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Category: Academics

First-Year Courses

Vampires, Nazis, and Destruction: What do these three scary topics have in common? They’re all subjects of first-year courses offered by Macalester College.

October 4 2010

Superwomen

Five female professors have brought in over $1.6 million in grants to support collaborative research with students, providing a wealth of academic opportunity.

October 4 2010

Podcast: Alex Lemon

Macalester alumnus Alex Lemon '00 read from his book, Happy.

October 1 2010

First Year Course

Professor Dan Hornbach took students from his first year class Lakes, Streams and Rivers on 3 hour research cruise on Lake Superior on Sept. 18. The boat is run by the University of Wisconsin - Superior. They learned about invasive species, climate change effects on Lakes Superior, and the importance of the Duluth harbor as a "working" harbor.

September 20 2010

Swarming Locusts

This summer two students worked in the lab of Professor Chad Topaz. Amelia McNamara '10 studied pattern formation in chemical systems, which could help predict how fire will react in grass lands to how stripes are formed on the tigers. Elise Delmas '12 studied locust swarms.

September 1 2010

Glacier Park Research

Camping and Research with Professor Kelly MacGregor

August 27 2010

Field Station Research

In this video five students talk about their research at Macalester's Katharine Ordway Natural History Study Area (KONHSA).

August 8 2010

Students Talk About Professors

STUDENTS TALK ABOUT PROFESSORS

July 30 2010

Professors Talk About Students

PROFESSORS TALK ABOUT STUDENTS

July 30 2010

Prepared Piano Performance

PREPARED PIANO PERFORMANCE

July 30 2010

Summer Research

CHRISTINA FITZSIMMONS ’11 IN THE SCIENCE LAB

July 30 2010

Summer in Omrit, Israel

Summer 2010 in Omrit, Israel

July 30 2010

Senior Art Show 2010

Senior Art Show 2010

July 30 2010

Astronomy Professor John Cannon

Astronomy Professor John Cannon

July 30 2010

Species Defender

When Macalester Biology Professor Mark Davis expounds publicly on exotic species—creatures from dandelions to carp that come from somewhere else—he eventually mentions LLT, his shorthand for Learn to Love Them. Exotic species are here to stay, he says. No way to get rid of them. No way to prevent more from showing up in our forests, lakes, and farmland. So get used to it. And relax. With important exceptions, most aren’t as bad as people think.

July 30 2010

Million Dollar Men

PROFESSORS DAN HORNBACH AND TOM VARBERG HAVE RECEIVED GRANTS EXCEEDING $2.5 MILLION, ALL BENEFITTING STUDENTS.

July 30 2010

Jillian Scudder ’09

Graduate program: Astronomy, University of Victoria, British Columbia

July 30 2010

Social Media Research

Isaac Sparling works with Professor Shilad Sen on Poliwiki, a web site that allows for social interactions about politics.

July 30 2010

A New Vision for the Fine Arts

Unlike many students who double major, anthropology and music graduate Morgan Roe '09 found that studying two disciplines actually reduced her stress.

July 30 2010

Painterly Pause

Art professor Chris Willcox slows down for her oil painting and teaches her students to do the same

July 30 2010

The Artist’s Lens

Student Bimbola Akinbola '11 helped her art professor create an art history textbook.

July 30 2010

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