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- Fossil hunters told: Dig deeper
- Dinosaur hunters of the world, grab your picks and hammers! You've barely scratched the surface, according to a study published yesterday by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and Swarthmore College. A sophisticated statistical analysis suggests paleontologists have unearthed fewer than one-third of the various kinds of dinosaurs to be...
- Research articles 2006-09-05
- The Bible as Blueprint for Earth's Recovery: Book by Swarthmore Professor Mark Wallace Makes Biblical Argument for Environmental Protection.
- Byline: Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa., Apr. 1 AScribe Newswire -- The mounting degradation of the earth's primary life-support ecosystems endangers the existence of future generations, according to a team of international business people and scientists working on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. In a...
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- Marxist-Lessigism
- AT SWARTHMORE COLLEGE, the crowd is mostly students, and maybe a few professors and interested outsiders. It's a typical turnout for a public lecture by a well-known law professor. But there is something different and a little odd about this group. Swarthmore doesn't have a law school, so the audience...
- Research articles 2004-11-01
- Harvard Graduate School of Education - On The Move - Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot - Brief Article
- DR. SARA LAWRENCE-LIGHTFOOT, author and professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has been named board chair of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Lawrence-Lightfoot earned a bachelor's from Swarthmore College and a doctorate from Harvard University.
- Research articles 2002-02-28
- What did you know? When? - crimes under Communism - Editorial
- A student at Swarthmore College sends around a notice from the college bulletin board. It serves as a stake in the heart of memory, reminding us that the philosopher was right when he said that just as there are no permanent defeats, so there are no permanent victories. The student...
- Research articles 1995-07-31
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- On Warren Court's 50th Anniversary, Its Legacy Is Threatened, Says Swarthmore College Supreme Court Scholar.
- Byline: Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa., Sept. 22 AScribe Newswire -- The Warren Court remains one of the most influential courts of the 20th century, but its legacy is threatened, says a Swarthmore College Supreme Court scholar. "For civil rights and civil liberties decisions, it...
- Research articles 2003-09-22
- Swarthmore College Political Scientist Calls Voter ID Laws 'Democratic Emergency,' Joins Amicus Brief to Challenge Proposed Legislation.
- Byline: Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa., Nov. 15 AScribe Newswire -- Swarthmore College political science professor Richard Valelly '75 joined a group of leading scholars of race, class, and politics in America in signing an amicus brief submitted to the Supreme Court this week to...
- Research articles 2007-11-15
- Expert: Religion and the 2004 Presidential Election.
- Byline: Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa., Sept. 20 AScribe Newswire -- Several issues that could affect the outcome of the presidential election hinge at least in part on religion, says Swarthmore College Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion Amy Lorion, who studies Christianity in American society....
- Research articles 2004-09-20
- Author: Rosa Parks 'Would Not Be Moved'; Swarthmore Visiting Professor Herbert Kohl Publishes New Book on Parks.
- Byline: Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa., Oct. 25 AScribe Newswire -- Before Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery in 1955, others had refused to give up their seats on the city's buses, says Herbert Kohl, author of a new book on Parks and her legacy....
- Research articles 2005-10-25
- Scoring a College Athletic Scholarship
- College athletic scholarships are less generous and harder-to-get than you think. Consider the Long Odds Goal: Be realistic about where your kid can play college sports. ...
- Articles 2009-06-02
- A sort of memoir. (reminiscence of attending Swarthmore College with Michael S. Dukakis)
- Philip Green is Sophia Smith Professor of Government at Smith College, and author of Retrieving Democracy: In Search of Civic Equality (Rowman & Allanheld). The overall picture the left has of Gov. Michael Dukakis is one of cautious tolerance at best; but...
- Research articles 1987-08-29
- Most dinosaurs have yet to be discovered.(NEWS WATCH)(University of Pennsylvania's Peter Dodson and Steve Wang)(Brief article)
- Despite the popular exhibits in the world's natural history museums, most dinosaurs that existed remain unaccounted for, according to Swarthmore College statistician Steve Wang. But based on historic discovery trends, Wang estimates that 75 percent of those currently still unknown will be discovered in the next...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Richard J. Restrepo, 82, retired professor at St. Joseph's University
- Richard J. Restrepo, 82, a retired professor of Spanish at St. Joseph's University, died Jan. 17 from heart failure at Riddle Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Mr. Restrepo, a longtime Swarthmore resident, was born and raised in West Philadelphia to a German mother and Colombian father. He graduated...
- Research articles 2006-01-26
- New Phila. Fed choice makes a statement about Bernanke
- The Federal Reserve under Chairman Ben S. Bernanke isn't afraid of strong and outspoken opinions, judging by reaction to today's selection of Charles I. Plosser to head the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The appointment of Plosser, a member of the influential Shadow Open Market Committee, which critiques Fed...
- Research articles 2006-06-06
- An activist will head Phila. Fed
- The Federal Reserve under Chairman Ben S. Bernanke isn't afraid of strong and outspoken opinions, judging by reaction to yesterday's selection of Charles I. Plosser to head the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The appointment of Plosser, a member of the influential Shadow Open Market Committee, which critiques Fed...
- Research articles 2006-06-07
- A side trip to the stars
- PHYSICS Miguel F. Morales Title: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Institute for Theory and Computation, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Education: Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz; B.A., Physics, Swarthmore College Age: 33 Dr. Miguel Morales says there was always a distant chance that he would end...
- Research articles 2006-01-12
- '55 school killer: A life taken, lived
- At Swarthmore College on Jan. 11, 1955, Bob Bechtel shot and killed a fellow student, Francis Holmes Strozier. One bullet, from a .22-caliber rifle, in the head.Five years later, Bechtel was at Susquehanna University, pursuing a degree in psychology.Fifty years later, in 2005, filmmaker Macky Alston trained a camera on...
- Research articles 2007-04-13
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