Category: Academics

ESPN Uses Student Research

ESPN magazine quoted NBA player research done by Kwame Fynn ’13 and Morgan Sonnenschein ’12.

Digging for Dinosaurs

Madeline Marshall ’12 traveled to Madagascar looking for fossils. Her work there will continue in Macalester's labs. She hopes the results will be published in a peer-reviewed paleontology journal.

Orchestra and Choir Fall 2012

Macalester Choir and Orchestra performing in fall 2012

Pursuing the Ultrafast

Maggie Molter’s graphene research allowed her to work directly with her Mac professor and as part of a university research group.

Arabic Abroad

Salman Haji’s dedication to his goal—fluency in Arabic—earned him a coveted Critical Language Scholarship from the State Dept. for study in Jordan.

Museum Aficionado

Through recent museum internships, Elizabeth Allen ’13 has blended her interests in history and art and found a new passion for public history.

Becoming a Scientist

Preventing Pain

Nathan Scheiner ’13 investigates persistent pain, seeking to prevent suffering.

Orchestra Tunes Up

Conductor Mark Mandarano leads his student performers in the recently rebuilt Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center.

Picking Bones in Montana

Three geology majors spent the summer studying fossils that tell the story of the ancient wetlands of Montana’s Upper Missouri River Breaks.

Cultural Anthro Class

In this first-year course they learn about communities, anthropology and each other.

Arabic Epiphany

Halfway through his college years, Patrick Snyder ’13 found his true academic passions.

Chinese Twitter

Cerisa Obern ’13 arrived at Macalester already an aficionado of languages. Then she took beginning Chinese, and “I fell in love with the language,” she says. She’s been studying it ever since.

Fabulous Field Trips

Macalester's location makes it easy for students to enjoy both urban and rural field trips.

Let’s Get Physical

It’s 2:20 on a Friday afternoon. Classes are winding down for the week, but inside the Theatre and Dance Department’s black box studio, the energy levels are just ramping up.

Galileo on Trial

Students in HIST 294—Science, Magic, and Belief—reenacted the 1632 trial to decide whether Galileo’s science was a crime against the Catholic Church.

Little Iron

Sophors Khut '14 spent his summer researching parallel computing, troubleshooting software, and writing an e-book.

Cyber Politics in Practice

Rather than write individual term papers, political science students built a website to show how presidential candidates used Twitter during the 2012 presidential primary

The Piraq Causa [Who is Still to Blame?]

World Philosophy Day with Dessa

Music Is In the Air