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Swarthmore College Grad Chris Edley Influenced Presidents and Transformed a Law School
Chris Edley, a Swarthmore College graduate, made a huge impact as dean at the UC Berkeley School of Law, and held White House positions under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, writes Mallika Seshadri for EdSource. Edley died May 10, according to a message released Friday by the current UC Berkeley Law Dean, Erwin Chemerinsky.…
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Popular Pastry Pants Bakery Has New Shop in Center of Swarthmore
If you’re in need of a Portuguese Custard Tart and you happen to be In Swarthmore, there’s a pastry shop that can take care of you. Pastry Pants Bakery had a grand re-opening as a new shop with specialty pastries in Swarthmore Sunday, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. Previously, it was a home-based…
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Remembering Swarthmore Biology Professor Elizabeth Vallen
A Swarthmore College professor, researcher and former department chair is being remembered for creating science education programs for younger students and for mentoring college students and faculty. Elizabeth A. Vallen died April 10 at age 59, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “She challenged and supported [students] so that they achieved more than they…
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Swarthmore Native Jim Pappas Is Back on the Cheesesteak Trail
Jim Pappas is a good judge of cheesesteaks. And no wonder. He’s visited more than 1,000 cheesesteak shops in the Philadelphia region, writes Ali Mohsen for Billy Penn. Pappas, who grew up in Swarthmore, made it his mission to visit and consume 1,000 cheesesteaks, then review his Philadelphia Cheesesteak Adventure experience online. He’s received media…
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Swarthmore Professor Explains Why School Funding System in Pennsylvania Is Unconstitutional, but Difficult to Change
A new book written by Roseann Liu, a visiting professor in Asian American Studies and Education Studies at Swarthmore College, shines the light on the deficiencies in Pennsylvania’s school funding, writes Nate File for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia and other predominantly Black and brown districts throughout the state receive less funding than the predominantly white…
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Swarthmore Theater Professor, Actor Lee Devin Remembered
Lee Devin has given 32 years of his theatrical expertise to Swarthmore College, helping the Department of Theater “become an essential part of Swarthmore’s humanities curriculum,” according to a former colleague. Mr. Devin, a professor emeritus of theater, actor, playwright, and author, died March 19 at 85, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Lee…
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Swarthmore Professor’s Book Looks at the Philadelphia Irish
A book by Swarthmore College sociology professor Dr. Michael L. Mullan takes a look at how the Philadelphia Irish American community grew in the region from its origins in the 1890s. The Philadelphia Irish: Nation, Culture, and the Rise of a Gaelic Public Sphere, published by Rutgers University Press, looks at the Gaelic public sphere…
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Swarthmore College Is Playing Shogi, a Japanese Version of Chess
Swarthmore College has what is believed to be the longest-running college-based shogi club in the country, writes Matt Leon for KYW Newsradio. Shogi is a unique form of Japanese chess. There is a king, and the game is still won by checkmating your opponent. But there the similarities to regular chess end. The board is…
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Swarthmore Fintech LoanStar Technologies Is Growing so Fast, It’s Raised $28M for a Hiring Spree
LoanStar Technologies, founded in 2016, has been growing 100 percent year-over-year, and now it plans to accelerate sales with a hiring program. The Swarthmore fintech has raised nearly $28 million to expand its headcount, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. LoanStar Technologies is a financial software company that has created 250 different financing…
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New Chef-Owner John Hearn Expands Village Vine Taste Offerings
The intimate wine bistro Village Vine in Swarthmore has had a change in ownership, and that has turned it into an all-purpose restaurant open for brunch and dinner, writes food critic Craig LaBan for The Philadelphia Inquirer. It’s also made possible an amazing house-made apple dumpling serviced with salted caramel cremeux. The bistro, which opened…
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Swarthmore Professor Talks About the Discovery of a Super-Earth
NASA has discovered a new planet—a super-Earth 137 light-years away. Dubbed TOI-715b, it’s one-and-a-half times larger than Earth, reports the podcast Studio 2 on WHYY. Scientists think it could support life since it lies in a habitable zone, just the right distance from its star, to possibly have liquid water. Eric Jensen, Professor of Astronomy…
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Swarthmore Inventor of ‘Big’ Piano in Trademark War With FAO Schwarz
Remo Saraceni, the inventor of the giant floor piano featured in the movie “Big,” has been fighting FAO Schwarz over a trademark infringement for over a year now, writes Ximena Conde for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Saraceni is accusing the new owners of FAO Schwarz of selling a “confusingly similar imitation of the “Big Piano” made…
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Swarthmore Graduate Celebrates a New York Chinatown Wedding
Swarthmore College graduate Dominic Sonkowsky, now an urban planner, and Harry Trinh, head of creative at the nonprofit Welcome to Chinatown wanted their shared heritage to be part of their wedding, so they invited guests to a special New York Chinatown nuptial celebration. Guests experienced events throughout Chinatown, from a tea ceremony to a Cantonese…
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Gentrification Is Making a Historically Black Neighborhood in Swarthmore Disappear
A historically Black Neighborhood has been in Swarthmore for more than a century, but now its identity and history are being erased as gentrification prices out longtime residents, writes Zane Irwin for WHYY. Houses in the three-by-two block area that was home to Swarthmore’s only majority-Black neighborhood are mostly owned by whites these days, with…
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Swarthmore College Students Help Create House of the Living Greenhouse
A greenhouse project involving Swarthmore College students, the EMIR Healing Center, and Farmer Jawn is helping families who have lost loved ones to gun violence, writes Christie Ileto for 6abc. The 1,400-square-foot greenhouse in Montgomery County is referred to as a House of the Living. Each glass panel is a picture telling a story of…
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Swarthmore College Students Embraced Circus Acts and Clowns
Philadelphia is a national center for circus acts and clowns. America’s first circus building opened at 12th and Market streets, with its first performance April 3, 1793. President George Washington himself attended a performance later in the season. One group that explored the possibility of circus performance locally was a group of Swarthmore College students,…
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Swarthmore Filmmaker Raises Awareness of Philadelphia’s Homeless Crisis
Dennis Jeantet of Swarthmore and John Giordano of South Philadelphia are shining a spotlight on Philadelphia’s growing homelessness crisis with their new comedy film, “Another Man’s Trash,” writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. A debut screening is scheduled Sept. 15 at the City Life Church in Philadelphia. Jeantet is a 1998 graduate of Ridley…
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Find Your Summer Harvest at the Swarthmore Co-Op
Summer is a great time to use a local co-op or CSA where you can receive a regular stream of locally-grown produce from farms to table, writes Rachel Spurlockfor Main Line Today. Though a co-op and a CSA both offer access to fresh produce, as do farmer’s markets, there is a difference between them. A…
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