Hâle Utar, the Sidney Meyer Professor in International Economics, is exploring how import competition from China and the “biological clock” affect the gender gap in earnings.

This grant will support the creation of an immersive virtual reality experience for visualizing a Viking longship, and understanding the social, linguistic, cultural, political, and economic roles that the longship played in the Viking Age.

Zach Spindler-Krage wrote an op-ed piece (“For the Boundary Waters protection movement, the time is now”) about efforts to protect the Boundary Waters. To his surprise, it was accepted for publication by MinnPost, an independent, nonprofit news source covering issues of interest to Minnesotans.

Professor of Art History Jenny Anger is studying how admiration for female “madness” has affected the reality of women artists with mental illness.

A Grinnell graduate and biochemist solves the structure of elusive proteins while re-imagining the culture of scientific research.

Todd Armstrong, professor and chair of Russian, Central European, and Eurasian Studies, answers five questions about foraging, chickens, food, and culture.

Associate Professor of Music Mark Laver and students from the tutorial class and jazz ensemble collaboration, “We Travel the Spaceways: Space Chants and Future Sounds," share insights on the project’s inception, what construction and preparation has been like, and what the audience of the final performance can expect.

The start of the 2022-23 academic year brings new faces to the campus and community.

Emily Guenther ’07, director of Grinnell College’s Liberal Arts in Prison Program (LAPP), has been awarded a $60,000 grant from Bard College and the Open Society University Network.

After a year of challenges, Makeba Lavan, assistant professor of English, takes on the topic of sitcoms with her First-Year Tutorial.