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Stora Chakrabarti and a map of protected areas in India

New research offers roadmap for wildlife conservation and human development to coexist

A new research paper published in the journal Nature Sustainability and co-authored by Dr. Stotra Chakrabarti, a visiting assistant professor of animal behavior, offers new ways to reimagine conservation that incorporate both human needs and the delicate efforts required to preserve biodiversity. 

February 6 2023

Not Set in Stone

Anthropology students work to enrich a fossil collection at the Science Museum of Minnesota

February 1 2023

A view of a city street in New York.

Reflections on MacConnect 2022

Six economics students reflect on the experiences, inspirations, and connections they cultivated on this fall's MacConnect trip to New York City.

January 27 2023

New edited collection aims to fill gaps in Minnesota’s environmental history

Environmental historian Professor Chris Wells co-authored Nature’s Crossroads: The Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota.

January 10 2023

A new Window on the Universe

A telescope allows Macalester students to peer into the universe

January 9 2023

Digging Up History

A collaboration with the renowned 106 Group exposes archaeology students to field work and careers in cultural resource management 

January 3 2023

Publishing to health care

A recent grad shares how she landed a job in New York.

January 3 2023

Class in the Cities

We talked to four professors who incorporated off-campus learning in the Twin Cities into their curriculum this fall.

December 19 2022

Four Macalester professors awarded tenure

The professors are Matt Burgess, English; Gabriel Lade, Economics; Getiria Onsongo, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science; and Felix Friedt, Economics. 

December 13 2022

President Suzanne Rivera and Provost Lisa Anderson-Levy pose with a December 2022 graduate.

December Graduation Ceremony 2022

Congratulations to our December graduates!

December 13 2022

Analyzing Urban Redesign Projects in Barcelona and Berlin

For Milosz Fernandez-Kepka ’23, this past summer's fieldwork added a new dimension to his research on public urban space.

December 13 2022

Exploring US Campaigns and Elections

A peak into contemporary poli-sci curriculum

December 12 2022

Group photo from UWC dinner

2022 Davis United World Colleges Dinner

December 9 2022

Dr. Jacob Jurss

Indigenous historian explains how Supreme Court case could threaten tribal sovereignty

Dr. Jacob Jurss, visiting assistant professor of Indigenous history, breaks down Brackeen vs. Haaland and how it poses a threat not just to ICWA and Indigenous children, but to tribal sovereignty itself. 

December 8 2022

Mac students leaving Hennepin County Government Center

On MacExplore trip, students get up-close look at legal careers

Over fall break, 15 Mac students got a taste of what it would be like to practice law in a MacExplore Law trip organized by Career Exploration.

December 8 2022

Fifteen weeks away

Students take a full semester to study in another country.

November 30 2022

The Power of Storytelling in Mental Health Spaces

How one alum’s creative advocacy took her from Mac to the White House to Pinterest

November 28 2022

Illustration of a person looking into the sun surrounded by symbols of college

Lecture Notes: How College Works

Visiting sociology professor Alisha Kirchoff explores how college shapes who students are and who they become.

November 21 2022

Julian Applebaum smiling and holding a teacup

Hello from Oxford!

Julian Applebaum ’23 (Wellesley Hills, Mass.), a political science major, spent spring semester studying at Oxford University in England.

November 21 2022

Coral Lumbley

Shelf Conscious: Coral Lumbley

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

November 21 2022

Art history professor’s book illuminates curators of Tate Modern exhibit

Dr. Joanna Inglot, an expert on 20th century Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz, is a special guest at a Tate Modern opening about an exhibit of her work.

November 16 2022

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