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Grinnell College Community Grant Spotlight

Feb 03, 2023
The Grinnell College Micro-Grant program provided funding for the Grinnell Historical Museum's Textile Preservation Project and the Stew Makerspace's equipment upgrade.
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Grinnell College Has Been Named a Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Students

Feb 10, 2023
Grinnell College is proud to be named one of the U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2022–23 Fulbright U.S. Students.
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Fragmentary Visions: Grinnell College’s Kelekian Collection on View at Grinnell College Museum of Art through May 6

Jan 25, 2023
A new exhibition at the Grinnell College Museum of Art offers an opportunity to view some of the oldest works in the museum’s collection while celebrating student scholarship.
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Staff Council Recognizes Outstanding Staff Members with the Star Staff and Leading Leader Awards

Jan 23, 2023
The Staff Council recognized the following staff members at the Annual Staff Recognition Brunch, hosted by the Office of Human Resources on Tuesday, January 24.  
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2023 Alumni Awards To Be Presented to 14 Outstanding Alumni

Jan 19, 2023
Award recipients embody Grinnell College’s mission of lifetime learning and service. They will be honored during Reunion 2023 in June.
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Inquiry-Led: What’s That Smell?

Jan 19, 2023
Anika Jane Beamer ’22 embarks on an investigation to answer her own steaming questions and to demystify manure, its origins, and most especially: its smell.
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Grinnellians Pursue a Lung Cancer Cure

Jan 18, 2023
During her research sabbatical, Charvann Bailey joined forces with Doug Spitz ’78 at the University of Iowa. Together, the two biologists are uncovering a molecule to treat aggressive lung cancer.
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Dreaming of Home

Jan 04, 2023
When Chinese immigrants came to the United States in the mid-19th century, many maintained strong ties with their families back home. Assistant Professor of Anthropology Laura Ng, a historical archaeologist studying transpacific migration and Asian diasporic communities, calls them “transnational immigrants.”
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Protecting the Boundary Waters

Dec 20, 2022
Zach Spindler-Krage wrote an op-ed piece (“For the Boundary Waters protection movement, the time is now”) about efforts to protect the Boundary Waters. To his surprise, it was accepted for publication by MinnPost, an independent, nonprofit news source covering issues of interest to Minnesotans.
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Anger’s New Book to Explore Surrealism and Female Mental Illness

Dec 19, 2022
Professor of Art History Jenny Anger is studying how admiration for female “madness” has affected the reality of women artists with mental illness.

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