Apr 12, 2024
This year the distinguished recipient is Grinnell College Student Ekta Shaikh ’24, whose collaborative project promises to make a significant impact with the transgender community in Karachi, Pakistan.
Student Awards and Accomplishments News
Mar 15, 2024
Sira Nassoko ’24 has been awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for 2024–25 to explore music and soundscapes of the environment to reveal a lineage of hope and resilience across four countries.
Feb 26, 2024
After sweeping the Iowa College Media Association (ICMA) awards, the S&B co-editors in chief Eleanor Corbin ’24 and Nick El Hajj ’24 reflected on the newspaper’s accomplishments and the unseen work that drives its success.
Feb 20, 2024
Eric Autry, Anthony Schwindt ’25 and Tanmaie Kailash ’24 are analyzing traffic stop data and helping Iowa civil rights organizations shed light on trends in racially biased policing.
Feb 13, 2024
Grinnell College is named one of the top producers of 2023–24 U.S. students in the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program. Fulbrighters exchange ideas, build people-to-people connections, and work to address complex global challenges.
Feb 5, 2024
Christian Cardenas recently wrote an op-ed about how residential zoning laws in Minneapolis contribute to inequality. His was published on the Minnesota Reformer website. The article was his final project for The Sociology of Law course last fall.
Nov 30, 2023
The Nov. 16 event offered a forum for students to present work from research, internships, and independent projects.
Nov 2, 2023
After a year of travel through six countries, Crys Moosman ’21 returned to Grinnell to share what they learned during their Watson Fellowship journey.
Sep 12, 2023
Kathryn Jagow Mohrman ’67 created the Mohrman Fellowship Fund to support student research conducted with a faculty mentor.
Jun 23, 2023
Isidora Bailly-Hall ’24, Huandong Chang ’23, Grace Davis ’23, Zion Hefty ’23, and Lu Johnson ’24 have been recognized for their commitment to the fields of mathematics and statistics.
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.