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  1. Closeup of a baseball

    The Linguistic Structure of Japanese Baseball Chants

    Jan 31, 2018

    World-renowned phonologist Armin Mester will present work he has been developing with collaborators that seeks to explain the complex sound patterns in adapting a batter’s name for use in…

  2. 2016-17 Fulbright recipients

    Seven Seniors and One Graduate Awarded Fulbright Grants

    May 19, 2017
    They will use the prestigious grants to support international study, research, and teaching.
  3. Emily Howe ’16 and Hannah Hwang ’18

    Grinnellians win Critical Language Scholarships from U.S. State Department

    May 19, 2017
    In summer immersion programs, Hannah Hwang ’18 will study Korean in South Korea; Emily Howe ’16 will study Swahili in Tanzania.
  4. Department of Chinese & Japanese Graduation Dinner 2017

    May 15, 2017

    The Department of Chinese and Japanese hosted its annual graduation dinner on May 12, 2017, at Chuong Garden in town. Those present included six faculty members in Chinese and Japanese and six…

  5. Japanese Spring Festival 2017

    Apr 19, 2017

    Approximately 300 people attended Grinnell College's annual Japanese Spring Festival on Friday, April 7.

    They enjoyed a Taiko drum performance, calligraphy, origami, kimono, and other…

  6. Chinese Language Performance Competition

    Apr 19, 2017

    A total of 26 students enrolled in our first-year through fourth-year Chinese classes competed at the Fourteenth Cross University Chinese Language Performance Competition at the University of Iowa…

  7. 2017 Japanese Language Speech Contest

    Apr 04, 2017

    On Saturday, March 25, the 31st Annual Japanese Language Speech Contest was held by the Consulate General of Japan in Chicago.

    Four students  were selected from Grinnell College to…

  8. Department of Chinese and Japanese House-Warming Party

    Jan 30, 2017

    The Department of Chinese and Japanese has moved from Carnegie fourth-floor to Faculty House (1303 Park Street). We had a house-warming party on the evening of Friday, Jan. 27, which happened to…

  9. Students Craft Chopsticks from Campus Trees

    Jan 27, 2017
    Students are creating souvenirs from trees cleared from campus for the new Humanities and Social Studies Complex.
  10. 10 Grinnell Graduates Receive Fulbright Grants

    Sep 20, 2016
    Grinnell consistently appears on national list of 'top-producing' Fulbright Schools.

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