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Maya Sobchuk '22 and Maija Hecht '22

Two Mac seniors awarded Watson Fellowships for travel abroad

Two students to spend a year traveling the world

April 5 2022

A snowy view of Old Main on the Macalester College campus.

Trillium Family Foundation grant supports Mac Project Corps

In January, 110 students completed the second iteration of Mac Project Corps with support from the Trillium Family Foundation.

April 1 2022

Photo collage of various students

March 2022 Maccolades: Stellar athletes, a forensics juggernaut, rising stars in business and more

March 31 2022

Shakespeare

Students learn about the great bard and see live performances in this course.

March 30 2022

A Daily Journal, in Drawings

Professor Rivi Handler-Spitz started drawing daily in 2020. Now ten of her comics are part of an anthology about the pandemic.

March 29 2022

Exploring the DNA of Successful Startups

Students in this course learn how to turn ideas into startups.

March 28 2022

The future of internationalism for the US and higher education

Five takeaways from our March Big Questions series.

March 14 2022

New study looks at how coastal ecosystems respond to hurricanes

When confronted by a storm, is it better to be resistant like an oak or resilient like a willow? That’s the long-standing question an international research team that included Macalester professor Christine Sierra O’Connell examines in a new study of the ecological impacts of hurricanes.

March 3 2022

Defense Against the Dark Arts

Magic, witches and a little Harry Potter are all part of this anthropology course.

March 2 2022

Bodies and Minds: AI Robotics

March 2 2022

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Macalester is named a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars

Macalester College is proud to be included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2021-2022 Fulbright U.S. Scholars.

February 28 2022

Maccolades for February 2022: New books and poems, a music composition, COVID drawings and more.

Maccolades is a monthly round-up of the most recent accolades and accomplishments earned by members of the Macalester community. Below are highlights from February 2022. 

February 28 2022

Geohazards

Professor Chapman shares how to survive a natural disaster in this geology course.

February 21 2022

Your First-Year Course

Starting college is exciting, and with Mac's first-year course program, you'll have support from your professor that extends beyond the classroom.

February 4 2022

How do we transform violence into peace?

Five quick takeaways from our Big Questions series

February 4 2022

Dr. Walter Greason

New chair of history department has bold ideas and big plans

Dr. Walter Greason isn’t your typical history professor. With his first semester as the new chair of Macalester’s History Department under his belt, the East Coast-transplant and former professor at Monmouth University shares his vision for the department and what drives him as a scholar and teacher.

February 3 2022

Maccolades for January 2022: Teaching awards, newly tenured faculty, and nearly $2.5 million in grants

Maccolades is a monthly round-up of the most recent accolades and accomplishments earned by members of the Macalester community.

January 31 2022

Activating change

Six students share their experience leading a community project.

January 26 2022

Ernesto Capello

Shelf Conscious: Ernesto Capello

Ever wonder about all those books lining professors’ offices? We’re with you.

January 25 2022

Making discoveries, becoming a researcher

Students work side-by-side with professors and each other on their research projects.

January 19 2022

Lecture Notes: Symbolic Logic

"We have a responsibility to try to believe the truth, and logic can help," says philosophy professor Janet Folina.

January 10 2022

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