The St. Olaf Choir and the St. Olaf Orchestra will join Garrison Keillor for a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion from Skoglund Center Auditorium November 19.

While performing research as part of the Island Biology in the Bahamas course, Hal Halvorson '11 found two types of pseudoscorpions that may be a new species and made an important discovery about scaly pearl oysters.

The St. Olaf men's and women's swimming and diving teams recently earned College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America honors.

Oles across the nation and the world responded in shock and sorrow to the events in Norway this past weekend. On Monday, President David R. Anderson '74, acting on behalf of the St. Olaf community, sent a letter of condolence to the Norwegian Ambassador to the United States. Other expressions of concern and sadness are being offered by alumni, faculty, and staff, who are reaching out to colleagues and friends in Norway in this time of tragedy.

St. Olaf Assistant Professor of English Jennifer Kwon Dobbs received a grant to gather the stories of unwed Korean mothers and their struggles to preserve their families.

St. Olaf music faculty members John Ferguson and Christopher Aspaas have teamed up to lead hymn sings across the country over the next month as part of the Augsburg Fortress Worship and Music Clinics.

A five-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation will support an expansion of the St. Olaf Center for Interdisciplinary Research, enabling more students and faculty to partner on research projects.

The Reverend Ann Svennungsen, an experienced Lutheran pastor and administrator, will soon arrive on campus to serve as interim college pastor for the upcoming academic year.

Dale and Sonya Pedersen Margerum '52 recently established an endowed fund that will support student-faculty research in the fields of science, political science, or government service.

Two recent St. Olaf graduates traveled to Guyana to teach music for five months. Now they have their sights set on establishing a permanent music academy.

Associate Professor of History Timothy Howe recently presented two invited papers as a funded guest of the University of South Africa.

Page Stoutland '83 recently became vice president of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, where he works to secure nuclear materials around the world and prevent them from falling into dangerous hands.

A workout video posted by Adam Starr '12 has been featured by CBS, ABC (including Good Morning America), and HuffPost, and locally on KARE11. The video shows Starr, who lost a leg to cancer in 2009, doing a workout that includes back-flips. 

As a project for her Field Ecology class, Rebecca Spurr '11 is working with local farmer Dave Legvold to find ways to minimize the impact of nitrogen fertilizer on water quality.

"People really want to go on trips, and with a little more work, you can raise money for something important," canoeist Natalie Warren '11 told the Star Tribune during a stop along the 2,250-mile adventure she's sharing with Ann Raiho '11.

St. Olaf Religion Department faculty members Torin Alexander and John Barbour recently participated in the Lutheran Academy of Scholars Summer Seminar at Harvard Divinity School.