Join poets (and pals) Hieu Minh Nguyen and Angel Nafis for a week of special events featuring conversations about the craft of poetry, literary friendships, queerness, the art of mentorship, and working and surviving in a time of social upheaval.

Grinnellians contribute to the common good during the coronavirus pandemic

How the Center for Careers, Life, and Service helped keep the summer internship experience available during the summer of 2020.

A summer of lost opportunities for students prompts him to teach

Concern for the students, especially those who stayed on campus, prompted a professor to volunteer to teach

The spirit of community and desire to care for students prompted the quick development of summer classes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

How a biology professor and two students pivoted to make the best of a research opportunity

The first time I served meals for Grinnell College Students was on a dreary Saturday morning in April. My colleagues from the College’s Center for Careers, Life, and Service (CLS) and I delivered over 240 meals on that deserted and lonely campus. In my experience of uncertainty and change while navigating Grinnell, I was mesmerized by the new realities of an unknown world.

Humor, once thought a silly topic for research, is now widely studied and presented as a special topics course by Janet M. Gibson, professor of psychology.

As a member of Grinnell’s senior leadership team Rivera will work closely with the President on institutional planning, developing short- and long-range strategies, policy development, and problem-solving. Dr. Rivera will start her new role here on July 1, 2020.