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The College welcomed back alumni from across generations for its 144th Alumni Reunion Weekend, held from May 30 to June 2, 2024.

Pascal Lafontant, professor of biology, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar Grant to conduct developmental biology research in Sri Lanka during the 2024-25 academic year.

Jonathan Colby, Interim Chief Information Officer at Grinnell College, has been appointed to the position on a permanent basis.

Summer research is a great opportunity to explore both the depth and breadth of a topic. Check out our disciplinary research guides and databases and please join our upcoming summer research events.

Nominated by their classmates and peers, recipients have distinguished themselves by their service to their careers, their community, and/or the College.

Students in the Spring 2024 Global Learning Program Course Emerging Infectious Diseases traveled to South Africa and Alaska to conduct fieldwork at the forefront of disease ecology.

This annual event unites regional leaders for networking and learning opportunities, facilitating connections with Iowa’s congressional delegation, the administration, and their staffs, while presenting economic development priorities as a cohesive group.

From record-breaking achievements in track and field to dominant showings on the baseball and softball diamonds, and impressive outings in tennis and golf, the Pioneers have left an indelible mark.

Grinnell alumni from 45 different classes — ranging from 1953 to 2019 — are returning to their alma mater for a weekend of reconnection.

Mikey O'Conner and Maddy Thompson receive the Robert N. Noyce Senior Student Award, and Jemzy Alabi, Micah Cantor, Mia Hines, and Tanmaie Kailash named winners of the Henry M. And Theresa P. Walker Endowed Prize for Excellence in Computer Science.

Grinnell made Andrea Suazo Rivas ’24 feel like an individual and not just a number. She was also attracted to Grinnell’s strong international community.

What began as a summer side project in 2020 grew into a yearslong collaborative study in the Lafontant laboratory. Now, Lafontant, professor of biology, is proud to have his name listed after not one, but four, Grinnell alums on a paper published in Zebrafish.

Princess Joseph ’25, an independent studies major from St. Lucia, was honored for her leadership and community engagement both on campus and in the broader Grinnell community.

William (Bill) Ferguson ’75, Gertrude B. Austin Professor of Economics, will be hosted by the University of Oxford’s Institute for New Economic Thinking to present, “Social Identity, Institutional Entrepreneurship, and Identity Politics" on June 12, 2024.