Category: College Newswire

Coco Du receives 2021 Staff Outstanding Service Award

Prof. Karín Aguilar-San Juan receives 2021 Jack and Marty Rossmann Excellence in Teaching Award

Professor Duchess Harris is this year’s Thomas Jefferson Award winner

American Studies and Political Science Professor Duchess Harris is the recipient of the 2021 Thomas Jefferson Award.

New study on efficacy of vaccine education reveals information, gender matter

The study examines two versions of an educational video about COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, one narrated by a man and the other by a woman.

Groundbreaking Native American activist will be 2021 commencement speaker

Elona Street-Stewart will be the 2021 commencement speaker at Macalester College’s spring graduation ceremony.

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.

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.

Chemistry professor’s Cottrell Scholar Award will create new student research jobs

As a new Cottrell Scholar, Prof. Witus has big plans for her students, her lab, and her classroom.

Macalester student chasing Olympic dream in the Netherlands

Conor McDermott-Mostowy '22 is competing in this year's condensed long track speedskating season in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

Career Exploration team featured in new book by New York Times columnist

The Price You Pay for College by Ron Lieber features a conversation with Career Exploration Dean Mindy Deardurff.

Macalester English professor receives Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship

The fellowships are awarded annually by the Jerome Foundation to early-career artists based in Minnesota and New York City.

Macalester professor named to board of The Kamala Harris Project

The project consists of a collective of scholars across disciplines who will track all aspects of Kamala Harris’ tenure as the nation’s first woman of color to serve as vice president.

Governor’s Office selects President Rivera to help guide Young Women’s Initiative

Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan have named Macalester College President Suzanne Rivera to the Executive Council for the Young Women’s Initiative of Minnesota (YWI).

Two Macalester students awarded the Harold S. Geneen Charitable Trust scholarship

Dana Gustafson ’22, from Arlington, Mass. and Frank Marquette ‘21, from Little Falls, Minn. are this year’s recipients of the Harold S. Geneen Charitable Trust Scholarship.

Four Students Awarded HASTAC Scholarships

Paul Gabriel L. Cosme '22, Osmar Del Rio '21, Kira Schukar '22, and Matthew Wilkinson '22 will join an exclusive, multidisciplinary community of graduate and undergraduate students passionate about using technology and media to communicate their research and challenge the traditional boundaries of academia.

Macalester professor receives 2021 Creative Capital Award

Jenny Lion, visiting assistant professor of media and cultural studies, is one of 42 artists from across the nation to receive this year's award.

Saint Paul mayor taps President Rivera, first-year student to help rethink city’s emergency response

President Suzanne Rivera and Sami Banat ‘24 have been named to the City of Saint Paul’s Community-First Public Safety Commission.

Macalester Senior Selected as Schwarzman Scholar

Emma Verges ’21 will pursue a master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.

German Studies Professor David Martyn Receives Mercator Fellowship

Prof. Martyn will spend a semester in residence at the University of Bonn in Germany.

With rare fossil bird discovery, geology professor closer to solving ancient mystery

Geology professor Raymond Rogers worked with an international team of researchers.