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

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

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…

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…

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,…

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,…

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…

“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…

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…