Archive: 2020

New Realities

The COVID-19 pandemic forced unprecedented decisions at Macalester this spring but also shined a light on a strong community.

Hunger and Higher Education

Open Pantry strives to combat food insecurity on campus.

Taking it Slow: Archaeology in Omrit 

Discovering and preserving the past isn’t easy, but the rewards are great for Macalester students. 

Big Questions Denver: Will the Rivers Run Dry?

Overheard downtown

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

On the front lines of hope

Macalester's lab experience provided fundamental training for Julissa Molina-Vega '19 as she researched breast cancer at the University of Minnesota.

Acclaimed Novelist Marlon James to Speak at Macalester’s 2020 Commencement

New Horizons in the Himalayas

While studying away in Nepal, Sam Ryckaert ’20 learned that his host family can offer valuable and important cultural lessons.

Macalester is a top Peace Corps producer

For a third year in a row Macalester makes the list with 12 alumni serving around the world

Macalester Named Top Fulbright Producer

For the third consecutive year in a row, Macalester was named a top Fulbright producer.

Seven Macalester Faculty Granted Tenure Status

Why Polio Still Exists

Ikran Sheikh-Musal ‘20 is working to eradicate the disease in a handful of countries through her Mellon Mays grant.

Macalester College President Brian C. Rosenberg Named Fall 2020 President-in-Residence at Harvard Graduate School of Education

Dr. Suzanne Rivera Named 17th President of Macalester College

Big Questions San Francisco: Can Social Media Be Used for Good?

Six Macalester juniors awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to Study Abroad

Comic Vocabulary

A visual storytelling class challenges drawing students to pair drawings with their own original narratives.  

Big Questions Los Angeles: Can Embracing the Arts Reconnect Our Common Humanity?

Books: Winter 2020

Books recently published by Macalester alumni, faculty, and staff.

Lecture Notes: News in a New Era

Media and cultural studies professor Michael Griffin on how news has changed in the twenty-first century—and what that means for media consumers today.

How Macalester Made Me the Republican I Am Today

RJ Laukitis ’02 parlayed debates on campus into bipartisan collaboration on Capitol Hill.