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�Ա���Ƶ President Rebecca Chopp today announced that she will become president of Swarthmore College effective July 1, 2009. Chopp has been president of �Ա���Ƶ since July of 2002.

Combining wit, humor, and a willingness to say exactly what he’s thinking, Dick Gregory spoke Tuesday night in Love Auditorium as the Brothers keynote speaker for Black History Month. A well-known political activist, comedian, author, and personal nutrition advocate, Gregory talked  about “the world according to Dick,” challenging students to think while continually making them […]

As students, with paintbrushes in their hands, looked at blank canvases, members of the �Ա���Ƶ Christian Fellowship (CCF) asked, “Where do you see beauty in the world?” and “How do humans contribute to or detract from that beauty?” The 24 participants in the Open Canvas event, sponsored by CCF, were invited to reflect on those […]

It was one of the most enduring social experiments of the Communist era: since the revolution of 1917, Russian families from various backgrounds have lived together in urban communal apartments. �Ա���Ƶ professors Alice Nakhimovsky and  Nancy Ries, with colleagues from around the world, have created an online museum to systematically document this unique lifestyle through […]

Interested in learning a new language? If so, you may want to choose a teacher who talks with their hands. A study conducted by �Ա���Ƶ Associate Professor of Psychology Spencer Kelly and two �Ա���Ƶ undergraduate researchers, Tara McDevitt ’06 and Megan Esch ’07, reveals that people understand and remember foreign words better when a […]

This tax season, through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, �Ա���Ƶ student are expected to help return $1.5 million dollars to more than 1,000 local tax filers. “Last year, we passed the million-dollar mark. We’re on track to top that, putting a significant amount of money in the pockets of those who need it […]

�Ա���Ƶ’s celebration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth kicked off Tuesday with a lecture about one of the naturalist’s legacies – the study of biodiversity – and a warning that the home for a vast array of plant and animal species is threatened. The university has several events this week to honor Darwin, […]

The National Teach-In provided a forum for professors and students to have a dialogue about global warming. The conversation was geared not only toward promoting awareness, but to propose actions that individuals and the campus as a whole can take to combat climate change. Robert Turner, professor of economics and environmental studies, and Ian Helfant, […]