The College invites the public to celebrate the positive impact girls high school basketball has on Grinnell at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in connection with the Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition at Drake Community Library.
Award-winning writer Wil Haygood will lead a roundtable discussion about writing at 4:15 p.m. and give the Armando Montaño Memorial Lecture at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, in the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center as part of the Writers@Grinnell program.
Dr. Emeran Mayer, a professor, neuroscientist, and gastroenterologist at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, will give a Scholars’ Convocation Lecture about microbes at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 4, in Room 101 of the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center.
Bao Ying Chen ’14, biomedical physics graduate student at UCLA, was drawn to Grinnell by its commitment to diversity, the financial resources offered to students, and the flexibility of its individually advised curriculum. “Without Grinnell’s help, I do not think I would have been able to pursue a higher education degree,” says Chen, a first-generation college student.
Collin Kramer ’15, a third-year medical student at the University of Iowa, came to Grinnell knowing that he wanted to study medicine. Thanks to the small class sizes, dedicated faculty, and abundant research opportunities offered by Grinnell’s biological chemistry program, Kramer graduated feeling well-prepared for medical school.
Emily Mesev ’15, molecular biology Ph.D. student at Princeton University, says that when she first visited Grinnell, “it felt like the best place for me.”
Talk about flexible. Nick Hunter ’15 is using the skills he developed as a Spanish major in his graduate program in engineering.
Alberta Ferrario will discuss the controversial concept of Hinduism and offer possible ways to understand and talk about this complex tradition at 7:30 p.m. April 9, 2019, Rosenfield Center Room 101.
BIO 305 explores Iowa’s ecological past, present, and future.
For first-generation students, getting into Grinnell is just the first hurdle. Figuring out how to survive, much less thrive, is a whole series of hurdles. And it’s less a sprint over a brightly lit track than a marathon through a dark tunnel with blind curves, switchbacks, and alarming obstacles.
Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre will be streamed live at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 30, in Harris Center Cinema as part of the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD Series.
Steven Duong ’19, a newly selected Thomas J. Watson Fellow, will travel to Malawi, China, Thailand, and Trinidad and Tobago in 2019-20 to write poetry and explore the world of freshwater fish.
Alumnus to create Grinnell biology endowed chair in honor of father, former professor
In honor of his father, Denver-area cardiologist and farmer Carlos Mendoza ’72 will create the Dr. Guillermo Mendoza Endowed Chair in the biology department with a planned gift of $4.25 million.
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