Macalester College News

West Genesee alum Dan Graham and his wife, Rachel Graham both recently earned doctorates from the University of California.

In her new memoir, "Lit," Mary Karr turns a poet's eye to adulthood, alcoholism and her conversion to Catholicism.

It takes manpower and money to run an e-mail system, and colleges and universities have less of both these days.

Carleton College is Minnesota's best private college value, according to Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.

Modern parenthood is fraught with complexity, sacrifice, and relentless scrutiny, and working mothers take the brunt of it.

In the Field... 11.04.2009 Reigniting Black Feminist Power Review by Christine E. Hutchins Duchess Harris, Associate Professor of American Studies at Macalester College, opens her important new book, Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Clinton, with a problem.

It takes manpower and money to run an e-mail system, and colleges and universities have less of both these days.

Applications from candidates who have a PhD in hand by the start date or who have completed their PhD within the last five years will be accepted.

Patricia Ann Lampe, age 80, longtime resident of Northfield, died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, at home with her loving husband, Bob.

There is a link to the root. Either click on the title of my book or just go to www.theroot.com. sischolar in Getting to "The Root" of the Digital Divide More about Duchess Harris Macalester College professor, author, blogger Duchess Harris, PhD is a tenured associate professor of American Studies at Macalester College.

R uthann Godollei is a really good driver. She drives defensively, avoiding fender benders and sideswipes with the sort of Spidey-sense that comes with having created an art car.

October 23, 2009 -- Try to pronounce the words "caught" and "cot." If you're a New Yorker by birth, the two words will sound as different as their spellings.

Although Sophia Gordon is LEED-certified, Tuftsa lack of other green buildings cost it high marks.

Being green has earned Carleton College top marks. The College Sustainability Report Card, released earlier this month gave Carleton an A- overall, one of the best grades of the 332 American and Canadian colleges and universities ranked.

Two of her three kids are North Meck grads. Volunteered in schools and coordinated a tutoring program for West Charlotte High.

After more than two decades of studying the interplay between education and economics and seven years as president of Minnesota's Macalester College, Michael McPherson knows a lot about higher education.

Oct 9, 2009 - Izotope has hired Hart Shafer as director of product management. Shafer joins Izotope from Adobe Systems and will be tasked with the worldwide responsibility for strategy and design of Izotope's technology and products.

Thanks for the interesting story. It is nice to see good science stories, so many news sources give more psuedo then science.

In an argument against capital punishment, Dow's capable memoir partially gathers its steam from the emotional toll on all parties involved, especially the overworked legal aid lawyers and their desperate clients.

October 6, 2009 - St. Paul, Minn. - The Macalester College Board of Trustees has elected three new trustees: Michael Huber '90, co-president and managing principal of Quadrangle Group LLC in New York City .