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Our Four First-Years Grow Up

January 31 2014

Astrophysics in Belgium

While studying abroad, Ned Molter kept his eyes on the sky for star explosions.

January 29 2014

Revitalizing Historic Sites

A Mac history class drew Natalie Heneghan ’15 (Cedarburg, Wis.) to a HistoriCorps preservation project in Wyoming.

January 23 2014

Copper in Our Bodies

Richard Liang’s study of copper may increase understanding of Alzheimer’s.

January 22 2014

Investigating Sickle-Cell Anemia

Dinesh Rathakrishnan Believes Research Will Make Him a Better Doctor

January 22 2014

Better Living through [Plant] Chemistry

From campus research to the Mayo Clinic, Julie Sun ’14 is using science to make a difference.

January 22 2014

Investigating Iron in Cancer Cells

Burton Masem ’14 studied the effects of iron overload on ovarian cancer cells.

January 22 2014

Captivated by Chemistry

Much to his surprise, Andrew Olinger ’15 found his intellectual passion in chemistry.

January 22 2014

Tweeting from Libya

Ellen Noble ’13 analyzed tweets (over 7,000 of them) to explore the ways in which social media was used by Libyans to challenge the dominant hero-victim narrative of humanitarian crises.

January 13 2014

Math and the Real World

Sara Staszak used math to address the detection of structural defects.

January 9 2014

Becoming a Scientist

Alyssa Ashbaugh ’14 did research at the Mayo Clinic, a large research university, and a campus lab.

January 9 2014

Passions and Requiems

A course cross-listed in Music and Religious Studies teaches unforgettable lessons of power and prayer.

January 9 2014

When Majors Collide

Issa Ali ’15 found his computer science skills were highly applicable to biology research.

January 9 2014

Death, Devastation & Math

Three years after taking an applied math class, two Mac students have their research published in a peer-reviewed journal.

January 9 2014

The Year That Was

Macalester professors share perspectives on some of the top news stories of 2013.

January 9 2014

The Ovenbird Mystery

Karina Li did research at Macalester's Ordway Field Station to understand why Ovenbirds, a ground-nesting species, were largely absent from the property.

December 17 2013

Closing the Math Gender Gap

After Amy Janett ’14 attended the selective Summer Program for Women in Mathematics in Washington, D.C., she returned eager to pursue a math career.

December 4 2013

Ethics and the Internet

A Mac philosophy class tackles the ethics of dataveillance, social networking, and intellectual property.

December 3 2013

Knights and Jihad

Political Science Professor Andrew Latham is a teacher, academic, collaborator—and now a novelist.

December 2 2013

Partial to Baby Animals

Does this photo make you more sympathetic to climate change? For most, the answer is yes, according to Rowena Foo '16 and Professor Christie Manning.

December 2 2013

The Future of Computing

December 2 2013

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