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Wilhelmina Wright, United States District Judge and former Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, to speak at Macalester Commencement

Commencement will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, May 13, at the college.

Macalester students to document Rondo community’s treasures

Macalester College and Rondo Avenue, Inc. have partnered to produce the second Remembering Rondo History Harvest project on Saturday, April 1.

Up-All-Night Creativity

After a 24-hour competition, three teams took home the first place prize at Macathon and Funkathon this past weekend.

Four Different Internships

Four Mac students talk about the fun and the value of gaining real-world experience through internships in the Twin Cities.

Networking Success

Future McKinsey consultant Sunakshi Wadhwa ’17 took every opportunity to meet and learn from Macalester alumni on her way to graduation.

Mac Sweethearts

Plenty of Mac romances turn into lifelong partnerships. We asked Mac couples from five decades to tell us how they fell in love at 1600 Grand.

Development vs. Environment

Three Macalester Sustainability Fellows worked with the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness to research sustainable development in the Iron Range.

Science Friction

Something unprecedented is happening at Macalester.

Ground Level

Firat Taydas ’92 built his career from a “DNA-level” understanding of coffee and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Monarchs Forever

Two alums have built a career displaying and helping preserve an iconic North American butterfly.

Bad Bad Hats

Three students found each other at Mac—and founded a band that has taken off.

Warming Up to Winter

The Dog Is In

Campus therapy canines come to the rescue of homesick, heartsick, and homework-stressed Mac students.

When Mac Was Rad

Looking back at the 1980s at 1600 Grand.

Macalester holds fifth Macathon and second Funkathon ~ Feb. 24 – 25

One hundred fifty-four (154) Macalester students making up 33 teams will work more than 24 hours non-stop during Macalester’s fifth Macathon and its second Funkathon

Pianist Jeffrey Jacob: “A Century of the Pianistic Cutting Edge” at Macalester Feb. 22

Jacob has appeared as piano soloist with over 25 orchestras internationally and is a noted proponent of contemporary music.

Award-Winning Public Radio Reporter

Native American journalist Brian Bull ’91 reports on stories others might miss.

Wall Street Journal Reporter

From his Manhattan desk, journalist Eliot Brown '06 draws on his Mac history and geography education.

How Daddy Longlegs Live

Raine Ikagawa studied the lives and DNA of daddy longlegs at Macalester's Ordway field station.

Mapping Wikipedia

In Professor Shilad Sen’s lab, Sarah Pujol learned new software and collaborated in mapping exploratory research in Wikipedia.

Toward a Better Solar Cell

Elliot Weiss and co-researcher Joshua Rollag investigated a unique material that may contribute to highly efficient, affordable solar cells.