Category: Academics

Moments of Macathon

Mac’s annual innovation contest challenges students to devise solutions to real-world problems.

Perspective on Pluto

Richard Binzel ’80 helped send a spacecraft to Pluto—and the discoveries amazed him.

International Investigative Journalist

Celia Heudebourg '18 shares the highlights of her student journalism career––from the Mac Weekly to the New York Times.

In Praise of Whiteboards

The spaces we inhabit shape and record the nature of our interactions.

January in Rome

Students took in the sights of Rome during a January course.

Food, Agriculture, and Female Farmers in Burkina Faso

Julia Morgan ’18, Millie Varley ’18, and geography professor Bill Moseley researched food security and diet diversity in Burkina Faso.

3, 2, 1 … Blast off!

On their own time, ambitious physics students engineered a high-power rocket.

Faculty Focus: Alan Chapman, Geology

Rock of the Week and a trip to the Midcontinent Rift are just two ways Professor Alan Chapman's students investigate geology.

What Did You Learn Today?

Asked what they learned today, students were obviously excited by the day’s classroom gleanings.

Top 10 Stories of 2017

Here are 2017's top stories from within the so-called Mac Bubble.

Activism Inside and Outside the Classroom

Ayaan Natala ’18 bridges academics and activism.

Relationships in Wikipedia

Talha Ahsan ’18 worked with a team of researchers to map related articles on Wikipedia.

How Brains Learn Shapes

Ilse Dippenaar ’18 conducted research at a neuroscience research center at the University of Minnesota–and in local coffee shops.

Astronomy Prodigies

After Mac: Class of 2017

Six months after graduation, we checked in with some members of the Class of 2017 to see what they're up to now.

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.