Interim Vice President of Student Affairs JC Lopez

5 Questions with JC Lopez

Nov 01, 2023
JC Lopez answers a few questions about his life, work, and his Grinnell experience so far.
Adriane pipettes a solution into a small plastic test tube.

The Unlikelihood of an “Eureka Moment”

Oct 23, 2023
"You just can’t have results be the daily thing that’s keeping you going," Adriane Thompson ’24 learned during summer MAP research with Ben DeRidder, professor of biology.
Gloved hands place samples of brain tissue in a petri dish filled with yellow solution.

The Trials and Tribulations of a Teenage Rat

Oct 19, 2023
A summer MAP brought Ioanna Giannakou ’24 into close contact with rats, studying the effects of early-life stress on their anxiety and depression levels.
Gracie, wearing lab goggles and gloves, sets up a metal column for her experiment.

Taking ‘Learning By Doing’ to a New Level

Oct 19, 2023
Another story in the Summer MAP Series. Gracie Song ’25 jumped headfirst into laboratory research, using a tricky technique to study the structure of a mutated protein.
Kailee, a young woman with curly brown hair, smiles while working at her laptop computer.

Pictionary for Robots

Oct 19, 2023
In the first in a series of stories about Mentored Advanced Projects from summer 2023, follow Katie Shermak ’25 as she models human visual imagination in order to build better artificial intelligence.
A saturated image of an outdoors scene. There isa bridge and a staircase. You can see transparent images on people throughout the image.

Hybrid Film Photography: Grinnellians Experiment with How to Capture the World

Oct 12, 2023
Students Kelly Banfield ’24, Philomena Frasca ‘25, Celia Meagher ‘24, and Stella Lowery ‘24 spent their summer vacation experimenting with the coolest camera brands and films alongside Professor and artist Andrew Kaufman.
A ginger haired student with a colorful pink, blue, green sweater, hands clasped, looks off screen with a slight smile.

Making Sense of Succession: A Grinnell Tutorial Contextualizes Popular TV Series

Oct 11, 2023
The popular HBO television series “Succession” is making its mark in a Grinnell classroom, encouraging students to examine its allusions to renowned artworks, literature, and music.
Four students sit on a gray brick ledge.

Homecoming to Higher Learning: Stories of Grinnell’s Hometown Students

Oct 02, 2023
Four local Poweshiek County students decided to remain in Grinnell, Iowa, for college, only a few miles away from home. 
Kylie Ann Smith '27 and Preston Yoshida '27 stand in a green Mac Field in front of a looming Gates Tower.

From the Islands to the Prairie: Hawaii Students Make Grinnell Home

Sep 22, 2023
Kylie Ann Smith ’27 and Preston Yoshino ’27 traveled 3,985 miles from their hometown of Honolulu, Hawaii, to attend college in Grinnell, Iowa. Learn about their motivations here.
Eleanor Elliott-Rude

Eleanor Elliott-Rude ’25 selected for George Washington Carver Internship with the World Food Prize Foundation

Aug 08, 2023
Eleanor Elliott-Rude ’25 was selected for the summer 2023 cohort of the George Washington Carver Internship with the World Food Prize Foundation.

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