College Newswire
Biology professor part of team awarded $15 million NSF grant to study climate change in the Arctic
The Evolving Meta-Ecosystems Institute will focus on understanding how Arctic organisms and ecosystems are responding to a rapidly changing climate.
Macalester is pleased to announce its newest Scot, Coo
Highland Cow becomes the new mascot
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
Four 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.
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.
Academics News
Shelf Conscious: Kerry Alexander ’12
Ever wonder about all those books lining professors’ offices? We’re with you.
Lecture Notes: Sports Geography
In Professor Eric Carter’s course, students examine sports culture as a reflection of a society, both what ails it and what makes it so special.
College in the Age of AI
Generative artificial intelligence has come on strong. What does that mean for teaching and learning?
Commencement 2024
Congratulations to the Class of 2024 on their commencement from Macalester. View photos and video from the event.
Eleven seniors receive 2024 Distinguished Leadership Awards
Meet the eleven recipients of the Distinguished Leadership Award for Outstanding Seniors.
Macalester Junior Awarded 2024 Goldwater Scholarship
Camellia Schwartzman ʼ25 receives STEM-focused 2024 Barry Goldwater scholarship
Global Citizenship Student Awards 2024
Seniors Hufsa Ahmed, Uditi Chandrashekhar, and Anika Brennan receive 2024 Global Citizenship Student Awards
Anthropology professor co-authors new book about the history and evolution of human infectious diseases
The second edition of Emerging Infections: Three Epidemiological Transitions from Prehistory to the Present is one of first comprehensive syntheses of both the societal and environmental drivers of infectious diseases in humans.
Macalester professor’s new research offers the first-ever look at growth rates in the oldest-known dinosaurs
Student Life News
Innovation Scholars Tackle Real-Time Challenges
Macalester students explored the intersection of science, healthcare and medicine, economics, business, and entrepreneurship.
All-Nighters, All Innovators: Highlights from Macathon 2023
MintT takes first place.
Creating a resource for art students
Figure drawing people without bias
Transforming Ideas into Action
Grant helps student create program in Italy
“Art Should Be Fearless”
Rapper and record producer Kwame Ametepee Tsikata ’05–aka M.anifest–took the stage at Springfest.
MacShare Brings Food Justice to Campus
MacShare expands affordable groceries, fights food insecurity, and promotes food justice in the Twin Cities through sales and partnerships.
Building Toward Racial Justice
Mac community members take action and implement ideas, with support from college donors.
Unfiltered: Spring 2023
YouTuber Carter Stacy ’24 is “Interesting”
The junior's YouTube channel "That Is Interesting" has over 155,000 subscribers and counting.
Internships News
Internship at the Nature Conservancy
Amanda de Souza ’25 works creating a best practices guide around tribal engagement
Coding accessible educational tools
Student interns at a start up
Uncovering Ancient Fossils
Interning at the Science Museum of Minnesota
Internship at the Center for Energy and Environment
Georgia Barnes monitors Minnesota's gas and electric compliance
Story-writing intern brings ideas together
As part of her environmental studies capstone, Julia Chamberland has been writing stories for Minnesota Upstream.
MacConnect: Washington, D.C.
Over spring break, a group of students explored social science careers in Washington, D.C., with MacConnect.
Vehicles for Change
Ellie Hohulin '19 looks back on her academic and professional journey so far, including community engagement at Macalester and beyond.
Helping businesses tell their story
Ethan Hyslop '23 has been a strategy intern at the Superhuman Agency since the summer of his junior year.
Mapping Carbon
A work study experience at Mac led to a job as a map maker
Alumni News
Work Wisdom: Dan Sullivan ’96
Sullivan shares career lessons from woodworking and music.
Pastoral Encounters
What Chaplain Kelly J. Stone has learned about Macalester’s heart and soul when she commemorates our community’s lives.
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
Neuroscience with a Twist
How neuroscientist Zainab Mansaray-Storms ’09 turned a failed kitchen experiment into a lucrative passion project.
Finding the Middle Way
A leader of the Macalester Alumni of Moderation, Charlie Birge ’15 believes greater viewpoint diversity could help overcome political polarization.
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.
Lecture Notes: Sports Geography
In Professor Eric Carter’s course, students examine sports culture as a reflection of a society, both what ails it and what makes it so special.