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MJ Ketcha wearing a white medical coat and sitting on stone steps.

Grinnell Helps Forge a Path to Medical School

Oct 15, 2025
MJ Ketcha recently started medical school and reflects on the experiences that got him there.
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Theatre Professor’s Extended Reality Production Pushes Boundaries

Oct 07, 2025
Professor Craig Quintero’s “Blur” is a new extended reality (XR) theatrical experience that combines live performance, motion capture, immersive technologies, and interactive storytelling, integrating the physical and the virtual in a seamless mixed-reality format.
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Prepared for Medical School, Thanks to Grinnell

Sep 30, 2025
First-year medical student Kayla Figatner ’22 says that a Grinnell education is perfect for people considering a career health care.
Jamie Friedman

Jamie Friedman: Analyzing Climate Policy

Jun 24, 2025
Jamie Friedman joined the Center for American Progress, where she works as a climate policy analyst focused on clean energy transition and reducing pollution from high-emitting industrial facilities.
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Suha Gillani: Sustainability in Business

Jun 24, 2025
Suha Gillani ’16 has built a career driven by curiosity about how sustainability can help business unlock growth responsibly.
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Jonathan Gilmour: Public Health Research

Jun 24, 2025
Jonathan Gilmour ’19 is a cofounder of The Impact Project, a nonpartisan data and research initiative that makes data about government change more transparent and actionable.
Alex Reich in the Arctic in a fur hood with a teepee structure in the background

Raising Awareness about Climate Change

Jul 24, 2025
Alex Reich ’11 works to raise awareness and educate people about the linked issues of climate change and the global food system.
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Strength and Conditioning Coaches Help Student-Athletes Build Strength, Resilience, Confidence

Sep 23, 2025
For the first time ever, Grinnell athletes can call on two strength and conditioning coaches, Steve Lewis and Maddy Griess, who can focus on this important training component. 
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Three-Minute History: Joe Rosenfield 1925

Sep 22, 2025
After Joe Rosenfield graduated from Grinnell in 1925, he dedicated much of the rest of his life to nurturing and preserving the College that meant so much to him.
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Building Bridges

Sep 10, 2025
From scholarships and mentoring to care packages and study breaks, alumni affinity groups support students while connecting Grinnellians from every era

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