Bald Spot

At the start of the fall term, the College welcomed Roger Faust ’19, Carleton’s second Indigenous faculty member, to the Environmental Studies department.

Professor Dev Gupta discusses the complexities of the job of faculty president as professor Susannah Ottaway ’89, P ’19 assumes the role.

Located next to the Rec Center, Lilac Hill is home to four energy-efficient townhouses (all named after Arb plants: Birch, Hickory, Trillium, and Aster) along with a brand-new Farm House.

With the student-led nonpartisan group CarlsVote and the Carleton Student Association, Carleton’s Center for Community and Civic Engagement has been actively working to motivate, educate, support—and, yes, celebrate—student voters this November.

In the largest 50th reunion gift ever, the Class of 1974 made a $65 million donation to the College in June. The funds are helping build a 23,000-square-foot home for Student Health and Counseling, as well as the Office of Accessibility and the Title IX Office.

The Class of 2024 brought a special energy to Carleton’s 150th Commencement ceremony, with cheers echoing across campus after every diploma was presented.

Created in 1946, this poster by artist Ben Shahn (1898–1969) addresses a struggle ongoing nearly 80 years later: the fight to meet the basic needs of all Americans. One of…

The recent opening of the newly renovated Sayles Café prompts a look back at the evolution of a space at the very heart of the Carleton experience.