{"id":29035,"date":"2026-01-07T16:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-news\/?page_id=29035"},"modified":"2026-10-09T20:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T20:27:59","slug":"news-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Macalester News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"home-featured-stories\"><h2>Featured Stories<\/h2><div class=\"home-featured-story\"><div class=\"entry-title-container\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"entry-header-cat-date\"><div class=\"entry-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/category\/college-newswire\/\">College Newswire<\/a><\/div> <div class=\"entry-date\">September 22, 2026<\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/macalester-recognized-among-nations-best-for-academics-student-support-and-innovation\/\">Macalester Recognized Among Nation\u2019s Best for Academics, Student Support, and Innovation<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"subhead\">The college earned top rankings and accolades across a wide range of categories in 2026.<\/p><div id=\"entry-header-author-tags\"><div class=\"entry-header-tags\"><ul><li id=\"tag-305\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/tag\/rankings\/\">Rankings<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"entry-header-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/macalester-recognized-among-nations-best-for-academics-student-support-and-innovation\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1003\" height=\"1003\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/653\/2026\/09\/rankings_square.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Fall colors bloom around the Macalester sign on Grand Avenue.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/653\/2026\/09\/rankings_square.jpg 1003w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/653\/2026\/09\/rankings_square-300x300.jpg 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/653\/2026\/09\/rankings_square-150x150.jpg 150w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/653\/2026\/09\/rankings_square-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1003px) 100vw, 1003px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"home-featured-story\"><div class=\"entry-title-container\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"entry-header-cat-date\"><div class=\"entry-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/category\/college-newswire\/\">College Newswire<\/a><\/div> <div class=\"entry-date\">October 01, 2026<\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/a-debut-album-new-books-on-meghan-markle-and-past-lives-research-to-improve-medicines-and-more\/\">A debut album, new books on Meghan Markle and past lives, research to improve medicines, and more\u00a0<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"subhead\">Maccolades is a monthly round-up of the most recent accolades and accomplishments earned by members of the Macalester community.<\/p><div id=\"entry-header-author-tags\"><div class=\"entry-header-tags\"><ul><li id=\"tag-277\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/tag\/maccolades\/\">Maccolades<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"entry-header-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/a-debut-album-new-books-on-meghan-markle-and-past-lives-research-to-improve-medicines-and-more\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/653\/2026\/10\/2-Duchess-Harris2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Professor Duchess Harris holds a copy of Black Feminist Politics at the Momentum Summit 2026, with event signage and shelves in the background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/653\/2026\/10\/2-Duchess-Harris2.jpg 720w,   https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/653\/2026\/10\/2-Duchess-Harris2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"mac-news-2020-home.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29035","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 5.0.2.1 - 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