Nov 1, 2024
The Grinnell Singers will present their fall concert titled “Songs of Earth” on Sunday, November 10, at 2 p.m. in Sebring-Lewis Hall.
Student Awards and Accomplishments News
Oct 22, 2024
A group of Grinnell alumni has created a fund to support a Mentored Advanced Project to study the history of concerts at Grinnell and Georgia Dentel, who made them possible.
Oct 18, 2024
Four Grinnell students are working with Professor Sarah Purcell ’92 to research the history of concerts at Grinnell. Their Mentored Advanced Project includes a focus on legendary Grinnell staff member Georgia Dentel.
Sep 9, 2024
Tatum Watkins ’27, a second-year political science major at Grinnell, served as a delegate at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago in August.
Aug 8, 2024
Mikel de Julián ’25 is named the 2024 Baumann Essay Prize recipient. His essay sought to understand the images emerging from Gaza and research a politically relevant historical question.
Aug 7, 2024
This summer, four Grinnell College students are collaborating with Chris Conway, visiting associate professor of cognitive psychology, to investigate attention and learning —along with other variables that can affect them, such as personality, musical experience, and stress levels.
Jul 9, 2024
Traveling to Cuba, Louisiana, and Brazil, 15 Grinnellians spent a semester studying the colonial legacy of sugar production.
Jul 2, 2024
Over commencement weekend, mathematics and statistics faculty announced the winners of their annual departmental prizes:
Isidora Bailly-Hall ’24, Kate Bartz ’25, Samantha Hall '24, Hyeyun Jung ’25, and Lilli Lewis ’25.
May 28, 2024
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.
Student Awards And Accomplishments Stories
It's a story about ... seeking a greater understanding of existence. I hope this musical inspires audiences to reflect on their own journey and the shared human search for meaning.
The Goldwater Scholarship will provide me with newfound opportunities to not just seek answers, but crucially and critically propose pressing, thought-provoking questions for an ever-evolving world in need of each other’s gifts.
Surfing has always been a part of my life throughout college, but the fellowship gave me the opportunity to pursue it beyond recreation.
I went to Grinnell because a wanted to be a well-rounded engineer. … I got confidence, really, in my own skills, in my own ability to learn and to lead.
Joe Beggs ’19, CEO at GENAssist and HIVE Medical
Because of Grinnell, I had the confidence to explore new places. ... Grinnell made me more enthusiastic about getting out of my comfort zone and meeting new people.
This trip helped ground our academic work in the social world — [the trip] made [the class] more interesting, and ultimately more effective.
While you never get used to how a latrine smells or sounds, a rustic lifestyle has its perks.
Helping recover that story felt urgent. The work was physically intense but meaningful.
This experience was really emotionally intense (but) it was really fulfilling and powerful. It definitely confirmed that that's something that l need to have in my life.
Student Awards And Accomplishments In The Media
Hear from President Anne F. Harris and Parikshit Roychowdhury ’26 as they discuss the transformative experiences made possible by the generosity of Grinnell College alumni and friends.