Category: Academics

Two Mac seniors awarded Watson Fellowships for travel abroad

Two students to spend a year traveling the world

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.

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

Shakespeare

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

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.

Exploring the DNA of Successful Startups

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

The future of internationalism for the US and higher education

Five takeaways from our March Big Questions series.

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.

Defense Against the Dark Arts

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

Bodies and Minds: AI Robotics

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.

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. 

Geohazards

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

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.

How do we transform violence into peace?

Five quick takeaways from our Big Questions series

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.

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.

Activating change

Six students share their experience leading a community project.

Shelf Conscious: Ernesto Capello

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

Making discoveries, becoming a researcher

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

Lecture Notes: Symbolic Logic

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