A black man with glasses resting atop his head peers through a microscope in a dark room.

Lafontant Wins Fulbright Scholar Grant to Sri Lanka

Jun 13, 2024
Pascal Lafontant, professor of biology, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar Grant to conduct developmental biology research in Sri Lanka during the 2024-25 academic year.
A professor and a male student discuss fluorescent microscopy images pulled up on a laboratory computer.

Team Effort: Five Grinnellians Co-Author Paper on the Zebrafish Liver

May 28, 2024
What began as a summer side project in 2020 grew into a yearslong collaborative study in the Lafontant laboratory. Now, Lafontant, professor of biology, is proud to have his name listed after not one, but four, Grinnell alums on a paper published in Zebrafish.
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MacInnes Explores Greener Frontiers with Electrochemistry

Mar 14, 2024
Molly MacInnes, assistant professor of chemistry, is developing an innovative silicon purification process for a cleaner, healthier Earth.
A student pours a solution from a flask into a test vial.

Chemistry of the Commonplace

Dec 15, 2023
For their final projects, students in CHM 358 Instrumental Analysis are bringing everyday products into the laboratory for intense scientific scrutiny.
Robinson speaks to a group of students.

Dr. Richard Robinson to Give 2024 Danforth Lecture

Nov 14, 2023
Robinson’s lecture, “Nanoparticles 101: Small Particles, Big Impact!” will introduce attendees to the vast power and applications of nanoparticles. November 16 at 11 a.m. in JRC 101.
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From French Table to the Lab

Nov 09, 2023
Emma Luhmann ’18 and the unique alumni connection that kickstarted her research career
Adriane pipettes a solution into a small plastic test tube.

The Unlikelihood of an “Eureka Moment”

Oct 23, 2023
"You just can’t have results be the daily thing that’s keeping you going," Adriane Thompson ’24 learned during summer MAP research with Ben DeRidder, professor of biology.
Gracie, wearing lab goggles and gloves, sets up a metal column for her experiment.

Taking ‘Learning By Doing’ to a New Level

Oct 19, 2023
Another story in the Summer MAP Series. Gracie Song ’25 jumped headfirst into laboratory research, using a tricky technique to study the structure of a mutated protein.
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3-2 Engineering Programs Give Grinnellians the Best of Both Worlds

Oct 04, 2023
Grinnell’s 3-2 partnerships grant students their B.A., B.S., and an engineering education unlike any other.
A girl with laboratory goggles leans over a bench, carefully pouring a reagent from a brown bottle into a graduated cylinder.

A Morning in Organic Chemistry II Lab

Mar 16, 2023
Join organic chemistry students in the lab for a fly-on-the-wall experience of their investigations, collaboration, and antics.

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