Developing Expertise in Data Science

Dec 19, 2017

Imagine the vast quantity of data an online retailer such as Amazon collects from shoppers in a day. Or the amount of data the New York City Police Department collects on “stop and frisks…

Reaching Out

Dec 19, 2017

Daria Guzzo ’19 plays center for the Grinnell women’s basketball team. She is among the one-third of Grinnell’s student body that participates in varsity athletics. For service…

“Baby, She Had Sisters”

Dec 19, 2017

In 2014 Gina Clayton founded Essie Justice Group, and in 2017 she was awarded the $100,000 Grinnell College Innovator for Social Justice Prize. The Essie Justice…

drawing of a skull

Making Life Visible: Art, Biology, and Visualization

Dec 19, 2017

Feb. 2–June 10, 2018

 

Curated by Jackie Brown, professor of biology, and Lesley Wright, director of the Faulconer Gallery, Making…

Global Cosmologies of Vodou

Dec 19, 2017

Jan. 26–March 18, 2018

This year’s exhibition seminar, led by Fredo Rivera ’06, assistant professor of art history, explores the work of Haitian American…

Alumni Couple Gives $1.158 Million to Grinnell College

Dec 18, 2017

Alumni Michael ’74 and Virginia Munger Kahn ’76 have established an endowed fund for career advancement with gifts totaling $1.158 million. 

The fund…

Empowering Latinos to Serve in Elected Office in Iowa

Dec 18, 2017

Robert X. Barron ’02, who co-founded the Latino Political Network (LPN), recently received the College’s Joseph…

Lizeth Gutierrez ’12: First Mellon Mays Fellow to Earn Ph.D.

Dec 18, 2017

Lizeth Gutierrez ’12 is the first Grinnell College Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) fellow to complete her Ph.D., graduating with a doctorate in American Studies from…

Q&A with the Fossil Fuels and Climate Impact Task Force

Dec 18, 2017

In the spring of 2017, Patricia Jipp Finkelman ’80, chair of the Grinnell College Board of Trustees, appointed a Fossil Fuels and Climate Impact Task Force to explore…

Alumnus creates long-term ties mentoring Grinnell interns at TIAA-CREF

Jun 26, 2017

In the globally competitive job market, quality summer internships markedly differentiate college graduates. Résumés that include student experiences at top companies tend to get the attention of…

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