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New discovery about glaciers and landslides could help communities prepare for disaster  

An international research team that included Geology Professor Kelly MacGregor set out to examine a massive landslide that occurred on a glacier in Chilean Patagonia.

May 13 2022

Honors Project Reflections

Every year, Macalester seniors conduct a wide range of original academic and creative work.

May 10 2022

Russian Studies student research competition marks 30 years with record participation

May 4 2022

Collage of photos of people who received Maccolades in April 2022

April 2022 Maccolades: An Awards Season Bonanza

Fulbrights, Watsons, grants and more

April 28 2022

2022 Global Citizenship Award Winners

Three students received this award

April 27 2022

Windmill

Perspectives on Climate Justice

As part of a worldwide teach-in this spring, a panel discussion used a climate justice framework to envision a better future.

April 22 2022

Illustration of Japanese food

Lecture Notes: Exploring Sensation and Perception

Professor Eric Wiertelak examines how our brains make sense of the world around us.

April 22 2022

Professors Look Beyond the Lecture

Macalester faculty members find creative ways to help students learn even the most challenging concepts.

April 21 2022

Macalester student receives $30,000 Truman Scholarship

Julian Applebaum ‘23, a junior from Wellesley, Massachusetts has been named one of 58 Truman Scholars for 2022.

April 19 2022

Trio awarded “Best in Show” at DataFest

What stories can one massive dataset tell? Over one weekend in March, students dug in and found out.

April 19 2022

Professor Bill Moseley is the 2022 Jefferson Award winner

DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography Bill Moseley is the recipient of the 2022 Thomas Jefferson Award.

April 12 2022

Yosan Worota '23 and Alice Bruno '23

Two Students Win $10,000 grants from Davis Projects for Peace

Macalester students Yosan Worota '23 and Alice Bruno '23 have been awarded $10,000 grants from the Davis Projects for Peace program.

April 12 2022

Three students receive Fund for Education Abroad awards to help with travel expenses

Macalester students Ikran Noor ‘24, Juan Carlos Pineda ‘24, and Linda Lor ‘24 are among the 123 undergraduate scholars across the country to receive a Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) award.

April 11 2022

Maya Sobchuk '22 and Maija Hecht '22

Two Mac seniors awarded Watson Fellowships for travel abroad

Two students to spend a year traveling the world

April 5 2022

A snowy view of Old Main on the Macalester College campus.

Trillium Family Foundation grant supports Mac Project Corps

In January, 110 students completed the second iteration of Mac Project Corps with support from the Trillium Family Foundation.

April 1 2022

Photo collage of various students

March 2022 Maccolades: Stellar athletes, a forensics juggernaut, rising stars in business and more

March 31 2022

Shakespeare

Students learn about the great bard and see live performances in this course.

March 30 2022

A Daily Journal, in Drawings

Professor Rivi Handler-Spitz started drawing daily in 2020. Now ten of her comics are part of an anthology about the pandemic.

March 29 2022

Exploring the DNA of Successful Startups

Students in this course learn how to turn ideas into startups.

March 28 2022

The future of internationalism for the US and higher education

Five takeaways from our March Big Questions series.

March 14 2022

New study looks at how coastal ecosystems respond to hurricanes

When confronted by a storm, is it better to be resistant like an oak or resilient like a willow? That’s the long-standing question an international research team that included Macalester professor Christine Sierra O’Connell examines in a new study of the ecological impacts of hurricanes.

March 3 2022

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