Archive: 2024

Neuroscience with a Twist

How neuroscientist Zainab Mansaray-Storms ’09 turned a failed kitchen experiment into a lucrative passion project.

Finding the Middle Way

A leader of the Macalester Alumni of Moderation, Charlie Birge ’15 believes greater viewpoint diversity could help overcome political polarization.

Innovation Scholars Tackle Real-Time Challenges

Macalester students explored the intersection of science, healthcare and medicine, economics, business, and entrepreneurship.

Shelf Conscious: Kerry Alexander ’12

Ever wonder about all those books lining professors’ offices? We’re with you.

Lecture Notes: Sports Geography

In Professor Eric Carter’s course, students examine sports culture as a reflection of a society, both what ails it and what makes it so special.

Volunteer Spotlight: Dalton Green ’22

Dalton Greene ’22 is a Class Agent and a member of the Young Grand Society

Virtual Programming Task Force

Dr. Karen Kaufman-Codjoe ’74 is chair of the Alumni Board’s Virtual Programming Task Force.

When Life Throws You a Curveball

Stories of struggle, pauses, wrong turns, right turns, and reinvention.

College in the Age of AI

Generative artificial intelligence has come on strong. What does that mean for teaching and learning?

Books: Spring 2024

Books recently published by Macalester alumni, faculty, and staff

An Inside Look at COP28, the World’s Largest Climate-Change Conference

Physics major Camellia Nai Schwartzman ’25 shares details and photos from her firsthand experience at COP28

Commencement 2024

Congratulations to the Class of 2024 on their commencement from Macalester. View photos and video from the event.

Macalester is pleased to announce its newest Scot, Coo

Highland Cow becomes the new mascot

Eleven seniors receive 2024 Distinguished Leadership Awards

Meet the eleven recipients of the Distinguished Leadership Award for Outstanding Seniors.

Three new tenure-track professors join Macalester’s faculty

The professors are Sheharyar Imran, Political Science; Kristin Heysse, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science; and Zuoyu Tian, Linguistics.

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.