When Chinese immigrants came to the United States in the mid-19th century, many maintained strong ties with their families back home. Assistant Professor of Anthropology Laura Ng, a historical archaeologist studying transpacific migration and Asian diasporic communities, calls them “transnational immigrants.”
Professor of Art History Jenny Anger is studying how admiration for female “madness” has affected the reality of women artists with mental illness.
Do you know what to do if a fire alarm goes off? What about a tornado warning? Or an active threat? Grinnell College News sat down with Heather Cox, Director of Emergency Management and James Shropshire, Director of Campus Safety to get answers to some of our most urgent questions.
Grinnell College will honor Edith Renfrow Smith, Class of 1937, one of the College’s most accomplished and beloved alumni, by naming the Civic Engagement Quad (CEQ) Core Building in her honor.
Grinnell College invites alumni, faculty, staff, parents, and community members to celebrate and strengthen our campus community this GivingTuesday.
Ham Serunjogi ’16 was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in finance for 2023. Serunjogi is CEO of Chipper Cash, a financial technology company he founded with Maijid Moujaled ’14.
A Grinnell graduate and biochemist solves the structure of elusive proteins while re-imagining the culture of scientific research.
Build a Better Grinnell 2030 (BABG 2030) has received a grant of $197,153 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge. These funds will support the mission of the BABG 2030 project: to identify and prioritize community needs as well as resources, assets, and partners to guide community development and quality-of-life improvement over the next decade.
A global education helps students discover the world — and themselves.
Our feeling was that if you are not connected to your place, you won’t take care of it. From this conversation emerged the idea of embracing our location and using it as a teaching and learning tool.
Helping recover that story felt urgent. The work was physically intense but meaningful.
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