Home News 2021 Page 6 Archive: 2021 Looking Forward with Hope President Rivera reflects on celebrating the Class of 2021 this spring and preparing to welcome the Class of 2025 this fall. Professor Duchess Harris is this year’s Thomas Jefferson Award winner American Studies and Political Science Professor Duchess Harris is the recipient of the 2021 Thomas Jefferson Award. Unfiltered: Spring 2021 Along with navigating college during a pandemic, these students are forging ahead with the “typical” sophomore year tasks of declaring majors and thinking about living off-campus with friends. New study on efficacy of vaccine education reveals information, gender matter The study examines two versions of an educational video about COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, one narrated by a man and the other by a woman. Groundbreaking Native American activist will be 2021 commencement speaker Elona Street-Stewart will be the 2021 commencement speaker at Macalester College’s spring graduation ceremony. Digging In Students get their hands dirty to examine what makes dirt soil. Career Inquiries Students share what they learned while interning at businesses in the Twin Cities Maccolades for March 2021: Poetry and public history prizes, Fulbright excellence Maccolades is a new monthly round-up of the most recent accolades and accomplishments earned by members of the Macalester community. Capstone Conclusions We asked a few seniors how they approached their capstone projects—and what they learned. Printing a Better Way to Land on the Moon Kayla Schang worked with a team at NASA to make landing on other planets easier. Macalester senior awarded 2021 Watson Fellowship Each of the 42 recipients from this year’s class of Watson Fellows receives a one-year stipend of $36,000 to pursue original projects outside the United States. Five new tenure-track professors join Macalester’s faculty Five new tenure-track faculty members representing a broad range of disciplines will be joining Macalester in the coming months. From Craigslist to Census: Telling Stories with Data A hands-on course teaches students that data alone can tell a powerful story. Comparing Japanese-to-English Translations of Sailor Moon Over Time Linguistics Professor Morgan Sleeper studies the popular manga Sailor Moon. Pledging Russian Emma Verges '21 shares her experience of studying away in Russia. Chemistry professor’s Cottrell Scholar Award will create new student research jobs As a new Cottrell Scholar, Prof. Witus has big plans for her students, her lab, and her classroom. Creating electronic music Students use the electronic music lab to tell stories with sound. 60-Second Syllabus: Endangered/Minority Languages All it takes is 60 seconds to learn more about this course. 60-Second Syllabus: American Indian History Since 1871 All it takes is 60 seconds to learn more about this course. Reimagining Community Care Through partnerships with Twin Cities mutual aid networks and nonprofits, the Sustainability Office is building a wider definition of sustainability at Macalester. 60-Second Syllabus: 2D Design All it takes is 60 seconds to learn more about this course. Prev 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next
