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Erin Brownlee Dell Named Chief of Staff and Secretary of the College
Category: Staff Spotlight![Erin Brownlee Dell](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/brownlee-dell-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=2ZbFkyX1)
21 Perspectives on the 2021-22 Academic Year
Category: Common Good![Students sit in circle on outdoor lawn](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/newclass-main.jpg.webp?itok=FXEvRAdx)
On the Campus Fair...
Category: Campus Beauty![Student hold plants outdoors](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/plant-thumb-2.jpg.webp?itok=MP3plTVU)
Swarthmore Begins Classes, Welcomes Class of 2025
Category: Liberal Arts![Students spell out "2025" standing outside](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/2025-class-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=pyMiPOc7)
In Honor of Emeritus Mathematics Professor Steve Maurer '67
Category: In Memoriam![Steven Maurer](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/stevemaurer-main-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=HU_LLqrE)
Political Scientist Dominic Tierney Examines the Past, Present, and Future of Afghanistan
Category: Faculty Spotlight![Dominic Tierney](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/tierney-small_0.jpg.webp?itok=i13FNdLX)
Stories of Summer Research
Category: Faculty-Student Collaboration![Students convene in lab setting](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/fera-lab-main-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=E-k-0RHa)
Sorelle Friedler ’04 Joins White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Category: Alumni Spotlight![Person standing in front of building and tree outside](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/friedler-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=qNF7Odru)
In Honor of James Hormel ’55, H’09
Category: In Memory![James Hormel '55](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/181130_IC073_0.JPG.webp?itok=n3LgOV8t)
Five Swarthmore Students Receive Mellon Mays Fellowships
Category: Community of Scholars![Atinuke Lardner](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/Lardner-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=xqftOHkm)
Chester Children’s Chorus Is Hitting the High Notes (Again)
Category: Meaningful Opportunities![Person stands in outdoor amphitheater conducting choir](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/chester-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=QY8HCn5I)
Lang Center to Partner with Campus Compact on National Engaged Scholars Initiative
Category: Engaged Scholarship![Salvador Rangel](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/rangel-thumb_0.jpg.webp?itok=ucQjiR8j)
Life-Changing Courses: Pedagogy and Power: An Introduction to Education
Category: Meaningful Opportunities![Red graphic with white text reading "Life Changing Courses"](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/LifeChangingCourses_Pedagogy-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=9X3P-PAF)
$5 Million Gift to Help Fund Geoexchange Plant Inside New Dining and Community Commons
Category: sustainability![DCC Rendering](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/Southern%20Elevation_1.jpg.webp?itok=YvoGA9t_)
Swarthmore and the Summer Olympics
Category: Athletics + Wellness![rolf valtin](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/1Rolfinside.jpeg.webp?itok=3RRKoP6E)
Life-Changing Courses: Berliner Talks
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Beth Glassman Named Vice President for Human Resources
Category: Staff Spotlight![BethGlassman](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/BethGlassman_0.jpg.webp?itok=xpgj6MkY)
Life-Changing Courses: Acting I
Category: Meaningful Opportunities![Graphic that reads "Acting 1" on red background](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/LifeChanging_Acting1-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=mLU8G_cE)
10 Students Selected for President’s Sustainability Research Fellowship
Category: sustainability![JULIANA LIN](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/lin-thumb-2.png.webp?itok=X-A69cc0)