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When Life Throws You a Curveball
Stories of struggle, pauses, wrong turns, right turns, and reinvention.
Features and Articles
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Pastoral Encounters
What Chaplain Kelly J. Stone has learned about Macalester’s heart and soul when she commemorates our community’s lives.
![Illustration by Marcos Chin depicting the relationship between humans and AI](https://www.macalester.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/05/CHIN-M-AI-FINALSELECT-3-cropped-scaled-540x0-c-default.jpg)
College in the Age of AI
Generative artificial intelligence has come on strong. What does that mean for teaching and learning?
![Zainab Mansaray-Storms ’09 poses with one of her cakes in a brightly-lit kitchen](https://www.macalester.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/05/TOC_Storms_CC-cropped-scaled-540x0-c-default.jpg)
Neuroscience with a Twist
How neuroscientist Zainab Mansaray-Storms ’09 turned a failed kitchen experiment into a lucrative passion project.
![Charlie Birge ’15 photographed outside with an American flag in the background](https://www.macalester.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/05/Birge_Charlie_CC-cropped-scaled-540x0-c-default.jpg)
Finding the Middle Way
A leader of the Macalester Alumni of Moderation, Charlie Birge ’15 believes greater viewpoint diversity could help overcome political polarization.
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Clouded Waters, Clear Vision
For author Dianna Hunter ’71, a search for justice fostered at Mac has fueled all of her wide-ranging incarnations.
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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.
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Innovation Scholars Tackle Real-Time Challenges
Macalester students explored the intersection of science, healthcare and medicine, economics, business, and entrepreneurship.
![Kerry Alexander playing electric guitar on a stage](https://www.macalester.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/05/Alexander_Kerry_CC-540x0-c-default.jpg)
Shelf Conscious: Kerry Alexander ’12
Ever wonder about all those books lining professors’ offices? We’re with you.
![A meet-up with four alumni who talked about their experiences living in or growing up in Dubai.](https://www.macalester.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/05/COP28_Alumni_Meetup_CC-cropped-540x0-c-default.jpg)
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
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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
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Books: Spring 2024
Books recently published by Macalester alumni, faculty, and staff
![Dalton Greene ’22](https://www.macalester.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/05/Dalton_Greene_CC-cropped-540x0-c-default.jpg)
Volunteer Spotlight: Dalton Green ’22
Dalton Greene ’22 is a Class Agent and a member of the Young Grand Society
![Dan Sullivan '96 looks at a table and chairs in a showroom](https://www.macalester.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/05/Sullivan_Dan_CC-540x0-c-default.jpg)
Work Wisdom: Dan Sullivan ’96
Sullivan shares career lessons from woodworking and music.
![Dr. Karen Kaufman-Codjoe ’74](https://www.macalester.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/05/Codjoe_Karen2_CC-cropped-540x0-c-default.jpg)
Virtual Programming Task Force
Dr. Karen Kaufman-Codjoe ’74 is chair of the Alumni Board’s Virtual Programming Task Force.