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  1. Grinnell College News
    Grinnell Magazine

    Meet the class of 2017

    Preliminary data on the incoming class show:

    • Applications are up 55 percent from two years ago.
    • 30.3 percent of applicants were admitted — down from 45 percent two…
  2. At the Faulconer Gallery Summer 2013

    Jun 20, 2013

    From a Distance

    Through Sept. 8

    Photographer Lorna Bieber builds her monumental installations from the vast array of images that activate contemporary culture…

  3. Expanding Anthropology

    Jun 20, 2013

    Anthropology professor emeritus Doug Caulkins co-edited A Companion to Organizational Anthropology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012), with University of North Texas professor Ann…

  4. Welcome!

    Jun 20, 2013

    Mae Turley joined the College’s Office of Development and Alumni Relations as Pioneer Fund director on May 31.  Her primary role is to guide and conduct fundraising efforts…

  5. Raving about Their Exes

    Jun 20, 2013

    Meg Schmitt ’15 backpacked with Joy Tamayose ’88, a wildlife biologist on Maui, to the crater at the center of Haleakala National Park during her…

  6. No Program? No Problem!

    Jun 20, 2013

    Although several departments offer film courses each year and there is an active calendar of film-related events and film clubs at Grinnell, there is no film major or concentration. Nevertheless,…

  7. Where Grinnell Meets Finance

    Jun 20, 2013

    This spring, three enterprising students kicked off Grinnell’s first Liberal Arts in Finance Symposium. The April 6 event featured nine alumni speakers and an array of panels, networking sessions,…

  8. Honoring Innovators and Activists

    Jun 20, 2013

    Sarah Kay received a doctor of humane letters for expanding the reach and power of spoken word poetry. She began performing at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York at age 14 and was…

  9. Overheard at Commencement

    Jun 20, 2013

    “I’ve been to three graduation ceremonies, and this was my favorite. I liked all of the speeches; it was windy, so people’s hats kept blowing off. We didn’t realize we were supposed to line up, so…

  10. A Lifetime Achievement

    Jun 20, 2013

    Henry Walker, professor of computer science, received international recognition recently for his service, scholarship, and 40-plus years of teaching. The Special Interest Group on…

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