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Luisa Parades '11 was a volunteer supervisor with Amigo de las Americas, an organization led by young people. -
Most of the Music Department has temporarily moved to new venues to accommodate the renovation and expansion of the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center. -
What’s the connection between an upstate New York dairy farm and a $3 million study of sustainable development in the Serengeti? -
Building on his Macalester research, senior John Allan probed galaxies with ASTRON. -
With her first novel, Nightshade, History Professor Andrea Cremer introduces a new fantasy female, and earns a spot on the New York Times bestseller list. -
Rachel Lucas-Thompson's research has tapped into two of the most controversial subjects in her discipline: maternal employment and marital conflict. -
Two members of Macalester’s swimming and diving teams were real standouts this year.

Mac Around the World
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Above: Curt Brown ’82 and Adele Brown ’82 met up with Karla Leon ’10 (center) recently in Karla’s
hometown of Quito, Ecuador, where they went to the top of the city’s Basilica together. The
Browns were Karla’s international host parents for three years.
On Planning and Prudence
Brian Rosenberg, the president of Macalester College, writes a regular column for Macalester Today. He can be reached at rosenberg@macalester.edu
From Religion to Restaurants.
A few years after graduating from college, I discovered that I’d become embarrassed to tell people I’d majored in religious studies.