Conference Operations

Grinnell College will award honorary degrees to the following individuals making major contributions to the fields of science, humanities and social science.  

Katie Bouman, whose algorithm led to the first image of a black hole, will give the 2020 Commencement address.

Grinnell College will stream Handel’s “Agrippina,” a black comedy about the abuse of power in ancient Rome, on Feb. 29 as part of the Met’s 2019-20 Live in HD season.

George Gershwin’s opera will be streamed live at 11:55 a.m. in Harris Center Cinema as part of the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD Series.

Alban Berg’s opera about a soldier driven by humiliation and jealousy to murder his lover will be streamed live at 11:55 a.m. on Jan. 11 in Harris Center Cinema as part of the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD Series.

The Met Opera’s production of Jules Massenet’s “Manon,” will be streamed live at noon on Saturday, Oct. 26, in Harris Center Cinema, as part of the Live in HD Series.

Kate A. Manne, associate professor of philosophy at Cornell University, will present the Scholars’ Convocation at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center, Room 101.

Joan Neuberger ’75, professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin, will discuss politics of the arts in Stalin’s Russia during the Sept. 19 Scholars’ Convocation Lecture.

Upon receiving an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree, renowned author Amy Tan noted that her mother, who wanted her to be a doctor, would be so proud.