Math equations are written on a window, behind which are sillhouetes of people.

3-2 Engineering Programs Give Grinnellians the Best of Both Worlds

Oct 04, 2023
Grinnell’s 3-2 partnerships grant students their B.A., B.S., and an engineering education unlike any other.
Dr. Aomawa Shields

Physicist Aomawa Shields to Speak at Grinnell

Sep 26, 2023
Shields will share her insights on planetary habitability and discuss her recent memoir, “Life on Other Planets.”
observatory at sunset

Grant O. Gale Observatory to Hold Open House April 27

Apr 20, 2023
The moon and the Orion Nebula will be the featured celestial objects at an open house at Grant O. Gale Observatory on Thursday, April 27 at 8:30 p.m.
A large, circular atrium houses machinery used to measure the results of laser experiments in the interior chamber. The atrium is awash in blue light, and a banner on the central chamber reads National Nuclear Security Administration.

Adrian Barnes ’05: Behind A Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough

Mar 21, 2023
In 2007, a Grinnell grad joined the team of scientists at the National Ignition Facility. This December, they reached their decades-old goal.
A man in a suit stands at a podium, gesturing with his hands as he delivers a speech. Behind him is a colorful abstract painting.

Ronald Gamble Jr. of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to Discuss STEM Education

Feb 15, 2023
The award-winning Afro-Latino physicist, educator, and visual artist will deliver a talk at 11:55 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 22, in Noyce Science Center, Room 1023.
Three students examine a beam of light being projected through a series of circular lenses.

Grinnell Science Project Means Family

Sep 27, 2022
On the thirtieth anniversary of the Grinnell Science Project, the Student Assistants of GSP reflect on community, confidence, and becoming ambassadors to their peers.
A student wearing a lab coat, exam gloves and a mask looks through a microscope.

Delving Deeper: Science Faculty Receive Half a Million Dollars from the National Science Foundation to Expand Microscopy Work

Sep 06, 2022
Clark Lindgren, Keisuke Hasegawa, Pascal Lafontant, Vida Praitis, Josh Sandquist, and Mark Levandoski were awarded the NSF Major Research Instrumentation grant to purchase a laser scanning confocal microscope, a breakthrough in the research capabilities of faculty and students throughout the sciences at Grinnell.
Paul Hutchison and student

A New Approach to Learning Physics

May 13, 2022
In the course How to Learn Physics (EDU/PHY 115), students identify an intriguing physical phenomenon to explore further. From there, they use everyday reasoning to make conjectures about what could be happening in the phenomenon and to test those conjectures.

Physics Squire Lecture Series

Feb 16, 2022
Marty Baylor, Carleton College, will present this semester's Squire Lecture, presented by the physics department.
Joe Beggs ’19 wears a suit and stands in a field

Coming Full Circle

May 20, 2021
Beggs comes full circle, mentoring and being mentored, inspiring and being inspired.

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