Bryn Mawr Stories
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"In high school I volunteered at DOROT, where I interned this summer, and found a community that is still very close to my heart today. Seeing that Bryn Mawr had so many volunteer initiatives and similar clubs like Adopt-A-Grandparent drew me to the school and ultimately helped me to make my decision to attend Bryn Mawr."
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Fly-In Programs: Lantern Scholars
"A fly-in program allows you to experience the college environment in a way that a regular campus visit might not allow you."
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Tri-Co Philly: The Politics of the Creative Class in American Cities
Explore the social, economic, and political impacts associated with the sizeable influx of college graduates into many urban areas during the past decade.
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Tri-Co Philly: Literature in and of Philadelphia, 1682-1865
In this course, and in the city itself, we will examine literature written in and about Philadelphia before the Civil War, exploring how and why Philadelphians engaged questions of love, freedom and non-freedom.
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Tri-Co Philly: The Philadelphia Mosaic: Immigrant Communities in the City
This course explores the experiences and city-making strategies of immigrant communities in the Greater Philadelphia Area from roughly the late 19th century to the present day.
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Tri-Co Philly: Grassroots Economies: Creating Livelihoods in an Age of Urban Inequality
The aim of the course would be to examine the political and economic constraints generated by poverty and racial and class segregation in contemporary urban environments and how grassroots economic initiatives rooted in mutual aid often fill the gaps and provide alternative ways to meet needs and generate supportive community.
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Tri-Co Philly: History of Philadelphia Architecture and Urbanism
This course explores Philadelphia’s architectural and urban evolution over five centuries.
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Tri-Co Philly: Narrativity and Hip Hop
This course explores narrative and poetic forms and themes in hip-hop culture.
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Tri-Co Philly: History & Politics of Punishment: The School to Prison Pipeline
This inter-disciplinary upper-level seminar will explore the complex school policies, teacher instructional decisions, as well as historical, political, social, economic, cultural, and structural forces that have given rise to documented reality of the “school-to-prison pipeline.”
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Tri-Co Philly: Philadelphia’s Opioid Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Interventions Community Engagement and Social Responsibility
This course will draw on direct student engagement and the experience of community partners—including medical practitioners, harm reduction activists, politicians, journalists, people who use drugs, and affected communities—to interrogate the causes and consequences of drug overdose.
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Tri-Co Philly: Philadelphia and the 2024 Election
This course will cover, as the title suggests, the role of people and political organizations in Philadelphia in the 2024 Election as it is happening. We will work together to understand how people understand politics, and how political campaigns, PACs, and non-profit organizations work to persuade and mobilize potential voters.
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Tri-Co Philly: Narrativity and Hip Hop
This course explores narrative and poetic forms and themes in hip-hop culture in Philadelphia and beyond.
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Tri-Co Philly: Popular Music and Media
This team-taught interdisciplinary course investigates the histories, structures and cultural connections between popular music and other media in the city of Philadelphia.