Academics News
Macalester Junior Awarded 2020 Mac Hyde Brownfield Scholarship
Alex Thomas '22, an environmental studies and studio art major, found a passion for sustainable architecture.
The Impact of COVID-19 on International Trade
Professor Felix Friedt with student Matt Zhang ’21 look into trade disruptions caused by COVID-19.
Macalester First-Year Awarded Gates Scholarship
Maraka Bradford ’24 is one of only 300 in the nation
60-Second Syllabus: Digital Ethics
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60 Second Syllabus: Ecology and the Environment
Take 60 seconds to learn about this course in ecology
60-Second Syllabus: African American Literature
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Teachers unions and the twin pandemics
Professor Lesley Lavery with help from students elevates the voice of teacher unions.
Who’s listening? A study of assistive technology
What should we know about assistive technology and privacy? Professor Abby Marsh digs into the topic.
Understanding our ecosystems
How do things like stronger hurricanes affect our ecosystems?
Student Life News
Unfiltered: Fall 2020
What’s it like to be in college during COVID-19? In “Unfiltered,” we ask several students from the Class of 2023 five simple questions—over and over, each semester until they graduate.
International Forecast
For international college students eager to study in the United States, COVID-19 is just the latest complication.
Buddy Up
The Buddy System is a new, student-created initiative to create community in physical distancing.
The Class of 2024
Get to know Mac's class of 2024.
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!
Internships News
Exploring careers
Every summer the Macalester Summer Internship Grant supports students while they work
A Force for Good: Mac Project Corps
Virtual student teams brought a liberal arts perspective to solving problems at local businesses, nonprofits, and start-ups.
The future of global health
Aaron Zou researches why people avoid being vaccinated
Mixing liberal arts with investment banking
Theo Nsereko brings his liberal arts experience to Wall Street.
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.
Alumni News
Six Months Later: Class of 2020
From delayed Fulbrights to “quarantine pods,” the first six months out of college looked vastly different for this year’s Macalester grads. We caught up with five of them to learn about life after Mac.
Shelf Conscious: Mario Solis-Garcia
Ever wonder about all those books lining professors' offices? We're with you.
Ever the Same
President Suzanne Rivera on the parts of the Macalester experience that remain unchanged, despite changes brought by the pandemic.
Equal Harvest
Marichel Mejia ’11 helps farmworkers fight for fairness.
Lecture Notes: Cognitive Phenomena
How do we learn, remember, and think?
Conservation Philosophy
Brady Robinson ’95 is working to protect and restore the great outdoors.
International Forecast
For international college students eager to study in the United States, COVID-19 is just the latest complication.
Map to the Future
The successful Macalester Moment campaign shaped the student experience, today and for generations to come.
Meet President Rivera
With optimism, energy, and a bioethicist’s lens, Macalester’s 17th president is leading the college through historic challenges.
College Newswire
With rare fossil bird discovery, geology professor closer to solving ancient mystery
Geology professor Raymond Rogers worked with an international team of researchers.
Macalester Junior Awarded 2020 Mac Hyde Brownfield Scholarship
Alex Thomas '22, an environmental studies and studio art major, found a passion for sustainable architecture.
Macalester College is One of Six Founding Members of the Liberal Arts College Racial Equity Leadership Alliance (LACRELA)
Macalester First-Year Awarded Gates Scholarship
Maraka Bradford ’24 is one of only 300 in the nation
Macalester selected for program that helps colleges achieve carbon neutrality
Over the next six months, the college’s Facilities Services and Sustainability Office will receive pro bono energy planning and consulting services from Ever-Green Energy.
Provost Moe will Complete Her Second Term at the End of the Academic Year
At the end of this academic year, Karine Moe will complete her second, three-year term as Provost and Dean of the Faculty. Beginning in June 2021, Karine will take a year-long sabbatical, then return in September of 2022 to the faculty of the Economics department as the F.R. Bigelow Professor of Economics.
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.