A woman in a lab coat kneels next to a toilet and inspects it with a magnifying glass.

Inquiry-Led: What’s That Smell?

Jan 19, 2023
Anika Jane Beamer ’22 embarks on an investigation to answer her own steaming questions and to demystify manure, its origins, and most especially: its smell.
A faculty member and two students examine artifacts from an archaeological dig.

Dreaming of Home

Jan 04, 2023
When Chinese immigrants came to the United States in the mid-19th century, many maintained strong ties with their families back home. Assistant Professor of Anthropology Laura Ng, a historical archaeologist studying transpacific migration and Asian diasporic communities, calls them “transnational immigrants.”
Brigittine French Grinnell College Authors and Artists

Brigittine M. French: Anthropological Lives

Dec 07, 2022
In Anthropological Lives, French and co-author Virginia R. Dominguez introduce readers to what it is like to be a professional anthropologist. An Authors and Artists Podcast Episode
A laptop and models of the human skull

Archaeological Field Methods

Nov 02, 2022
In the course titled Archaeological Field Methods (ANT 291), not only will you learn how to survey, excavate, and examine the past in an archaeological field setting, you will also practice hands-on laboratory methods to analyze and interpret the artifacts discovered in the field, such as stone tools, animal remains, and more.
Primate photos and skulls

What Interdisciplinary Primatology Reveals about Human Nature

Dec 06, 2021
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Josh Marshack's research on primate social dynamics is intrinsically tied to all of the anthropology subdisciplines, as well as to areas outside of anthropology and academia altogether.
Tommy Hexter testing water conditions at Little Bear Creek

Dirty Hands and Wet Feet

Jul 30, 2021
Tommy Hexter ’21 shares his path to serving the Grinnell community as a Poweshiek County Water and Soil Commissioner.
Illustration of two students walking toward a college building that's inside a computer monitor

Grinnell Offers Summer Classes for the First Time Since 1947

Aug 07, 2020
The spirit of community and desire to care for students prompted the quick development of summer classes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tommy Hexter trimming crops in the Farm House garden

Growin' Green Since 2018

Jan 23, 2020
Across the street from campus at the corner of Park Street and 6th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, sits a 30–by-80-foot plot that’s been tilled and cared for. In the milder months, you’ll see it filled with crops like peppers and radishes, and you’ll see Grinnellians working there.
photo of Michael Puett

Gates Lecturer: Michael Puett, Harvard University

Jan 09, 2020
Gates Lecturer: Michael Puett, Harvard University Michael Puett will present two lectures: “Ritual, Sincerity, and Human Flourishing: What Chinese Philosophers can Teach Us About the Good Life” and “Creating Worlds: Imagination and Interpretation in Classical China.”
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The College Moves Salisbury House Library Collection to Campus

Aug 30, 2019
The College has moved Salisbury House’s collection of nearly 5,000 rare books and historic documents to Burling Library’s climate-controlled Special Collections and Archives.

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