a student-led beekeeping class.

Mai Schwartz ’10 discusses beekeeping at Bartram’s Garden in Philadelphia.

In fall 2014, Susanne Weil '80 spent five weeks teaching beekeeping to farmers in Kenya.

Ellie Bly Sutter ’66 volunteers weekly at a local jail. Here's why.

Honoring a friend.

Scientist Russell Dawson Fernald ’63 keeps exploring.

Splish, splash, Swarthmore!

Professors discuss co-teaching interdisciplinary courses.