Articles

Clouded Waters, Clear Vision

For author Dianna Hunter ’71, a search for justice fostered at Mac has fueled all of her wide-ranging incarnations.

Sounding Board: Preparing for Lives of Purpose

Innovation Scholars Tackle Real-Time Challenges

Macalester students explored the intersection of science, healthcare and medicine, economics, business, and entrepreneurship.

Shelf Conscious: Kerry Alexander ’12

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

When Life Throws You a Curveball

Stories of struggle, pauses, wrong turns, right turns, and reinvention.

College in the Age of AI

Generative artificial intelligence has come on strong. What does that mean for teaching and learning?

Books: Spring 2024

Books recently published by Macalester alumni, faculty, and staff

Macalester is pleased to announce its newest Scot, Coo

Highland Cow becomes the new mascot

Eleven seniors receive 2024 Distinguished Leadership Awards

Meet the eleven recipients of the Distinguished Leadership Award for Outstanding Seniors.

Three new tenure-track professors join Macalester’s faculty

The professors are Sheharyar Imran, Political Science; Kristin Heysse, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science; and Zuoyu Tian, Linguistics.

Maccolades for April 2024: Awards galore

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

Macalester is a Top Peace Corps Producing Institution in 2024

Six Macalester students and one recent graduate receive 2024 Fulbright awards

Jane Skjonsby ‘24, Zoe Scheuerman, '24, Rio Osorio Nava, '24, Carly Carte '24, and Ronan Wallace, '22 have received Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Department of Energy awards $1.8 million grant to Macalester-led project on battery recycling

Led by Dr. Roopali Phadke, professor of environmental studies, CollectED hopes to increase participation in battery recycling programs.

Global Citizenship Student Awards 2024

Seniors Hufsa Ahmed, Uditi Chandrashekhar, and Anika Brennan receive 2024 Global Citizenship Student Awards

Brenda Piatz receives the 2024 Staff Outstanding Service Award

Brenda Piatz, program assistant for Academic Programs and Advising, has been awarded the 2024 Staff Outstanding Service Award.

Professor Wendy Weber receives Jack and Marty Rossmann Excellence in Teaching Award

Dr. Wendy Weber, senior lecturer of Political Science and chair of Human Rights and Humanitarianism, is the recipient of the 2024 Rossmann Award.

Professor Joan Ostrove is the 2024 Jefferson Award recipient

Dr. Joan Ostrove, psychology professor and director of the Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching, is the recipient of the 2024 Thomas Jefferson Award.

CNN Anchor and Chief Legal Analyst Laura Coates to Deliver Keynote Address for 2024 Commencement

Macalester College is pleased to announce that Laura Coates, CNN anchor and chief legal analyst, will be the keynote speaker for the 2024 Commencement ceremony. Coates will also receive an honorary degree.

Macalester professor’s new research offers the first-ever look at growth rates in the oldest-known dinosaurs

Maccolades for March 2024: Healthcare innovation, leadership awards, and more

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