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In August of 2011, the College began a strategic planning process that included a year of research and study and solicited more than 1,200 comments and suggestions from the entire Grinnell…

Breach 

Assistant professor of art Andrew Kaufman’s Breach was an installation of 10 small, disassembled television monitors that make and remake drawings…

Peter Kranz ’63 hadn’t returned to Grinnell since he graduated. An associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas-Pan American, Kranz wanted to visit campus — and…

This fall, Grinnell got a brief, behind-the-scenes glimpse of the presidential campaign. On Sept. 18, Vice President Joe Biden visited Grinnell’s Harris Center to talk about issues such as student…

The Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) has been a state tradition since 1973. For the past four years, a Grinnell team has joined the now-15,000-strong bike ride for seven…

“I’ve always been intoxicated with books,” says Harold Kasimow, professor emeritus of religious studies, who was hired by the College in 1972 to help establish its Religious…

Arlene Holmes and Melanie Drake ’92 are assistant directors of alumni relations — Holmes, for career development, connecting alumni with students who can benefit…

When Victoria Brown, L.F. Parker Professor of History, became a grandmother in 2007, she set out to read a history on grandmothers in America — and found there wasn’t one. “There…

“Your services are wonderful.” “Campus staff … are all very helpful and pleasant.” “Top notch … cannot think of one [experience] in particular that was the ‘best.’” “It was all very good — the…