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  • CIL@SF trip to meet Swarthmore alums in Silicon Valley

    CIL@SF 2.0 = CIL@SF trip + supplemental course to   PEAC049: Be the Change! Social Entrepreneurship Principles in Practice  Please note that this supplemental course is open to all students.  While students enrolled in “PEAC049: Be the change! Principles in Practice” are encouraged to apply, it is not compulsory as part of the PEAC049 requirement, nor will places be reserved.  …

  • Social Innovation Lab opens at Lang Center, aims to branch out (Phoenix)

    Congratulations to Prof. Denise Crossan and her students!   From The Phoenix 3 March 2018 By Abby Young Social Innovation Lab opens at Lang Center, aims to branch out In January 2017, the Social Innovation Lab at the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility was created by visiting Lang Center professor Denise Crossan. Its…

  • Visiting Lang Professor Denise Crossan Touts Social Entrepreneurship

    By Ryan Dougherty September 9th, 2015 Swarthmore College website Is social entrepreneurship an oxymoron? It has been for many philanthropists, who worry that building a business model will compromise their mission, and for businesspersons who deem the social part too “touchy feely.” But that’s changing, says Denise Crossan. “Increasingly, I have students and community members…

  • Fall 2015 Line-up of Peace & Conflict Studies Courses

    In addition to all of the excellent courses offered across campus that may be counted toward a minor in Peace and Conflicts Studies, our own program curriculum is expanding next year! PEAC 015. Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies In Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies, we learn that peace and conflict are not mutually…

  • Dr. Denise Crossan to join Peace and Conflict Studies Program as Lang Professor

    Dr. Denise Crossan to join Peace and Conflict Studies Program as Lang Professor

    The Peace and Conflict Studies program is thrilled to join the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility in welcoming a new colleague in Peace and Conflict Studies for the 2015-2016 academic year! Dr. Denise Crossan Lang Visiting Professor for Issues of Social Change 2015-2016 As the Lang Professor, Dr. Denise Crossan will engage with alumni,…

  • Nimesh Ghimire ‘15 Awarded Davis Project for Peace Grant to Establish ‘Peace Innovation Camp’ in Nepal

    Congratulations to Nimesh Ghimire ‘15 for winning a Davis Project for Peace Award.  Here is the organization’s press release: 106-year-old philanthropist renews Projects for Peace grants for college students  Swarthmore College Student Project to Provide a Wireless Internet Network and Runs a Week long ‘Peace Innovation Camp’ in Rural Nepal  MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – College students across…

  • Prof. Denise Crossan lecture on social entrepreneurship

    The Creative Destruction of Capitalism and the Rise of Social Entrepreneurship A lecture by Dr. Denise Crossan Assistant Professor in Social Entrepreneurship School of Business Trinity College Dublin Regional Director of the Swarthmore College Northern Ireland Semester Programme Monday, November 5, 2012 4:15 p.m. Science Center 101 Maps and directions to Swarthmore College An influential 2011…

  • THURSDAY Information Session: Northern Ireland Semester

    Interested in conflict and peacebuilding? Social entrepreneurship and sustainable organizing? Come learn about the Northern Ireland Semester, a study abroad program of Swarthmore College. We will hold an orientation session on Thursday, September 20th at 3:30 in SC145. Dr. Denise Crossan (Trinity College Dublin), our in-country supervisor and instructor, will join us via Skype. The…

  • One of our own, Theresa Williamson ’97, returns to talk about community development in Rio de Janeiro

    Theresa Williamson ’97 graduated with a minor in Peace and Conflict Studies, and she is coming back home to tell us about her work with Catalytic Communities, a development organization she founded and directs. Come to her talk on December 5 in the Scheuer Room. Catalytic Communities: Entrepreneurship in Community Development in Rio de Janeiro A…