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“It ain’t bragging if you can do it.” So said famed St. Louis Cardinal’s pitcher Dizzy Dean when he predicted how many games he’d win in the 1934 season. His…
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Embracing a global movement to curb consumerism, Katherine Hayes ’92 founded Fixity, a business that helps clients repair and retain their possessions—rather than toss them into landfills.
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At Community of Peace Academy charter school in St. Paul, four Carls are using the national PeaceBuilders curriculum to help students succeed academically and personally.
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Carleton professor and musicologist Andy Flory discovered his passion for Motown as a grad student. Recently, he produced a 40th anniversary reissue of Marvin Gaye’s 1972 soundtrack album, Trouble Man.
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This spring five Carleton professors debated one another in an effort to win the last seat on a spaceship fleeing postapocalyptic Earth. Carleton students voted on which discipline was most essential. What would you decide?
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Midwestern modesty has kept us from blowing our own horn for too long. Here’s what makes Carleton one of the best liberal arts colleges in the country—and we’re not afraid to brag. A little.
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As one of 64 Chinese nationals studying at Carleton and president of the college’s Chinese Club, Yawen Chen ’15 (Nanjing) wants to expand and nurture Carleton’s Chinese community. “We want…
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Carleton history professor Bill North estimates that his narrow office contains 3,000 books shelved by topic: ancient, medieval, and Byzantine history, art history, philosophy, Latin and Greek texts, travel accounts,…
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Imagine being turned loose in a museum’s art collection and allowed to select your favorite pieces.
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Notre Dame, Penn State, Auburn, and the University of North Carolina all have plans for college-licensed perfumes. Although we don’t plan to follow suit, we asked alumni what Carleton’s scent might smell like.