Archive: Jan 2020

Big Questions San Francisco: Can Social Media Be Used for Good?

Six Macalester juniors awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to Study Abroad

Comic Vocabulary

A visual storytelling class challenges drawing students to pair drawings with their own original narratives.  

Big Questions Los Angeles: Can Embracing the Arts Reconnect Our Common Humanity?

Books: Winter 2020

Books recently published by Macalester alumni, faculty, and staff.

Lecture Notes: News in a New Era

Media and cultural studies professor Michael Griffin on how news has changed in the twenty-first century—and what that means for media consumers today.

How Macalester Made Me the Republican I Am Today

RJ Laukitis ’02 parlayed debates on campus into bipartisan collaboration on Capitol Hill.

Climate Anxiety

Facing fears about a warming planet, Macalester students are responding with education, organizing, and growing activism.

Dan Keyser’s Curtain Call

Before he retires, Dan Keyser walks us through more than a century of Mac theater.

Second Act

How Macalester alumni are finding meaningful work and service in the second half of their lives.

Welcome to Minneapolis

Michelle Rivero '94 shapes how the city supports immigrants and refugees.

Creative Spaces

Read about SPACES, a creative outlet for Macalester students of color produced by students of color.

Shelf Conscious: Megan Vossler

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

Almost Gone

A column with lots of annotations.

Interning at the Minnesota Department of Health

Three miles from campus, Jack analyzes food recovery and commuter trends at the Minnesota Department of Health.

Dino Extravaganza

It has all the makings of a great party: disco lights, glitter, pizza—and, naturally, dinosaurs.

Taming the Wild Beasts of Fermentation

Students see firsthand how microorganisms shape one of the world's biggest industries, during a visit with Surly Brewery founder Omar Ansari '92 five miles from campus.

Big Questions New York City: Should the Supreme Court Be the Most Important Issue in Any Presidential Election?

Big Questions Philadelphia: Does Activism Belong in Athletics?

Enjoying winter at Mac

Macalester is located in the land of ten thousands lakes and even more snowflakes.

Rock Detectives

Professor Alan Chapman's recent grant is introducing new students to the wows and wonders of geology.