Home News 2021 March Archive: Mar 2021 Digging In Students get their hands dirty to examine what makes dirt soil. Career Inquiries Students share what they learned while interning at businesses in the Twin Cities Maccolades for March 2021: Poetry and public history prizes, Fulbright excellence Maccolades is a new monthly round-up of the most recent accolades and accomplishments earned by members of the Macalester community. Capstone Conclusions We asked a few seniors how they approached their capstone projects—and what they learned. Printing a Better Way to Land on the Moon Kayla Schang worked with a team at NASA to make landing on other planets easier. Macalester senior awarded 2021 Watson Fellowship Each of the 42 recipients from this year’s class of Watson Fellows receives a one-year stipend of $36,000 to pursue original projects outside the United States. Five new tenure-track professors join Macalester’s faculty Five new tenure-track faculty members representing a broad range of disciplines will be joining Macalester in the coming months. From Craigslist to Census: Telling Stories with Data A hands-on course teaches students that data alone can tell a powerful story. Comparing Japanese-to-English Translations of Sailor Moon Over Time Linguistics Professor Morgan Sleeper studies the popular manga Sailor Moon. Pledging Russian Emma Verges '21 shares her experience of studying away in Russia. Previous Next