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BREAKING GOOD NEWS: There is a house at @carleton.edu where you can bake cookies at basically any time. I spent 12 straight hours in the kitchen and came back for breakfast the next morning: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/d...
Other Colleges Have Frat Houses. This One Has a Cookie House.
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The @nytimes.com featured our very own Dacie Moses House today!! Reporter Ron Lieber visited Northfield to experience the cookie house for himself — and learned that there's no other place quite like Carleton College 💛💙 Read the story for free with our gifted link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/d...
Preeminent cancer researcher and Carleton alum Jennifer Pietenpol ’86 will give this year’s commencement address for the Class of 2026! Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 13 💛💙 Read the full announcement on Carleton News: www.carleton.edu/news/stories...
Preeminent cancer researcher Jennifer Pietenpol ’86 will give 2026 Carleton commencement address - Carleton College
Pietenpol will also receive an honorary degree at the ceremony.
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We are so proud to be recognized once more as a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Students among higher ed institutions! Carleton has had a place on this list for 21 years now, with an impressive 14 Carls receiving #Fulbright awards for the 2025–26 academic year. www.carleton.edu/news/stories...
The year is coming to an end, but the Carleton community is always continuing forward. Wishing you a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year from President @alisonbyerly.bsky.social and all of us at Carleton College!
“Our goal is that every student gets whatever help and support they need to be successful.” Learn more about the new Class of 1974 Center (and see pictures) in “Healthy Building, Healthy Students: Inside the Class of 1974 Center” in the Fall 2025 issue of the Voice: www.carleton.edu/voice/storie...
Healthy Building, Healthy Students — Inside the Class of 1974 Center - Carleton College
The new Class of 1974 Center serves as a one-stop, holistic health provider centering student health, well-being, and accessibility.
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I got to take a field trip to Northfield and @carleton.edu to report this sports/health combo story. QB Jack Curtis received a cancer diagnosis in June. He's determined to play every football game this fall amid chemotherapy treatment. "I'm looking forward to getting back to my normal life."
With a team behind him, this college quarterback plays his final season amid cancer treatment at Mayo Clinic
Over the summer, Jack Curtis was diagnosed with lymphoma. Now, he's balancing class, football and chemotherapy during his senior year at Carleton College.
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HUGE congratulations to Claire McFadden ’13 on joining the writing team for Saturday Night Live!!! We expect lots of high-brow jokes next season about the amazing value of small, liberal arts colleges in the Midwest 😉💙 variety.com/2025/tv/news...
‘SNL’ Hires 7 New Writers for Season 51 (EXCLUSIVE)
'Saturday Night Live' has added seven new writers to Season 51, including Jack Bensinger, Jo Sunday, Maddie Wiener, Rachel Pegram and Claire McFadden.
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Never bet against our starting quarterback, Jack Curtis ’26! Even a cancer diagnosis can’t disrupt his commitment to Carleton Football. Good luck battling for the Goat today! We're all rooting for you 💛💙 Watch or read his story on CBS News: www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Jack Curtis, Carleton College's QB, shows that even a cancer diagnosis won't stop him
Doctors said it would be practically impossible to play his senior season of football, but he's doing it anyway.
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The first week of classes is officially wrapping up, and the Class of 2029 is officially settling in! We loved being there for your New Student Week, and we’re so excited to get to know you even better over the next four years 💛💙 youtu.be/8vfNruf26V8
Carleton College New Student Week 2025 | Welcome, Class of 2029!
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Citizens including Joseph Lee Heywood, Carleton’s volunteer treasurer!
Vince Mpls@vincempls.bsky.social · 12mo ago#OnThisDay Sept 7, 1876: The James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota. Citizens rise up to stop the robbery, resulting in the death of 2 gang members, the wounding of others, and capture of the Younger brothers. Jesse and Frank James barely escape alive.
Still wondering what Young Alumni are up to? Andrew Harvey ’15 studied history & theater at Carleton. Now COO & financial advisor for Opus 111 Group in Seattle, he ensures that his firm’s day-to-day is running smoothly and helps clients manage their portfolios. C’YA out there! youtu.be/UGYrjx4cmoE
Carleton College Young Alumni Outcomes | Andrew Harvey ’15
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Wondering what Young Alumni are up to? Emily Buckner ’15 studied biology at Carleton. Now the Crab Program Manager and Sea-Land Program Co-Lead at Puget Sound Restoration Fund, she conducts and facilitates collaborative research around marine natural resources. C’YA out there! youtu.be/hPCGcpVNFLg
Carleton College Young Alumni Outcomes | Emily Buckner ’15
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Class of 2025, we hope you’re enjoying the end of your first post-Carleton summer! Before you get too deep into your new jobs, grad school programs, fellowships, and more, check out all the official photos from your commencement in June in our Facebook album 💛💙 www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...
Quirky (kwәr-kē), adjective: having many quirks — a peculiar trait or idiosyncrasy — usually in an interesting or appealing way. The Spring 2025 edition of Common Time in the Voice asks Carls the question: When people say Carleton is quirky, what do they mean? www.carleton.edu/voice/storie...
Wondering what our Young Alumni are up to? Chyna Sanders ’21 is now a Human Resources Project Manager at @houstonmethodist.bsky.social! She makes sure that the staff members taking care of patients and innovative research have someone who is taking care of them. C’YA out there! youtu.be/aAoSRRObefo
Carleton College Young Alumni Outcomes | Chyna Sanders ’21
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“The strongest case for Carleton’s value is made by our people: the students, faculty, staff, and alumni who contribute to the cultural and civic life of our city, state, and nation." Read more from President @alisonbyerly.bsky.social in her Spring 2025 Voice column: www.carleton.edu/voice/storie...
The Real Value of Higher Ed - Carleton College
In April, I sent an email message to the alumni and family community, updating you on the College’s efforts to respond to the many challenges presented by the federal administration’s…
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New book from Mary Ellen Stitt ’08!
The University of Chicago Press@uchicagopress.bsky.social · last yr.Discover a compelling exploration of the unforeseen effects of treatment-centered alternatives to traditional criminal sentencing. Grab your copy of Mary Ellen Stitt's significant new book, TRIAL BY TREATMENT. More details below:
The Spring Voice is out in a mailbox near you! On the cover this issue is “The Breakfast Club” by Tim Gihring, who sets a tone of remembrance, celebration, and Carleton quirkiness as he reveals the mystery behind an iconic 1970s photograph of Washington, D.C. www.carleton.edu/voice/storie...
The Breakfast Club - Carleton College
The mystery behind an iconic photograph of Washington, D.C., in the 1970s leads back to Carleton, revealing a story of hope and change, friendship and loss.
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An absolutely amazing 14 Carls received Fulbright awards this year! From Iceland to Bulgaria to Indonesia, these new alumni will have the opportunity to travel across the globe through the largest exchange program in the country. Read more from Josey MacDonald ’25: www.carleton.edu/news/stories...
Fourteen Carls receive Fulbright Awards for 2025 - Carleton College
Fulbrights support college students and recent graduates during a year of exploration abroad.
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It has been a busy year in @carleton.edu climate & sustainability work! Sharing a few highlights from this year & I know this work, to support students & connect in action, especially matters now. www.carleton.edu/sustainabili...
2025 Sustainability Newsletter - Carleton College
The Office of Sustainability: During the fall of 2024, the Carleton Board of Trustees approved the Sustainable Futures Framework that articulates three goals for our “campus-to-community” vision. Thes...
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Sustainability work teeters on the precipice between hope and doom, which can be difficult to visualize. For the Winter 2025 Voice cover, we turned to a Minnesota artist whose work deftly navigates this balance—Gregory Euclide. Download the full cover illustration: www.carleton.edu/voice/storie...
I started a new thing at Carleton College! It highlights the breadth of a liberal arts education, reminds students that faculty don't know EVERYTHING, and is loads of fun! In "Guess Lectures," faculty give 7-minute talks using someone else’s slides from an unrelated discipline, sight unseen.
It’s TIME to add another Carl to the #TIME100! Wesley Sundquist ’81 has been named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2025, along with virologist Tomáš Cihlář, for their research leading to a highly effective drug that prevents HIV infections. www.carleton.edu/news/stories...
Wesley Sundquist ’81 named to TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2025 - Carleton College
Sundquist studied chemistry at Carleton.
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Yesterday, @aacu.org released a public statement opposing government overreach in higher ed, w/ more than 200 signatories—Carleton president @alisonbyerly.bsky.social is proudly among them. She spoke w/ @chronicle.com about the responsibility she felt to be visible: www.chronicle.com/article/more...
More Than 200 Higher-Ed Leaders Decry Trump Administration’s ‘Unprecedented Government Overreach’
The statement marks college presidents’ largest collective rebuke of the White House’s actions to date.
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Local @carleton.edu celebrities in upcoming KYMN programming for Earth Day. Rob, Julianna, & I talk about climate action on campus & how we are connecting with others to decarbonize & adapt. Students play a big role in this as learners & leaders of change.
Onward! Something good today. Annual emissions report is up! unhsimap.org/public/insti... As of FY24, @carleton.edu has reduced 71% of its Scope 1 & 2 emissions and 28% of its Scope 3 emissions. This includes major operational investment in district geothermal, passive housing, & more!
The Winter ’25 edition of the Voice is out in a mailbox near you! This special sustainability issue has a beautiful wraparound cover by @gregory-euclide.bsky.social Learn more about his ideas and artistic process in this behind-the-scenes look at the latest Carleton Voice cover: youtu.be/gDbiPKri9Ew
The cover of Carleton Voice with artist Gregory Euclide | Winter 2025
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