A student wearing a lab coat, exam gloves and a mask looks through a microscope.

Delving Deeper: Science Faculty Receive Half a Million Dollars from the National Science Foundation to Expand Microscopy Work

Sep 06, 2022
Clark Lindgren, Keisuke Hasegawa, Pascal Lafontant, Vida Praitis, Josh Sandquist, and Mark Levandoski were awarded the NSF Major Research Instrumentation grant to purchase a laser scanning confocal microscope, a breakthrough in the research capabilities of faculty and students throughout the sciences at Grinnell.
Paul Hutchison and student

A New Approach to Learning Physics

May 13, 2022
In the course How to Learn Physics (EDU/PHY 115), students identify an intriguing physical phenomenon to explore further. From there, they use everyday reasoning to make conjectures about what could be happening in the phenomenon and to test those conjectures.

Physics Squire Lecture Series

Feb 16, 2022
Marty Baylor, Carleton College, will present this semester's Squire Lecture, presented by the physics department.
Joe Beggs ’19 wears a suit and stands in a field

Coming Full Circle

May 20, 2021
Beggs comes full circle, mentoring and being mentored, inspiring and being inspired.
Staff member wearing PPE assisting with COVID testing

A Scientific Way to Gauge Risk

Sep 02, 2020
Grinnellians contribute to the common good during the coronavirus pandemic
Courtney Carter ’21 with her winning poster

A Very Good Year for This Physics Major

Feb 17, 2020
Physics major Courtney Carter ’21 has been having a very good year, delving deeply into research and pursuing her own ideas with confidence.
Physics majors George Abreu ’22, Courtney Carter ’21, and Avery Barnett ’21, and chemistry major Clinton Sabah ’21

Four Reasons to Attend a Research Conference as an Undergrad

Feb 17, 2020
Whether you’re presenting your own research or just immersing yourself in the experience, a conference can be an exciting opportunity for young scholars.
Zhiheng Sheng

Helping Monitor Toxic Algal Blooms

Jun 11, 2019
Student researchers develop prototype monitoring device.
Gale Observatory

Charlotte Christensen Receives $484,300 Physics Research Grant

Jan 29, 2019
Physics students gain research opportunities through a $484,300 National Science Foundation grant awarded to Charlotte Christensen, assistant professor of physics.
Governor Kim Reynolds and Michael Noyce Marino

Iowa Awards Highest Civilian Honor to the Late Robert N. Noyce ’49

Dec 05, 2018
Michael Noyce Merino accepted the Iowa Award from Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on behalf of his grandfather.

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