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  • Film Screening on record-breaking cycling journey for International Peace Day, Q&A with Lynn Salvo ‘71

    Join us in celebrating International Peace Day on October 7 with a special screening of Pearls of Peace (2026), a documentary following alumni Lynn Salvo ‘71 on her extraordinary record-setting journey cycling 4,300 miles through 12 European countries campaigning for peace.  When: Wednesday, October 7, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Where: Martin Hall, room 028 (Google map location) at Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081 Lynn Salvo ‘71 is a four-time Guinness World Record holder—the oldest woman to cycle across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Salvo embarks on cross-continent bicycle journeys to honor her brother John Thomas West, an Air…

  • 2026 PCS Graduation Reception

    Come celebrate our graduating seniors with us at 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 23, 2026 in Parrish W237! We’re so proud of all they’ve accomplished and can’t wait to see what they do next.

  • Honoring Dr. Ellen Ross

    As we wrap up the semester, PCS would like to welcome the college community to a special retirement celebration for Dr. Ellen Ross. Please join us in Singer Hall 316 from 4.30 to 6pm on Friday, May 8, 2026 to honor her distinguished career and many contributions as the Howard M. and Charles F. Jenkins Professor of Quakerism and Peace Studies.

  • 2026 Rose Public Health Lecture with Dr. Arthur Kleinman

    It is our great pleasure to host Dr. Arthur Kleinman of Harvard University for the 2026 Rose Public Health Lecture. Please join us at 4:30 pm Tuesday, April 21, 2026 in Science Center 101, where Dr. Kleinman will reflect on five decades of meaning-centered medical anthropology at Harvard and why this approach to human experience remains vital today.