Category: Academics

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 Innovators Share Their January 2024 Live It Fund Experiences

The 2024 Live It Fund saw students propose innovative solutions to unique problems or issues around the globe.

Macalester Senior Awarded 2024 Watson Fellowship

Chloe Vasquez ʼ24 will use her Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to research snake bites and medical care in tropical areas.

Publishing with Professors: Student-Faculty Research Collaborations

Collection of faculty-student research published in academic journals, magazines, and news outlets from March 2022—December 2023.

Astronomy professor uses radio telescopes to decipher the mystery of how galaxies form

Professor John Cannon researches dwarf galaxies and reveals their role in our universe.

Professor Bill Moseley elected to lead American Association of Geographers

Professor Bill Moseley first elected leader from a non-R1 institution in American Association of Geographers

Macalester College named a top producer of Fulbright US students

Macalester College was again named a top producing institution for Fulbright US students for 2023-2024

Fantastic Classes and Where to Find Them 

Macalester professors tap into the Twin Cities to enrich learning 

Research to better understand greenhouse gases

Student Project Aims to Understand Intersection of Soil, Water, and Greenhouse Gases

Mapping Madagascar

Student takes home first place prize

Macalester Takes First at 2023 Harvard Debate Tournament

The Mac debate team kicks off the year with a first-place finish at Harvard's 2023 Fall Tournament.

Redesigning Reliability

Agent Epi paves a way towards more reliable allergen medication

Investigating St. Paul’s New ‘Shade Gap’

Biology professor Mary Heskel and a team of student researchers spent the summer looking at the impact of ash tree removal on shade and temperature, and her students gained new research skills along the way.

Rising stars in STEM research

Chen and Abdulwali are investigating the effects of MI—a chemical preservative widely used in household products such as hand soaps and shampoos.

How a recent Mac alum published original research as an undergraduate

Emma Curchin '22 was the lead author on an award-winning research paper on teachers' unions' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and racism after a two-year collaboration with Professor Lesley Lavery.