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English Professor James Dawes shares his experience about interviewing Japanese war criminals, who were responsible for some of the greatest atrocities of the 20th century. "We never get the chance to talk to the perpetrators," says Dawes, who wrote That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity. "They agreed to talk to me because they're sorry." Here, he talks about that experience.

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May 2004

Macalester Receives Gifts Valued at Over $7 Million [more]

April 2004

Federal Judge David Tatel and Choral Director Dale Warland to Receive Honorary Degrees at Macalester's 115th Commencement - Saturday, May 15. [more]

Macalester College Inaugurates its 16th President and Celebrates its 130th Anniversary [details]

Macalester Students Perform in Twin Cities Premiere of New Musical about United Auto Workers [details]

Annual Johnson Memorial Endowed Lecture on "Spirituality and Higher Learning" at Macalester, Friday, April 30, 2004 [details]

Mitau Lecture on "Black-White Relations in Europe and the Americas" [details]

Macalester College Theater and Dance Department Presents Brecht's "Mother Courage and Her Children" April 22-24 and April 30- May 1, 2004 [details]

World Press Institute Fosters International Programs [details]

Macalester Professor's Book about Genghis Khan on New York Times Best-Sellers List Sunday, April 11, 2004 [details]

Composer and Department Chair to Give Inaugural Lecture Featuring her Music, 3 p.m., Sunday, April 18, 2004 [details]

March 2004

Macalester Hosts MN State Geographic Bee Friday, April 2 101 Fourth - Eighth Graders Vie to go to Nationals in May [details]

Fukushima Kodály Choir of Japan to Perform at Macalester [details]

Instructional Technologists from Liberal Arts Colleges to Meet at Macalester March 18 - 20, 2004 [details]

Macalester to Honor Rabbi Bernard Solomon Raskas, April 1 Jewish Historian to talk about 350 Years of Jewish Life in America [details]

Noted Environmentalist to Speak at Macalester Tuesday, March 30, 2004 [details]

Noted Economist to speak at Macalester [details]

February 2004

Macalester College Theater and Dance Department Presents "Mud, River, Stone" by Lynn Nottage [more]

Fifth Annual African American Studies Conference at Macalester Fifty Years Since Brown v. Board of Education: Where Are We Now?
Photographer and Macalester Alumnus Flip Schulke to Receive Honorary Degree [more]

Kids Celebrate Geography at Annual Minnesota State Geographers' Fair - Feb. 7 [more]

Symposium at Macalester College Explores The Future of Central Asia, Feb. 5 & 6 [more]

January 2004

Macalester College Music Department to Present Multicultural Chamber Music Concerts [more]

Macalester's African Music Ensemble to Perform Concert Series for K - 12th Graders Jan. 13 - 15, and Jan. 20 - 22, 2004 [more]

December 2003

Macalester Student Named Rhodes Scholar [more]

Senior Executive at United Health Group Named to Macalester's Board [more]

Senior Consultant for Marketing Research Firm Named to Macalester's Board [more]

VP Business Development of Netherlands based US Company Named to Macalester Board [more]

Neuroscience Fair for Kids at Macalester December 6 [more]

November 2003

Macalester Faculty Member Honored at Hendrix College [more]

Macalester College Music Faculty Receive ASCAP Awards [more]

Wisconsin Native Awarded Fellowship to Explore Ministry [more]

Nevada, Mo., Native Awarded Fellowship to Explore Ministry [more]

The Macalester Theater and Dance Department presents The Rover [more]

Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education at Macalester Receives Two Grants from the National Geographic Society [more]

October 2003

Macalester's Tenth Annual International Roundtable Explores the Challenges Among African, American and Middle Eastern Perspectives October 9 - 11 [more]

Macalester College Presents The Family (re)Union Project An Inquiry into "Family" and "Values" [more]

September 2003

2003 Václav Havel Civil Society Symposium Features Internationally Renowned Political Theorist [more]

Sweet Honey in the Rock Founder to Speak at Macalester [more]

Israeli Peace Now Leader to Speak at Macalester [more]

August 2003

Macalester Ranks 25th [more]

Beckman Foundation Selects Macalester as a 2003 Institutional Award Recipient [more]

July 2003

Macalester Receives $800,000 Grant From Mellon Foundation [more]

June 2003

WISCONSIN NATIVE AWARDED THOMAS R. PICKERING UNDERGRADUATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS FELLOWSHIP {more}

MAURNEE, OHIO, NATIVE AWARDED FULBRIGHT RESEARCH GRANT AND TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP TO AUSTRIA {more}

EAU CLAIRE, WIS., NATIVE AWARDED FULBRIGHT FULL GRANT TO COLUMBIA {more}

SILVER SPRING, MD, NATIVE AWARDED MELLON FELLOWSHIP IN HUMANISTIC STUDIES {more}