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Character in a play (showing face) whispers to an audience member (back of head)

Outnumbering an Audience

A short course in art and performance includes working with professionals in Taiwan.
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Nathan Calvin stands in front of blooming trees at Burling Library

"Grinnell Interns Are Solid Gold"

Nathan Calvin '18's summer research with ACLU Nebraska just became a new state law.

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Mélanie Marcel

Grinnell Prize Awarded to Mélanie Marcel, Founder of SoScience

Marcel brings together scientists and social entrepreneurs to solve global problems.

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Kaydi-Ann Newsome writes at a marker board

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

An alumna discovers a career that feels right and true.
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Upcoming Events

Fri.
Jul.20

Read, Write and Draw @ Faulconer Gallery

Friday, July 20, 2018, 11am – 12pm

This free program is available for students to drop-in for a quiet hour of reading, writing and drawing. Bring your own book or read own of ours. Create a story or draw in response to one of the artworks on display or from your...

Wed.
Jul.25

Read, Write and Draw @ Faulconer Gallery

Bucksbaum 131 - Faulconer Gallery
Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 2 – 3pm

This free program is available for students to drop-in for a quiet hour of reading, writing and drawing. Bring your own book or read own of ours. Create a story or draw in response to one of the...

Fri.
Jul.27

Read, Write and Draw @ Faulconer Gallery

Friday, July 27, 2018, 11am – 12pm

This free program is available for students to drop-in for a quiet hour of reading, writing and drawing. Bring your own book or read own of ours. Create a story or draw in response to one of the artworks on display or from your...

Fri.
Aug.10

Movies Under the Stars 2018

Central Park (Broad & 4th)
Friday, August 10, 2018, 9 – 11pm

In case of inclement weather, the movie will be shown in the Harris Center Cinema.

Wed.
Sep.5

Mens Soccer vs Dubuque

Jane Gunderson Springer '50 Field (Soccer Complex)
Wednesday, September 5, 2018, 5 – 8pm

dubuque

Sat.
Sep.8

Womens Volleyball

Bear Darby Gymnasium
Saturday, September 8, 2018, 10am – 12pm

Women's Volleyball vs. Les Duke 

Calendar of events

Exhibits

details from Tom Schneider's Susie Salmon Snatcher

Summer Exhibitions Explore the Line Between Reality and Fiction

The Faulconer Gallery will display works ranging from the surreal to hyper-real June 29 to Sept. 15, 2018.
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Bennett Bean 3 part winged piece

New Acquisitions on View at Faulconer Gallery

An exhibition of selected works donated to Grinnell College’s Faulconer Gallery since July 2017 will open on Friday, May 18, 2018.
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Faulconer Gallery

Athletics

Half-dozen Grinnell basketball players named to NABC Honors Court

Half-dozen Grinnell basketball players named to NABC Honors Court

GRINNELL, Iowa - Six Grinnell College men's basketball players have been named to the National Association of Basketball...

Grinnell men's basketball squad earns NABC Team Academic Excellence Award

Grinnell men's basketball squad earns NABC Team Academic Excellence Award

GRINNELL, Iowa - Grinnell College's men's basketball squad was named a National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic...

Pioneer Athletics
Community

Community

Experience our intentional community on the prairie.
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Careers, Life, and Service

Live, learn, and work with meaning and purpose.
Welcome to Grinnell.edu

Individualized Education

Because your interests cross many boundaries.
Residential Learning

Residential Learning

The entire campus is your classroom.
Students and professors explore foreign cities

Global

Expand your knowledge of the world.

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