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Professor Duchess Harris is this year’s Thomas Jefferson Award winner

American Studies and Political Science Professor Duchess Harris is the recipient of the 2021 Thomas Jefferson Award.

April 14 2021

Screenshot reading COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Explained

New study on efficacy of vaccine education reveals information, gender matter

The study examines two versions of an educational video about COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, one narrated by a man and the other by a woman.

April 13 2021

Groundbreaking Native American activist will be 2021 commencement speaker

Elona Street-Stewart will be the 2021 commencement speaker at Macalester College’s spring graduation ceremony.

April 5 2021

Maccolades for March 2021: Poetry and public history prizes, Fulbright excellence

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

March 30 2021

Macalester senior awarded 2021 Watson Fellowship

Each of the 42 recipients from this year’s class of Watson Fellows receives a one-year stipend of $36,000 to pursue original projects outside the United States.

March 24 2021

Five new tenure-track professors join Macalester’s faculty

Five new tenure-track faculty members representing a broad range of disciplines will be joining Macalester in the coming months.

March 17 2021

Chemistry professor’s Cottrell Scholar Award will create new student research jobs

As a new Cottrell Scholar, Prof. Witus has big plans for her students, her lab, and her classroom.

February 25 2021

Macalester student chasing Olympic dream in the Netherlands

Conor McDermott-Mostowy '22 is competing in this year's condensed long track speedskating season in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

February 9 2021

Career Exploration team featured in new book by New York Times columnist

The Price You Pay for College by Ron Lieber features a conversation with Career Exploration Dean Mindy Deardurff.

February 8 2021

Macalester English professor receives Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship

The fellowships are awarded annually by the Jerome Foundation to early-career artists based in Minnesota and New York City.

February 4 2021

Macalester professor named to board of The Kamala Harris Project

The project consists of a collective of scholars across disciplines who will track all aspects of Kamala Harris’ tenure as the nation’s first woman of color to serve as vice president.

February 3 2021

Governor’s Office selects President Rivera to help guide Young Women’s Initiative

Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan have named Macalester College President Suzanne Rivera to the Executive Council for the Young Women’s Initiative of Minnesota (YWI).

January 27 2021

What Makes Some Advocacy Groups More Attractive Than Others?

After years of researching protest movements in Africa, assistant professor of political science Lisa Mueller had some hypotheses that she wanted to test here in the United States.

January 22 2021

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Two Macalester students awarded the Harold S. Geneen Charitable Trust scholarship

Dana Gustafson ’22, from Arlington, Mass. and Frank Marquette ‘21, from Little Falls, Minn. are this year’s recipients of the Harold S. Geneen Charitable Trust Scholarship.

January 5 2021

Four Students Awarded HASTAC Scholarships

Paul Gabriel L. Cosme '22, Osmar Del Rio '21, Kira Schukar '22, and Matthew Wilkinson '22 will join an exclusive, multidisciplinary community of graduate and undergraduate students passionate about using technology and media to communicate their research and challenge the traditional boundaries of academia.

December 23 2020

Macalester professor receives 2021 Creative Capital Award

Jenny Lion, visiting assistant professor of media and cultural studies, is one of 42 artists from across the nation to receive this year's award.

December 18 2020

Photo of President Rivera and Sami Bhanat

Saint Paul mayor taps President Rivera, first-year student to help rethink city’s emergency response

President Suzanne Rivera and Sami Banat ‘24 have been named to the City of Saint Paul’s Community-First Public Safety Commission.

December 11 2020

Macalester Senior Selected as Schwarzman Scholar

Emma Verges ’21 will pursue a master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.

December 7 2020

German Studies Professor David Martyn Receives Mercator Fellowship

Prof. Martyn will spend a semester in residence at the University of Bonn in Germany.

December 3 2020

With rare fossil bird discovery, geology professor closer to solving ancient mystery

Geology professor Raymond Rogers worked with an international team of researchers.

November 25 2020

Macalester Junior Awarded 2020 Mac Hyde Brownfield Scholarship

Alex Thomas '22, an environmental studies and studio art major, found a passion for sustainable architecture.

November 11 2020

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