The Wrong Cure Aug 5, 2009
Barry Schwartz is a professor of psychology at Swarthmore College. Kenneth Sharpe is a professor of political science at Swarthmore. (Slate)
Refund Anticipation Loans Take Hit Some See as Fatal Aug 4, 2009
John Caskey, an economics professor at Swarthmore College, agreed that the drop in demand for the loans is partly a result of a "big push by nonprofit groups as well as state and federal agencies" to educate consumers and provide free tax services. That push has also generated public relations headaches for the big tax-preparation companies, which "have received a lot of criticism," Caskey said. (American Banker)
Tweeting, texting render avid users 'present yet absent' Aug 3, 2009
Technology results in what psychologist Kenneth Gergen, a senior research professor at Swarthmore College, calls "absent presence": others are present, via a virtual connective thread, even though they're physically absent. It works the other way, too: You're at dinner, for example, and your partner disappears from the present moment by thumbing away under the tablecloth. (USA Today -- Life)
Missing Harvard hiker is found in Ecuador Jul 21, 2009
Newman, 19, attends Swarthmore College and Cesena, 18, goes to Stanford. Beth Karlan, a surgeon and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, said, I just had to believe that she was a smart kid that has an extra dose of common sense but also an extra dose of adventure. (Boston Globe)
* Breaking reliance on expensive textbooks Jul 19, 2009
In the fall of 2003, two US students at Swarthmore College posted on the schools network internal memorandums from Diebold as reference for a discussion on electronic voting machines. The college removed the documents from the Web site upon receiving a cease-and-desist order from Diebold, a manufacturer of online voting machines. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
BACKSTAGE: Old Globe's Dark Tresnjak resigns Jul 16, 2009
Tresnjak's multi-award-winning Globe productions have included numerous Shakespeare plays (some of my favorites were "Pericles," "Titus Andronicus" and "The Winter's Tale"), along with "The Women," "The Pleasure of His Company" and "Bell, Book and Candle." Born in the former Yugoslavia, Tresjnak immigrated to the U.S. as a young boy and holds degrees from Swarthmore College and Columbia University. Outside of his Globe directorial duties, he taught at UC San Diego and has directed for the Royal... (North County Times)
Hanna M. Hastings, 78; was a housemaster at Harvard Jul 15, 2009
Mrs. Hastings attended Sidwell Friends School in Washington and graduated from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania in 1951 with a degree in history. She then did graduate work at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. (Boston Globe)
The Next Michael Jackson? Nobody Jul 13, 2009
"It isn't just that Michael Jackson was the last superstar because he was one of the last people to benefit from an unfragmented media," says Timothy Burke, a cultural historian at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. "He may also have been one of the last people who could surprise us with a stunning innovation where we didn't have that sense already of being so jaded by the ubiquity of spectacularly good entertainment. That someone could just leap on the stage and do this thing, and you could... (ABC News)
Wertheimer appointed Jaharis Family Chair at Tufts Family Medicine Jul 8, 2009
She earned a bachelor s degree from Swarthmore College and graduated from Boston University School of Medicine. The mission of Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) is to promote human health. (Somerville Journal, MA)
John H. Vogel; executive shared his banking expertise Jun 27, 2009
Mr. Vogel was awarded a scholarship to Swarthmore College, but turned it down so he could help support his family during the Depression. He began his business career at Meinhard and Co. in New York, where he worked as a messenger. (Boston Globe)
Paul Williams benefit: Help for music writer Jun 26, 2009
Williams started Crawdaddy in January 1966, when he was 17, living in a Swarthmore College dorm. The publication preceded rock magazines that were influenced by it, such as Rolling Stone and Creem. (San Francisco Chronicle)
More of this story Jun 25, 2009
It's a long way from Swarthmore College just outside of Philadelphia to Cut Bank ... She attends Swarthmore College near Philadelphia ... Miller will be a senior at Swarthmore College this fall and will be the senior captain of the swim team there this school year, too. (Cut Bank Pioneer Press - Golden Triangle, MT)
Awards and plans of CHS graduates Jun 16, 2009
Jennifer Johnson: Swarthmore College; National McCabe Scholar, Greater Rotary Club of Corvallis math Scholarship, Dale sina Trout Tuition Scholarship, Oregon Council for the Humanities Young Scholar (2007), Model United Nations, OSAA Scholar Athlete, National Honor Society. Devlin Junker: Oregon State University. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
A one-wheel show: Resident rediscovers mountain unicycling Jun 16, 2009
He lost touch with it a little bit during his four years at Swarthmore College, but looks forward to reconnecting with old friends this fall at Unicon, an international competition in New Zealand. I m hoping to get back in shape over the summer, Plotkin-Swing said. (Concord Journal, MA)
Brookline High grad wins Fulbright Scholarship May 25, 2009
Miranda Weinberg of Brookline, a graduating linguistics major from Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pa. has been named a Fulbright Scholar. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Oglethorpe president takes hands-on approach to sell college, city May 25, 2009
and most recently employed as vice president of Pennsylvania s top-drawer Swarthmore College is a historian who has studied liberal arts colleges. Most of them were founded on the frontier and remain in rural areas or the suburbs, he said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Messiah pair each take second at national championships May 24, 2009
91 set at the Swarthmore College Last Chance Meet just two weeks earlier. On Saturday, Roach stayed step for step with eventual national champion Emmanuel Bofa (Whitworth University), as the tandem turned the championship into a two-man race: Bofa was able to outkick Roach at the very end, turning in a Don Drumm Stadium record 1:48. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
More Choice Is Not Better In Search Engine Use May 12, 2009
Researchers Antti Oulasvirta and Janne Hukkinen at HIIT, Finland and Barry Schwartz at Swarthmore College, USA, ran an experiment where 24 participants did normal information search tasks with Google. Half of the trials were done with 24 items on a page, and the rest with 6 items on a page. (Science Daily)
Gunman reported in Swarthmore dorm May 8, 2009
A 22-year-old female student at the private Philadelphia-area college told police the man threatened her on Monday night (Somerset Daily American, PA)
'Senioritis' May 8, 2009
Robin Mamlet is former dean of admissions at Stanford University, Swarthmore College and Sarah Lawrence College. She is now with Witt/Kieffer, an executive search firm for the non-profit/education sector. (USA Today)
Neighbors, colleagues shocked May 3, 2009
He got a bachelor s degree from Swarthmore College in 1974 and a Ph. D. from the University of Michigan in 1981. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Trying to piece it all together - somehow: The Accused May 3, 2009
Locander knew little of Zinkhan's life before he graduated from prestigious Swarthmore College in 1974, where his classmates included people who are now CEOs of major corporations and Alberto Mora, the former Counsel General of the U.S. Navy who opposed the torture tactics U.S. interrogators used in Guantanamo Bay. "In the years that I saw him, he didn't show a dark side," Locander said. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Missing professor's car found in ravine May 2, 2009
He has a doctorate from the University of Michigan and graduated from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania in 1974. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Cops: Georgia Professor Forced Jeep Into Ravine May 2, 2009
He has a doctorate from the University of Michigan and graduated from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania in 1974. The shooting victims were members of Town & Gown Players, which was staging a performance of "Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure" at the theater. (Fox News)
Wanted Ga. prof’s vehicle found wrecked in ravine May 2, 2009
Daily American Online - Wanted Ga. prof s vehicle found wrecked in ravine. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Greenberg Traurig Expands Silicon Valley Office With Addition of Thomas Klein May 2, 2009
He received his J.D. from the University of Chicago School of Law and his B.A. in Economics from Swarthmore College. About Greenberg Traurig. (PR Newswire)
Three dead in shooting at theater Apr 28, 2009
He received his master s degree in 1979 and his doctorate in 1981 from Michigan after graduating with a degree in English literature from Swarthmore College in 1974. Zinkhan wrote several books and edited the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Sciences from 2003 to 2006. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Family seemed happy Apr 28, 2009
He graduated in 1974 from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and, after earning his doctorate from the University of Michigan, taught at the universities of Pittsburgh and Houston before joining the UGA faculty in 1994. Georgia students had mixed opinions of their professor, who was relieved of his duties following Saturday s murders. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Suspect in shooting seemed distant Apr 28, 2009
He graduated from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania in 1974 with a degree in English literature and went to the University of Michigan, where he got a business degree in 1979 and a doctorate in marketing in 1981. His curriculum vitae, posted on the business school's Web site, is 40 pages long and details a prolific academic career spread over more than 30 years. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
MIND Reviews: The Linguists Apr 18, 2009
In an effort to record the most endangered languages before they disappear, Swarthmore College ethnographer David Harrison and linguist Greg Anderson of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages in Salem, Ore. embarked on a journey around the world. (Scientific American)
Recession Alters College Admission Process Apr 6, 2009
Jim Bock, the dean of admissions of Swarthmore College, who is anxious to find out how many of the more than 950 students they accepted will enroll next year ... Jim Bock, the dean of admissions at Swarthmore College, said that in the past, one out of 10 parents would ask about financial aid - and now at least half do. (CBS News)
Torture at the Occoquan Workhousea Dark Episode in Lorton’s Past Apr 2, 2009
Lucy Burns had attended Vassar College and Yale University, and Alice Paul had attended Swarthmore College and earned her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. All those arrested had their clothes taken from them and were forced to wear coarse clothing with no undergarments. (South County Chronicle, VA)
India will now have say in Afghanistan, courtesy Obama Apr 2, 2009
Previously she directed the South Asia Program at the US Institute of Peace, was an associate professor of political science at Swarthmore College, and headed the international strategic studies unit at the national institute for advanced studies in Bangalore. Text. (India Times, India)
Change Of Lighting Could Drastically Reduce Bird Death By Collision With Communication Towers Mar 21, 2009
19, 2001) Despite the impulse to rebuild, the size of skyscrapers such as the World Trade Center Towers makes them attractive targets to terrorists, says a Swarthmore College professor. According to physics. (Science Daily)
Spring's blooming shrubs offer color, fragrance Mar 20, 2009
I still remember the first time I met Corylopsis pauciflora, Buttercup Winterhazel at the Scott Arboretum on the Swarthmore College campus. Years later this shrub still charms me in late winter to early spring with its fragrant pale yellow bell-shaped flowers hanging from bare branches. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Jacobs-Waldman (59) Mar 16, 2009
and the late Morton Jacobs and Lillian and Hy Zalenko, earned her bachelor s degree from Swarthmore College and her MBA from Columbia University. She is a director of strategy and planning at The McGraw-Hill Companies in New York City. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Why setting goals can backfire Mar 15, 2009
Barry Schwartz, a social psychologist at Swarthmore College who has studied decision making, found that subjects paid money to complete a slightly confusing task were significantly worse at figuring out the rules, even after completing it, than those who had received no reward. One seminal economics study even argued that the difficulty of finding a cab on a rainy day can be blamed on the personal goals of cabbies. (Boston Globe)
Georgetown dean named MacArthur Foundation president Mar 11, 2009
He also has taught at Swarthmore College, Johns Hopkins University and the National War College. Mr. Fantons departure is within the foundation policy, put in place in 2001, limiting the terms of trustees, officers and program staff. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Williams Is Among Top Eight Liberal-Arts Colleges Hit by Application Drop Mar 10, 2009
Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, ranked third-best among liberal-arts institutions by U.S. News and World Report, drew 10 percent fewer applicants than last year, according to Jim Bock, dean of admissions. Fifth-ranked Middlebury College in Vermont is experiencing a 12 percent applications decline, , dean of admissions, said in an interview. (Bloomberg)
What Happens When a Language Dies? Feb 27, 2009
In India, the latter is it most pressing, according to David Harrison, a linguistics professor at Pennsylvania's Swarthmore College and a member of the a joint initiative of the National Geographic Society and the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages in Oregon. Enduring Voices works with local communities around the world to document and help prevent languages from becoming extinct. (National Geographic)
Chopp first female to head Swarthmore College Feb 23, 2009
Colgate University President Rebecca Chopp will be Swarthmore College s first female president when she takes over at the Pennsylvania school July 1. Chopp, president of Colgate since 2002, was selected by Swarthmore s board of managers on Saturday. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
Swarthmore names female president Feb 23, 2009
- Swarthmore College has named Rebecca Chopp as its new president, making her the first woman to hold the position in the elite liberal-arts school's 145-year history. Chopp, president of Colgate University since 2002, was selected by Swarthmore's board of managers on Saturday. (Boston Globe)
Swarthmore College Names New President Feb 22, 2009
Rebecca S. Chopp, distinguished scholar and author and current president of Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., has been selected as the 14th president of Swarthmore College ... Swarthmore, PA -- Rebecca S. Chopp, distinguished scholar and author and current president of Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., has been selected as the 14th president of Swarthmore College ... About Swarthmore College Located near Philadelphia, is a highly selective liberal arts college whose mission combines... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Spence shines again Feb 8, 2009
The Dickinson College mens swim team suffered a 119-86 setback in the season finale at Swarthmore College on Saturday. The men slip to 6-3 overall and 3-3 in the Centennial Conference. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
