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Mac students Mena Feleke and Amanda de Souza pose in front of the Minnesota State Capitol Building.

Policymaking with Minnesota Capitol Pathways

This spring, several Macalester students are learning about government and building connections around the state capitol through the Minnesota Capitol Pathways program.

March 28 2023

Gallier House

New project offers virtual tour of 19th century New Orleans home

Professor Walter Greason explains why the Gallier House in New Orleans’ French Quarter was such an ideal location and what the project signals for the future of public history scholarship.

March 15 2023

Bonjour de Paris!

Charley Eatchel '24 shares some highlights from their time in Paris.

March 7 2023

Illustration of people dressed in 19th century attire reading, painting, and talking

Lecture Notes: Happiness in the Nineteenth Century

Professor Juliette Rogers of French and Francophone studies created a course about French nineteenth-century thinkers, writers, and artists and their pursuit of happiness.

March 6 2023

Illustration of an illuminated ampersand

And: Team-Taught Courses Amplify Learning for Students and Professors

Team-taught courses bring together Mac experts across disciplines to explore the terrain—and sometimes, the tensions—of complex topics.

March 6 2023

Live It Fund’s winter participants share their once-in-a-lifetime experiences

From Vietnam to Guatemala to Kenya, Mac's Live It Fund participants identified issues and opportunities, proposed innovative solutions, and lived out global citizenship over J-Term.

March 6 2023

Professor Lela Pierce Awarded Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship

Visiting assistant professor of sculpture Lela Pierce ’08 named Jerome Hill Artist Fellow

February 24 2023

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

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