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As we conclude our semester, we continue to experience and seek to acknowledge the many ways that the pandemic has placed sustained stress on the mental and physical health of our community. The intensity of our communal experience calls for action out of the ordinary to provide a change in pace and time for relief. Time is simultaneously among the most valued and the scarcest of elements of the academic experience, and the action detailed below seeks to institute a demonstrable change of pace for each of us to advance our well-being within our work — a moment to breathe in our hectic schedules.

Your Grinnell student days may be coming to a close, but your quest for knowledge does not have to be. To support alumni’s lifelong learning endeavors, the Grinnell College Libraries and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations are pleased to provide alumni with access to a range of academic databases.

Jasper Yang '22 repeats as a College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America® Division III first-team selection, and was voted Team Member of the Year, emerging atop a field that includes more than 25,000 men who play soccer at the D-III level.

The Office of Communications has partnered with the New Books Network to create a new podcast initiative showcasing the creative processes and latest work of Grinnell alumni, faculty, and staff.

Award-winning author and columnist, Jean Guerrero will give the Armando (Mando) Montaño ’12 Memorial Reading on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at 8 p.m. in the Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Room 101.

Writers@Grinnell Reading with Jerald Walker on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at 8 p.m. via Zoom.

Writers@Grinnell reading by artist, writer, and curator, Riva Lehrer, on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, at 8 p.m. in the Grinnell College Museum of Art.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Josh Marshack's research on primate social dynamics is intrinsically tied to all of the anthropology subdisciplines, as well as to areas outside of anthropology and academia altogether.

Writers@Grinnell Distinguished Author Reading with Terrance Hayes on Thursday, April 21, 2022, at 8 p.m. in the Joe Rosenfield ’25 (JRC) Center, Room 101.