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“The Time to Act is Now”
Professor Duchess Harris on how historic events shape contemporary race relations.
Features and Articles
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When Grading Goes High-Tech
Drop the red pen: A math professor builds a digital platform that saves educators time.
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Lecture Notes: Our Microbiome Jungle
What’s happening in the gut’s outrageously diverse ecosystem?
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“It Is Purely a Fiction of Adulthood That We Don’t See Color”
Keon West '06 on why children need to know about racism.
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Change in Plans
How alumni are responding to the pandemic—and looking ahead.
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Honoring Alumni
This year’s Alumni Award recipients made a mark on their communities and their classmates.
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The Fight to Elect More Women
A century after women got the right to vote, Kristin Hayden ’92 wants to make parity in politics a reality.
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A Space to GLOW
For two alumnae, separate graduate school projects grew into a show exploring queer youth identities.
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Serendipitous Discovery
Raymond Rogers, DeWitt Wallace Professor and Geology Department chair, helped make one of the most significant fossil discoveries in the early evolution of mammals.
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Final Edition
With encouragement, modest tools, and a DIY spirit, students are making beautiful art from home.
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Shelf Conscious: Tina Kruse
Ever wonder about all those books lining professors' offices? We're with you.
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Collaborating for Change
Macalester's Black Lives Matter chapter (BLMatMac) formed at the end of the May, coordinating a donation drive in early June.
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Neighborhood Pantry
Macalester's pilot Little Free Pantry, a response to a request put forth by the Black Liberation Affairs Committee (BLAC), will be an open place for community members to take and leave non-perishable foods.
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Thriving in Place
The Macalester Athletics Department is exploring new ways of keeping student-athletes connected.
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Flexible Approach to Fall
Macalester adjusted its approach to the fall semester in light of statewide and national spikes in infection.
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Testing Out
Effective immediately, Macalester won’t require applicants to submit ACT or SAT scores to be considered for admission.