Maria Pinto was recently a guest of the English department’s Writers@Grinnell program and Grinnell’s first environmental writer-in-residence at CERA. She was also the first visitor to stay in the newly renovated CERA residence.

For Josh Emrys Payong, a Mentored Advanced Project (MAP) in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with Associate Professor of Biology Idelle Cooper ’01 was the perfect way to satisfy his urge to conduct more field research.

Maddie Church ’27 explores the world of publishing in a summer internship.

Celebrated author, poet, and University of Georgia professor LeAnne Howe visited the Grinnell College campus in early April. She presented a Scholars’ Convocation and led a writers’ workshop.

Four English majors, led by Senior Lecturer Carolyn Jacobson, presented their Mentored Advanced Projects (MAPs) at the Midwest Modern Language Association Convention in Chicago.

Assistant Professor Bruna Dantas Lobato has won the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature for her translation of The Words That Remain by Stênio Gardel.

Luke Bryson ’25 received an honorable mention for his short story, “The Last 2,500 Miles of Cataract Jack,” in the 2024 annual ACM Nick Adams Short Story Contest for his stories short story.

The Grinnell community is invited to attend an installation ceremony for two new endowed professors at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Herrick Chapel.

Shuchi Kapila, professor of English, will hold the Maxeiner/Baumann-Payne Endowed Chair and Nicole Eikmeier, assistant professor of computer science, will be the first recipient of the new Luebke-Sproehnle Endowed Junior Faculty professorship.

Grinnell College Museum of Art and Writers@Grinnell welcome Belinda Tang & Ada Zhang to read from their debuts books: A Map for the Missing and The Sorrows of Others on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, at 8 p.m. in the Grinnell College Museum of Art (GCMoA).