Macalester News

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."

Seven Seniors and Two Alumni Receive 2020 Fulbright Awards

Their next stops range from Azerbaijan to Brazil.

Our Wish for You

Macalester welcomes Dr. Suzanne Rivera, the college's 17th president.

Personal Pandemics

Geography students analyze a pandemic IRL and collect evidence for future generations.

Final Edition

With encouragement, modest tools, and a DIY spirit, students are making beautiful art from home. 

Political Advantage

Students are adapting to remote learning with determination and creativity.

Macalester Student Receives Truman Scholarship

Junior Willow Fortunoff receives a prestigious Truman Scholarship.

Thesis Statements

We talked with seven students about their senior research projects—and we learned a lot.

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.

Unexpected Endings

When the spring sports season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, David Palmer '20 was just one athlete affected.

Overheard downtown

Nine first-year students took in dinner and a hockey game in St. Paul.

Climate Anxiety

Facing fears about a warming planet, Macalester students are responding with education, organizing, and growing activism.

Creative Spaces

Read about SPACES, a creative outlet for Macalester students of color produced by students of color.

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.

Learning on the Job

Mac students take advantage of the hundreds of internship opportunities in the Twin Cities to gain real-world skills and experience.

Macalester’s Next Chapter

Dr. Suzanne Rivera will begin her term as Macalester' next president this summer.

Lecture Notes: The Art of Data Science

Statistics professor Brianna Heggeseth talks about her research on diversity in major US art museums.

Waging Peace

Two alumni collaborate to support unarmed peacekeeping in some of the world's most volatile conflict zones.

Legends of the Night

These sleep experts share their best advice—as well as some of their own sleep practice.

Points of Struggle, Points of Pride

Charting Macalester's queer history over six decades

“The Greatest Privilege of My Professional Life”

President Brian Rosenberg looks back on 17 years at Macalester.

How to Practice Medicine in Alaska

Heidi Baines '95 on the tools she carries with her in the frontier and beyond.

“I Like to Dream Big”

Researcher and artist Jaye Gardiner ’11 uses comics to smash stereotypes and engage new scientists.

New Realities

The COVID-19 pandemic forced unprecedented, and often painful, decisions at Macalester this spring.

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.

Planning for Fall 2020

Remembering Macalester Trustee Emerita Ruth Stricker Dayton ’57 P’87

The Trustee Emerita passed away on Tuesday, April 14.