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Microbiologist Amy Vollmer Named Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology
Category: Faculty News![Isaac H. Clothier Jr. Professor of Biology Amy Cheng Vollmer](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/171214_volmer_c%20copy.jpg.webp?itok=D42-vqI6)
Watch: Students Explore Opportunities in Silicon Valley and San Francisco
![Jason Jin '20](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/jasonjin_thumb.jpg.webp?itok=JmICUIyd)
Listen: MacArthur "Genius" Njideka Akunyili Crosby '04 Navigates Two Worlds Through Paintings
![Njideka Akunyili Crosby '04](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/Akunyili-Crosby_2017_profile-240_0.jpg.webp?itok=fL54Jhq8)
Statistician Lynne Steuerle Schofield '99 Helps Shed New Light on Mortality Data
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Swarthmore to Commemorate Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
![Amanda Kemp](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/Dr.-Amanda-Kemp-bio1.jpg.webp?itok=kuVx4Isy)
Listen: Rick Valelly ’75 on "The Cold War Construction of A Heterosexual State in America"
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Jacqueline Morgen Nager '13 Provides Comfort and Care Through Circus Arts
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Lifelong Learning at Swarthmore Announces New Courses for Spring Semester
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Listen: Marc J. Hetherington on "Will Republicans and Democrats Always Hate Each?"
![Marc J. Hetherington](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/hetherington-marc.jpg.webp?itok=hagJJ51_)
Listen: Sari Altschuler '01 on Literature and Health in the Early United States
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Swarthmore Among Kiplinger's Best College Values
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Watch: Holiday Greetings from President Valerie Smith
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Swarthmore Receives Construction Excellence Award for Whittier Hall
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Physicist Mike Brown and the Search for an Eternal Energy Source
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New Class of Lang Opportunity Scholars Announced for 2020
![Aayushi Dangol '20](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/Aayushi%20headshot.jpeg.webp?itok=jmfRd4L2)
Lecturer Mary Ann Klassen Honored by American Association of Physics Teachers
Category: Faculty News![Mary Ann Klassen](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/Mary-Ann-Klassen_web_1.jpg.webp?itok=GMRYbvjf)
Overcoming Barriers to Higher Education
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Healthcare Data Analyst Ben Raphel ’09 to Appear on Jeopardy!
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Summer Scholar Elizabeth Flores '19 Honored for Biology Research
Category: Student / Faculty Collaboration![Elizabeth Flores '19](/sites/default/files/styles/web_optimized/public/assets/images/news-events/150727_scholars_a%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=iEa8Da3S)