Archive: May 2024

Maccolades for May 2024: Queer role model, sustainability awards, an octogenarian swimming legend, and more

Maccolades is a monthly round-up of the most recent accolades and accomplishments earned by the Macalester community.

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.

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.

Volunteer Spotlight: Dalton Green ’22

Dalton Greene ’22 is a Class Agent and a member of the Young Grand Society

Virtual Programming Task Force

Dr. Karen Kaufman-Codjoe ’74 is chair of the Alumni Board’s Virtual Programming Task Force.

When Life Throws You a Curveball

Stories of struggle, pauses, wrong turns, right turns, and reinvention.

College in the Age of AI

Generative artificial intelligence has come on strong. What does that mean for teaching and learning?

Books: Spring 2024

Books recently published by Macalester alumni, faculty, and staff

An Inside Look at COP28, the World’s Largest Climate-Change Conference

Physics major Camellia Nai Schwartzman ’25 shares details and photos from her firsthand experience at COP28

Commencement 2024

Congratulations to the Class of 2024 on their commencement from Macalester. View photos and video from the event.

Macalester is pleased to announce its newest Scot, Coo

Highland Cow becomes the new mascot

Eleven seniors receive 2024 Distinguished Leadership Awards

Meet the eleven recipients of the Distinguished Leadership Award for Outstanding Seniors.

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.