student walking to class outside with trees and campus banner

News

  1. Grinnell College News
    Grinnell Magazine

    More Highly Qualified Applicants

    Not only did the total number of applicants go up again for 2015–16 — 6,414 students applied, a 6 percent increase from last year — but the students’ academic…

  2. Trustees Elect New Leader and Members

    Jun 20, 2015

    Patricia Jipp Finkelman ’80

    Finkelman was elected chair of the Grinnell College Board of Trustees at its May 2015 meeting. She’s been a member of the board…

  3. Expanding the Use of Digital Technology in the Humanities

    Jun 20, 2015

    Grinnell College and the University of Iowa have received a $1.6 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop humanities-centered collaborations that expand the use of digital…

  4. Yik Yak Blocked from College Servers

    Jun 20, 2015

    In light of continuing incidents and personal attacks on the social media app Yik Yak — including instances of racism, victim-blaming, and anonymous allegations — Information Technology Services…

  5. 2015 Honorary Degree Recipients

    Jun 20, 2015

    During its 2015 Commencement exercises, Grinnell College conferred honorary degrees upon people involved in environmentalism, science, education, and business.

    This year’s…

  6. Commencement Experienced Via Technology

    Jun 20, 2015

    Alexis “Lexy” Greenwell ’15 is thrilled to be alive, thanks to the power of music.

    The 22-year-old singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist…

  7. Alumni Share Views of College’s Communications

    Jun 20, 2015

    During March and April, the College conducted an online survey of alumni to learn more about their reading habits related to The Grinnell Magazine, class letters, email communications,…

  8. TEDxGrinnell “Speak Out!”

    Jun 20, 2015

    A sold-out TEDxGrinnell conference Feb. 21 featured seven notable Grinnell College alumni. Talks addressed a variety of issues on the…

  9. Why I Joined the Military

    Jun 20, 2015

    Twenty Grinnell students spent spring break in the Big Apple with help from their friends in the Rosenfield Program in Public Affairs, International Relations, and Human Rights and from alumni who…

  10. Faces of Philanthropy: Talent

    Jun 20, 2015

    James J. Hill, one of Grinnell’s founders, was a true visionary. He demonstrated it with the ceremonious presentation of a silver dollar in 1846. The sound of a single coin laid down as a first…

We use cookies to enable essential services and functionality on our site, enhance your user experience, provide better service through personalized content, collect data on how visitors interact with our site, and enable advertising services.

To accept the use of cookies and continue on to the site, click "I Agree." For more information about our use of cookies and how to opt out, please refer to our website privacy policy.