Bald Spot

With the assistance of six Carleton students, economics professor Muhammad Faress Bhuiyan created Nourish Bangladesh, a microsized nonprofit that raises funds and examines the impact of NGOs that are focused on alleviating hunger.

“Care packages,” assembled by studio art professors and mailed from campus just before the term began, ensured that those enrolled in visual arts classes would have many of the materials needed to complete their assignments.

Al Montero didn’t know a lot about poker when he started playing regularly in 2014. He then joined a group of Carleton faculty and staff members—and, on occasion, their spouses—who gather off campus once a month to play a few hands.

Jim McCorkell ’90 grew up just a few blocks from Carleton. But he never dreamed that a kid from a low-income household like his would ever attend college—let alone an elite liberal arts institution in Northfield.

April is National Poetry Month, and this spring the Academy of American Poets, which has hosted the National Poem in Your Pocket Day since 2008, urged readers of their website to share verse that’s provided them with “courage, solace, and actionable energy” during this time of social isolation.

Even before the pandemic hit, employers were pivoting to online platforms to conduct job interviews. Now, nearly every job interview is done virtually, and recent graduates need to be prepared to convey their skills, talent, and personality online.

Arnab Chakladar, English professor and director of Asian studies, took over hosting Imminent Brewing’s popular Sunday-night trivia contest in 2013. When restaurants closed in Northfield in early March due to COVID-19, he adapted the contest to Facebook Live.

This spring, the Association of LGBTQ Journalists honored Jonathan Capehart ’89, currently an opinion writer at the Washington Post, with the Randy Shilts Award for LGBTQ Coverage.

More than 200 submissions to the 2020 Off-Campus Studies Photo Contest allowed student travelers to share a full-color glimpse of their experiences.

Oscar Christoph ’22 leveraged set-building skills he honed as a student worker in the theater department to build a gym in his Tacoma, Washington backyard.