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Grinnell advanced in several areas in the 2025–26 U.S. News & World Report rankings of National Liberal Arts Colleges.  

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.

Four new members have been elected to the Grinnell College Board of Trustees.  All trustees are elected by the full board and serve a term of four years; each trustee is eligible for re-election for three additional consecutive, full terms.  

Eight students in JPN 398: Advanced Japanese Seminar traveled to Japan in spring 2025, with the support of the Institute for Global Engagement, to learn about how sustainable develoment goals (SDGs) are promoted and pursued in Japan, where 90% of respondents in one survey indicated some level of familiarity with the concept.

On May 19, 2025, Grinnell College graduated its first cohort of Japanese majors. This group of students started learning Japanese in fall 2021, Grinnell’s first semester back to in-person learning after a year and a half of online learning.

In August, Grinnell College welcomed 27 new faculty members to campus through New Faculty Orientation (NFO), marking the beginning of the 2025–26 academic year.

Clark Lindgren, Patricia A. Johnson Professor of Neuroscience, has been awarded a $515,078 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Grinnell College celebrates $99,000 grant renewal for the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program.

Senior Lecturer in Biology Liz Queathem led a Mentored Advanced Project (MAP) to develop a virtual map of campus trees. She worked with several students who remapped every tree on campus.