Archive: Apr 2024

Maccolades for April 2024: Awards galore

Maccolades is a monthly round-up of the most recent accolades and accomplishments earned by the Macalester community.

Macalester is a Top Peace Corps Producing Institution in 2024

Six Macalester students and one recent graduate receive 2024 Fulbright awards

Jane Skjonsby ‘24, Zoe Scheuerman, '24, Rio Osorio Nava, '24, Carly Carte '24, and Ronan Wallace, '22 have received Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Department of Energy awards $1.8 million grant to Macalester-led project on battery recycling

Led by Dr. Roopali Phadke, professor of environmental studies, CollectED hopes to increase participation in battery recycling programs.

Macalester Junior Awarded 2024 Goldwater Scholarship

Camellia Schwartzman ʼ25 receives STEM-focused 2024 Barry Goldwater scholarship

Three Macalester Students Selected for University of Chicago’s Prestigious Economics Program

Ana Alvarez ʼ26, Danielle Nartey ʼ26, and Hermogenes David Rios Torres ʼ27 have been selected for the Expanding Diversity in Economics (EDE) 2024 cohort.

Global Citizenship Student Awards 2024

Seniors Hufsa Ahmed, Uditi Chandrashekhar, and Anika Brennan receive 2024 Global Citizenship Student Awards

Brenda Piatz receives the 2024 Staff Outstanding Service Award

Brenda Piatz, program assistant for Academic Programs and Advising, has been awarded the 2024 Staff Outstanding Service Award.

Professor Wendy Weber receives Jack and Marty Rossmann Excellence in Teaching Award

Dr. Wendy Weber, senior lecturer of Political Science and chair of Human Rights and Humanitarianism, is the recipient of the 2024 Rossmann Award.

Professor Joan Ostrove is the 2024 Jefferson Award recipient

Dr. Joan Ostrove, psychology professor and director of the Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching, is the recipient of the 2024 Thomas Jefferson Award.

Anthropology professor co-authors new book about the history and evolution of human infectious diseases

The second edition of Emerging Infections: Three Epidemiological Transitions from Prehistory to the Present is one of first comprehensive syntheses of both the societal and environmental drivers of infectious diseases in humans.

CNN Anchor and Chief Legal Analyst Laura Coates to Deliver Keynote Address for 2024 Commencement

Macalester College is pleased to announce that Laura Coates, CNN anchor and chief legal analyst, will be the keynote speaker for the 2024 Commencement ceremony. Coates will also receive an honorary degree.

Macalester professor’s new research offers the first-ever look at growth rates in the oldest-known dinosaurs