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Lecture Notes: Inclusive Technology

Professor Lauren Milne works to make digital interfaces more accessible for people with disabilities.

Pathways for Change

We asked this year’s Alumni Award recipients about the places, people, and experiences that shape their focus.

At the Heart of All We Do

President Rivera writes about the academic excellence that defines Macalester.

Radical Accessibility

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Radical MacACCESS lifted up the voices of disabled campus community members.

Mac Entrepreneur: Jaime Hasama ’18

Hasama is founder and CEO of SoCal Sunny Creative in Los Angeles.

9 Reasons to Love Macalester Athletics Right Now

Cheer on the Scots with longtime M Club president Steve Cox ’76.

Lessons From: A Best-Practices Innovator

Gülüm Özüstün Williams ’92 shares what she’s learned about embracing opportunity and continuous growth.

Shelf Conscious: Kelly MacGregor

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

Out of History’s Margins

Kyera Singleton ’11 is changing how one museum depicts slavery and the fight for freedom.

The State of Clay

In the course Wild Clay, students worked on group installation and performance projects as well as creating their own individual performative sculptures

New Minn. Art Exhibition Includes Work By Four Macalester Professors

When the Minnesota Museum of American Art’s new exhibition Many Waters: A Minnesota Biennial opens on July 24, it will include work produced by Macalester professors Ruthann Godollei, Megan Vossler, Tia-Simone Gardner, and John Kim. 

Mac student wins first-ever award for aspiring paleontologists of color

Sun Tun '22 is the first student in the nation to receive the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology’s (SVP) inaugural Futures Award and the $5,000 summer research stipend and professional mentorship that come with it. 

Finding the Rhythm

By developing their listening skills, students learn to understand and appreciate classical music. 

Students create first-ever online guide for Twin Cities’ Russian-speaking community

Students in Prof. Julia Chadaga's Advanced Russian class produced the map to connect the Twin Cities Russian-speaking community.

Mac student selected for inaugural economics program at U of Chicago

Five Macalester students receive State Dept. Critical Language Scholarships

Helen Radovic ‘22, Marley Prichard ‘24, Carter Rutherford ‘23, Alexander Hamann ‘22, and Sarah Acheson-Field ‘24 are among the nearly 700 American college and university students who received a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for the 2021 summer. 

Being Latinx in the U.S.

This introductory course teaches students about the complex issues of being Latinx in America.

Record number of Macalester students awarded State Dept. scholarship to study abroad

The 20-person cohort is the largest number of Macalester students ever to receive the prestigious and highly competitive scholarship in one application cycle since the award’s inception in 2001. 

Maccolades for May 2021: painting for Pride, food security fellowship, and remembering 100 years of subversion

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

Life on Mars and Beyond

A student seeks to find life elsewhere

Setting the Stage

Students learn the art of scenic design in this advanced theater course.