Academics News
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Meandering Minneapolis
By making a cultural atlas, students explore the untold stories of our twin city.
Microbiology in the Idea Lab
Students visit Macalester's Idea Lab to create pathogens in their Microbiology class.
How to Debut a Symphony
The Macalester Orchestra teamed up with music professor and composer Victoria Malawey for an experience she called "absolutely exhilarating."
Student Life News
First Thursday Fall 2020
This year, the featured speaker was Professor Anthony Jack, a sociologist and author of "The Privileged Poor."
Thriving in Place
The Macalester Athletics Department is exploring new ways of keeping student-athletes connected.
Neighborhood Pantry
Macalester's pilot Little Free Pantry, a response to a request put forth by the Black Liberation Affairs Committee (BLAC), will be an open place for community members to take and leave non-perishable foods.
Collaborating for Change
Macalester's Black Lives Matter chapter (BLMatMac) formed at the end of the May, coordinating a donation drive in early June.
Senior Remarks: Melisa Peresian Letayian
Melisa Peresian Letayian was one of two speakers chosen for Macalester's Commencement in May.
A Message to our Davis United World College Scholars
Congratulations to the Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2020!
Dear Old Macalester
Members of the community sing this traditional Macalester song.
Unfiltered: Spring 2020
Each semester, we ask several students from the Class of 2023 five simple questions.
Hatching Sustainable Plans
Macalester's EcoHouse is home to four students committed to sustainability and four chickens.
Internships News
Early-Stage Entrepreneurship
Each summer through MacNest, 10 students learn what it's like to work at an emerging company.
Risk and Reward
Maddy Kennard structures her internship at a start-up in downtown Minneapolis, just seven miles from campus.
Interning at the Minnesota Department of Health
Three miles from campus, Jack analyzes food recovery and commuter trends at the Minnesota Department of Health.
St. Paul Storyteller
As an intern with the St. Paul Neighborhood Network, Mai Moua Thao ‘22 helped produce documentaries about the local community.
Cleaning Up Industry
Jose Perez '22 spent his summer interning with the Guatemalan Center of Cleaner Production.
Serving with the Red Crescent
For her summer internship, Karinna Gerhardt ‘20 is working with the Red Crescent on public health campaigns in Jordan.
Empowering Women in Palestine
Donia Kraishi '21 is spending the summer working on two projects for the United Nations.
Foreign Service
Alexander Young Williams ‘20 is getting a taste of government life this summer through his internship at the U.S. Embassy in Benin.
Capitol Internship A Bus Ride Away
Ximena Silva-Avila found her internship with Senator Torres Ray easy to get to and full of life lessons.
Alumni News
You Said: Summer 2020
What words of wisdom have you relied on this year?
Testing Out
Effective immediately, Macalester won’t require applicants to submit ACT or SAT scores to be considered for admission.
A Space to GLOW
For two alumnae, separate graduate school projects grew into a show exploring queer youth identities.
The Fight to Elect More Women
A century after women got the right to vote, Kristin Hayden ’92 wants to make parity in politics a reality.
Honoring Alumni
This year’s Alumni Award recipients made a mark on their communities and their classmates.
Change in Plans
How alumni are responding to the pandemic—and looking ahead.
“It Is Purely a Fiction of Adulthood That We Don’t See Color”
Keon West '06 on why children need to know about racism.
“The Time to Act is Now”
Professor Duchess Harris on how historic events shape contemporary race relations.
Lecture Notes: Our Microbiome Jungle
What’s happening in the gut’s outrageously diverse ecosystem?
College Newswire
Mathematics Professor Tom Halverson receives Thomas Jefferson Award
Dr. Halverson "embodies all the attributes that make Macalester special: He is a distinguished scholar and teacher, a beloved mentor, and a devoted campus citizen."
Six tenure-track professors join Macalester this fall
The faculty members represent a broad range of disciplines.
Two Macalester faculty members awarded grants to develop community partnerships through civic engagement courses
Macalester College faculty members Teresa Mesa and Joëlle Vitiello have been selected as Mellon Periclean Faculty Leaders (PFLs) in the Humanities.
2020 Commencement Address by Marlon James
Read and watch video of the full Macalester Commencement 2020 speech by Marlon James.
Geology professor’s rare fossil discovery in Madagascar featured in scientific journal Nature
The paper details the discovery of a new mammalian fossil in the Mahajanga Basin in Madagascar.
Macalester Senior Awarded Watson Fellowship
Each of the 47 recipients from this year’s class of Watson Fellows receives a one-year grant of $36,000 to pursue original projects outside the United States.
Erik Larson, Sociology, Receives Jack and Marty Rossmann Excellence in Teaching Award
Afifa Benwahoud Receives the Staff Outstanding Service Award
Macalester College adopts test-optional admissions policy
Macalester College will no longer require prospective students to submit SAT or ACT scores to be considered for admission.