Swarthmore College

09/04/2026

The Class of 2030 is officially putting down roots a Swarthmore 🌱💚

09/02/2026

By the numbers: the Class of 2030

436 first-year students from 46 states, D.C., Puerto Rico and 46 countries. The farthest journey to campus? Malaysia. The most adventurous? Nearly 2,000 miles by bike from Colorado. And behind all those numbers are students who are already making an impact in their communities and beyond.

Read the full story at the link in our comments.

09/02/2026

And just like that, campus is buzzing again. 📚

09/01/2026

Assistant Professor of Classics Kyle Mahoney was recently awarded a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in the School of Historical Studies for the 2026–27 academic year.

The fellowship will give Mahoney the opportunity to dive deeper into his research and exchange ideas with scholars from around the world. He'll be working on a book exploring toponymy and topography in the ancient Peloponnese, with a particular focus upon the place names attached to mountains.

He’ll also be joining a community with an incredible history. Past IAS faculty include Albert Einstein, Robert MacPherson ’66, and J. Robert Oppenheimer.

08/30/2026

What a first week! So many new memories, traditions and special moments shared with our incoming class. Welcome to Swarthmore! We're so glad you're here.

08/26/2026

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch August 30 at 7:26 a.m. EDT from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, honoring Swarthmore alumna Nancy Grace Roman ’46 H'76. The observatory will search for thousands of exoplanets, investigate dark energy and map the universe on scales never before possible.

Ahead of the launch, join the Astro Society tomorrow, Aug. 27, at 8 p.m. for a free public webinar celebrating Roman’s life and legacy, featuring a conversation moderated by Dr. France Córdova. Learn more & register: bit.ly/nancygraceroman

08/25/2026

Move-in day is underway and we're so excited to welcome our newest first-year and transfer students to campus! 💛 Welcome to Swarthmore, Class of 2030!

08/24/2026

Registration is now open for Garnet Weekend 2026! 🎉 Join us on campus October 30–31 as we bring together Swatties, families, alumni, and friends for a weekend celebrating the people, traditions, and community that make Swarthmore special.

https://www.swarthmore.edu/garnet-weekend-2026

08/24/2026

From Colorado to Swarthmore by bike. Incoming first-year Finn Fremstad has spent the past month cycling nearly 2,000 miles from his home in Fort Collins to campus, through heat waves and torrential storms. Read more about his journey to Swarthmore.

Finn Fremstad has spent nearly a month traversing the country by bike as he makes his way to college move-in.

08/20/2026

Assistant Professor of Engineering Will Johnson recently published a paper in Nature Machine Intelligence entitled "Impact-resistant autonomous robots inspired by tensegrity architecture."

Full story in comments below.

08/17/2026

The fall semester is nearly here, and we're feeling a bit nostalgic.

Alums, do you still have the plant you received during Swarthmore's plant giveaway? If so, we want to see it!

Share a photo in the comments, or email us at [email protected], and tell us how long you've had your plant. We'd love to see how much it's grown over the years! 🌿

08/13/2026

Summer reading goals: crushed. 📚 Swarthmore staff read over 462,000 pages and listened to more than 6,500 hours of audiobooks this summer.

The Libraries celebrated with a summer reading party and some well-deserved awards. 🏆

08/11/2026

The Swarthmore College Athletic Department was celebrated as the 2026 Team IMPACT Division III Campus of the Year, announced by the organization at its annual summit in Boston last month. The Garnet were one of three campuses recognized for their fellows' outstanding efforts to foster a culture of belonging, advocacy, and impact throughout the past year.

The Swarthmore College Athletic Department was celebrated as the 2026 Team IMPACT Division III Campus of the Year, announced by the organization at its annual summit in Boston last month.