Home News Academics Page 15 Category: Academics Studying Castro Through Computer Science Geology Class Goes Camping Students studied geology in the field on a Northern Minnesota camping trip. Theatrical Revival By early 2019, Mac will have a new home for the performing arts. A Sixty-Year-Old Smiling Public Man Tim O’Brien ’68 and Marlon James in Conversation Tim O’Brien ’68 joined fellow author Professor Marlon James for a conversation on a range of topics. Expanding on Einstein In theoretical physics, Theo Jacobson found that he could work anywhere and breakthroughs came day and night. Investigating Addiction Are there sex-influenced factors in alcohol and nicotine addiction? Soniya Coutinho ’19 endeavored to find out. Reading Rocks Diala Abboud learned about volcanoes by analyzing xenoliths, rocks inside other rocks. Idea Lab Offers New Ways to Learn and Create The second floor library now features innovative technology, new furniture, and a variety of options for learning and creating. Faculty Focus: Christina Esposito, Linguistics When Professor Christina Esposito encountered linguistics, it was transformational. Videogames and Empathy: a Roundtable Workshop As part of the International Roundtable focused on Empathy and its Discontents, Ana Diaz ’18, Malik Earle ’18 and Logan Stapleton ’18 look at videogames. Parade Floats and Giant Puppets Community Theater under Professor Harry Waters Jr. is active, colorful, creative, and anything but usual. Finding Pathways to Valuable Molecules Haruhiko Kuramochi's chemistry research is highly theoretical, but has important implications for agriculture and pharmaceuticals. The Genetics of Corn Hazel Chew '19 compared genotypes of corn working in the cornfield as well as the lab. Comprehending Cuba Through Castro Jennifer Arnold ’19 combines her majors in history and computer science to study Fidel Castro’s speeches. Language of Diplomacy A Mac class on international diplomacy extended into a two-week program in Europe. First-Year Firecrackers Four highly motivated astronomy classmates were awarded REU fellowships as first-year students. Chuck Green Fellows in the Community Chuck Green Fellows work with community partners in addressing real-world problems. Fascinating Fall Courses What's coming up in Macalester classrooms this semester? The Advocate Hennepin County Chief Public Defender Mary Moriarty '86 is working to eliminate racial bias in the judicial system. The Mac List of Life-Changing Books From War and Peace to Watership Down, Macalester faculty and literary alums discuss books that showed them the world in a whole new way. Prev 1 … 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 … 46 Next