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Interactive Education
Digital scholarship helps colleges build a more diverse curriculum Written for Macalester Today, Summer 2021 In today’s Germany, nearly...
Laura Billings Coleman
Sep 13, 20239 min read


Visualizing a Better Future
Infodesigner Arlene Birt ‘02, inspires action by humanizing hard data Written for MCAD’s CUT/PASTE, Spring 2023 The United Nations...
Laura Billings Coleman
Sep 13, 20233 min read


Leave No Trace
The artist known as HOTTEA, ‘07, looks for new ways to build on the beauty of impermanence Since graduating from MCAD with a degree in...
Laura Billings Coleman
May 24, 20213 min read


Getting Out the Student Vote
Minnesota often leads the country in voter engagement — a trend that’s playing out at many of the state’s private colleges, too. At the...
Laura Billings Coleman
Oct 1, 20205 min read


Her Day in Court
Few people have studied the optics of abortion as closely as Amy Hagstrom Miller ’89, which is why she put on a bright purple suit the...
Laura Billings Coleman
Jan 12, 201810 min read
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