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DNB First House of the Week: Restored Colonial on Corner Lot in Swarthmore Borough
A restored colonial, originally built in 1900, with five bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms is available for sale in Swarthmore. The center hall leads into a spacious formal living room with stone fireplace and sunroom overlooking the grounds. The large gourmet kitchen features state-of-the-art appliances, a large island with seating, and a small…
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DNB First House of the Week: Sundrenched Dutch Colonial in Swarthmore
A Dutch Colonial with six bedrooms and three full and one half bathrooms is available for sale in Swarthmore. Set on a 0.43-acre lot, this home features lovely architectural details throughout, as well as a number of improvements. It offers charm and character with plenty of room and privacy for the entire family. The home…
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Faith-Based Group to No Longer Give Sex-Ed Lectures at Strath Haven High School
The Wallingford-Swarthmore School District will no longer invite a faith-based group in Drexel Hill to give sex-ed lectures to students in health class at Strath Haven High School, after a senior alleged that its teachings were not factually accurate, writes Kathy Boccella for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Superintendent Lisa Palmer sent an e-mail to parents stating…
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Swarthmore College Student Was First U.S. Casualty of Spanish Civil War
Joseph Selligman, the Swarthmore College student who disappeared from campus to fight the fascist forces in Europe in 1936, was the first U.S. casualty of the Spanish Civil War, writes Mark Dixon for Main Line Today. Selligman enrolled at Swarthmore, where he majored in psychology and was the editor of the literary magazine The Manuscript.…
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Swarthmore College Grad Uses Neuroscience Research to Create Powerful Art Experiences
Dr. Tedi Asher, a graduate of Swarthmore College, is using neuroscience research to create powerful art experiences at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., writes Jackie Mansky for Smithsonian magazine. Asher joined PEM with the help of a Barr Foundation grant secured by museum director Dan Monroe. His goal was to improve the museum’s…
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Delco Democrats Elect Swarthmorean as New Leader
Longtime Swarthmore committeewoman Colleen Guiney has been selected to serve as the new leader of the Delaware County Democratic Party, writes Alex Rose for The Daily Times. Guiney was nominated by two men who were previously sparring for the job, incumbent party Chairman David Landau and union agent John Kane. “I’m so inspired,” said Guiney.…
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Swarthmore College One of The Nation’s Top 20 Hardest Schools to Get Into
Swarthmore College is among the nation’s Top 20 hardest schools to get into, writes Emily Rolen for PhillyVoice. The school checked in at No. 19 in a new report by Niche.com that ranked the hardest schools to get into this year. Niche used data from the U.S. Department of Education to rank the schools according…
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Swarthmore College Students Who Organized Sit-In Receive Audience with Administration
The Swarthmore College students who staged a sit-in at a dean’s office, demanding to be heard on what they say is the school’s mishandling of sexual abuse investigations, received an audience with the administration after nine days of protests, writes Vinny Vella for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The students are members of Organizing for Survivors, a…
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Swarthmore College Student Falls $1 Short in Semifinals of Jeopardy!
Swarthmore College sophomore Rebecca Rosenthal competed in the Jeopardy! College Championship that was filmed this spring in Culver City, Calif., and is now airing on ABC, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Delaware County News Network. Rosenthal advanced to the semifinals, where she lost by $1. Rosenthal had $21,800 going into Final Jeopardy! while her opponent…
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Former Swarthmore College President, Vice Chancellor at NYU in Abu Dhabi to Retire … Again
When he decided to retire from his position as president at Swarthmore College a decade ago, Al Bloom did not expect his retirement to be so short, writes Roberta Pennington for The National. In 2008, two days after announcing that he was stepping down after 18 years at the helm of Swarthmore, Bloom received a…
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NCAA Lacrosse Champions Visit Nick’s House in Swarthmore
The defending NCAA men’s lacrosse champions from the University of Maryland visited Nick’s House in Swarthmore ahead of their recent game with Villanova, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. The newly opened home for cancer patients and their families was envisioned by the late Nick Colleluori, a star lacrosse player at Ridley High School…
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Four Delco Municipalities Among 2018’s Best Places to Live in Pennsylvania
Four Delaware County municipalities rank among the Top 25 on 2018’s Best Places to Live in Pennsylvania, according to Niche.com. The rankings are based on data from a number of sources, including the U.S. Census, FBI, and Bureau of Labor Statistics. Key factors in the rankings include the level of education, cost of living, housing,…
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Swarthmore College Aims to Increase Community’s Engagement with Scott Arboretum
Swarthmore College is trying to increase the community’s engagement with Scott Arboretum, through the help of community outreach coordinator Sue McQueen, writes Willa Glickman for The Phoenix, Swarthmore College’s independent newspaper. The Arboretum, established in 1929, has flourished over the decades. In 1995, it was accredited by the American Association of Museums, an honor given…
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The Hottest Major at Swarthmore, Haverford, and Several Colleges Nationwide
Computer science has become one of the most popular majors at schools around the county, especially at Haverford College and Swarthmore College, writes Susan Snyder for the Philadelphia Inquirer. This year, more than 120 students at Swarthmore are either majoring in computer science or double-majoring in computer science and another subject. That makes computer science…
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Four Delco High Schools Among State’s Top 50 in Highest SAT Scores
Radnor High School ranks among Pennsylvania’s highest-scoring public high schools on the SAT, according to a report in the Philadelphia Business Journal. Radnor checked in at No. 4 with a Mean Total of 1,264 on the Evidence-Based Reading & Writing and Math sections of the test. Strath Haven also cracked the Top 10, ranking sixth…
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Swarthmore College Community at Forefront of Efforts to Shrink Prison System
The Swarthmore College community is at the forefront of efforts to shrink the nation’s prison system and offer greater opportunities for advancement and rehabilitation, writes Michael Agresta for the Swarthmore College Bulletin. Part of this is the legacy of the late H. Haines Turner, a Swarthmore professor who devoted his life to improving prison conditions.…
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Fintech Company in Swarthmore Raises $1.5 Million in Seed Round
LoanStar, a Swarthmore-based fintech company, has managed to raise $1.5 million in a seed round as it attempts to make its lending platform available to more community banks and credit unions, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Founded three years ago by CEO Andrew Turner and President Craig Haynes, LoanStar builds white-label technology…
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