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Tri-Co Philly: Philadelphia the Global City: The Italian Legacy across Time

Fall 2025

This course investigates the history and evolution of Philadelphia as a globalized and multi-ethnic city, using as a case study for this analysis the impact and legacy of transnational Italian culture across the centuries.

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Students looking at Climate Justice Mural

Tri-Co Philly: Heat and Health: Design Action Lab

Fall 2025

This transdisciplinary and community-engaged course focuses on challenges of responding to extreme heat in Philadelphia. Site visits, guest speakers, readings, and community-driven research will deepen students鈥 understanding of the intertwined social, economic, health, and environmental challenges facing Philadelphia in a warming world.

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Tri-Co Philly: Contemporary Art & Film in Philadelphia

Fall 2025

This course will explore the vibrant contemporary art world of the city of Philadelphia鈥攁 city uniquely positioned to attract artists with its many top-tier fine art schools, world-class museums, relatively affordable living and studio spaces, and thriving network of artist-run galleries and exhibition spaces.

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Fiona Shen '27, Nada Elshafey '26, Anna Nguyen '25, Emma Dermansky '27, and Isbah Ameer '26 stand for a photo with Ann Doley, seated.
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Digital Scholarship Summer Fellows help preserve Germantown history

by Cameron Boucher, Educational and Scholarly Technology Assistant

Not only did I improve my digital skills, but I learned about project management, time management, and communication and presentation skills.

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360掳: Perspectives on Sustainability

Disasters and Rebuilding in Japan

We invite students to study the history of disaster rebuilding and the impact of the built environment on art and literature as part of broader networks of interactions both in East Asia and the West.

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360掳: The Transforming Legacy of Oil

This 360掳 combines courses from Growth and Structure of Cities, Economics, and History to assess how oil has affected our built environment as well as local and global economies.

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360掳: Changing Education

Changing Education, the first 360掳 offering at 黑料社区, is inspired by the College's 125th anniversary in 2010-11.

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360掳: Contemporary Cuban Culture and Society in a Global Context

This cluster brings together students and faculty to understand a country whose past and future are bound up deeply with the United States and the rest of Latin America even as it has charted very different courses within contemporary history and social policy.

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Molly Seavy-Nesper 鈥12

Molly Seavy-Nesper 鈥12

Alumnae/i

She describes the College as 鈥渁 gift of four years where I could focus on myself and my friendships and my academic interests. 鈥 So by the time that I was out in the 鈥榬eal world,鈥 I was already fully formed, and I wasn't going to change because of patriarchy.鈥

Molly's Story