Aaron Yost ’23 begins the journey as a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship. Yost received a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship, which will support him in a two-year graduate program, two summer internships, and extensive professional development leading to a Foreign Service Officer position in the U.S. Department of State.

The Carnegie Classifications have long been a hallmark of institutions that excel in research and practice. This year, under the newly reimagined classification system, Grinnell has been designated as a Research College and University, reflecting the College’s ongoing commitment to scholarly inquiry and impactful research.

Mikel de Julián ’25 is named the 2024 Baumann Essay Prize recipient. His essay sought to understand the images emerging from Gaza and research a politically relevant historical question.

Valery Lopez '24, Daniel Rosenbloom ’23, and Kendall Yim ’24—were awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to teach English abroad for the 2024–2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Martinez has been named the recipient of the Celina Karp Biniaz Model of Resilience Award from Grinnell College. The award was established to honor Celina’s courageously hopeful life and legacy and bestows a cash prize.

The Udall Foundation awards scholarships and special honors to college sophomores and juniors for study in fields related to the environment and to Native Americans and Alaska Natives in fields related to health care and Tribal public policy.

Garcia, a biology major and science, medicine, and society concentrator, plans to pursue a medical degree and master’s in public health. She is committed to train as a primary care physician who is focused on addressing issues related to policy, care, and research for underserved Latine communities in the Los Angeles County area

Joyce Ceballos ’25 has joined the list of Grinnellians accepted to the prestigious Public Policy and International Affairs Program (PPIA). In past years, Grinnell students Valery Lopez ’24, Loyal Terry ’23, Maximillian Hill ’20, and Angela Frimpong ’20 have also participated in the program.

The Goldwater Scholarship Program seeks to identify and support college sophomores and juniors who show exceptional promise to become this nation’s next generation of research leaders in their fields.

Sira Nassoko ’24 has been awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for 2024–25 to explore music and soundscapes of the environment to reveal a lineage of hope and resilience across four countries.