Faculty Awards and Accomplishments ,
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Grinnell College collaborates with regional institutions to secure NSF grant supporting high-performance computing in Iowa

Apr 17, 2024
Grinnell’s Charlotte Christensen, Associate Professor of Physics, and Mike Conner, Linux Systems Administrator, are key members of the collaborative team awarded the grant titled "High-performance computing solutions for small Midwest institutions" (OAC- 2346616) through the NSF's Campus Cyberinfrastructure program.
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Burson, Hernandez Selected for DOE Visiting Faculty Program

Apr 11, 2024
Kristen Burson, Associate Professor of Physics, and Heriberto Hernandez, Professor of Chemistry, will spend the summer collaborating with scientists at DOE-funded national labs.
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Beronda Montgomery Receives 2024 Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award from American Society of Plant Biologists

Apr 10, 2024
Montgomery's impact extends far beyond the boundaries of biology. She is deeply invested in studying mentorship and faculty development, seeking to develop evidence-based strategies to foster equity and inclusion across higher education.
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Barbara Trish Awarded Prestigious Leverhulme Visiting Professorship

Apr 03, 2024
Barbara Trish, professor of political science and director of the Rosenfield Program, has been selected as a ’24-25 Leverhulme Visiting Professor. Sponsored by a grant from the Leverhulme Trust, the appointment will support her collaboration with UK institutions while she advances her research.
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Saba Awarded ‘Life Worth Living’ Fellowship

Mar 21, 2024
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and History Elias Saba has been awarded a 2024 Life Worth Living Faculty Course Development Fellowship from the Yale Center for Faith and Culture.
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Building Community through Protest

Mar 11, 2024
Sharon Quinsaat’s book, “Insurgent Communities: How Protests Create a Filipino Diaspora,” looks at how protest allows migrants to form a community that extends across borders.
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Osera, Honored Grinnell Lecturer, on Automation and Pedagogy with Soul

Mar 07, 2024
Peter-Michael Osera, assistant professor of computer science, gave the 2024 Grinnell Lecture, exploring program synthesis and what automation can reveal to us about the ways we teach and learn.
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Community Champions: Grinnell College Employees Making A Difference

Feb 29, 2024
Did you know that there are over 20,000 nonprofits in Iowa working every day to improve lives and strengthen communities? The demand for nonprofit leadership continues to grow. However, in Grinnell and in other rural communities, most community organizations run with little or no staff and are highly dependent on the dedication of volunteers to accomplish their missions.
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Interfaith America Grant to Expand Bridge-Building Dialogue in Grinnell Community

Feb 26, 2024
Ryan Solomon and the Listening Project team, which includes both Grinnell community members and Grinnell College students, have been awarded a $3,850 grant from Interfaith America's Bridging the Gap program.
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Darrius Hills Awarded Prestigious Fellowship from the Louisville Institute's Sabbatical Grant for Researchers

Feb 20, 2024
The grant will facilitate Hills' year-long sabbatical in 2025, during which he will embark on his second book project titled A Tale of Two Cities: Muscular Christianity and Red Pill Masculinity. The project promises to shed light on the complex intersection of American evangelicalism and contemporary popular culture.

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