Looking up at the tower with a mix of clouds and blue sky behind it

A Summer of Discovery through Faculty-Student Research

Jul 24, 2025
Three Grinnell students are exploring different aspects of air quality through Mentored Advanced Projects (MAPs) with Associate Professor of Chemistry Evan Couzo this summer.
Sophia Ramalli ’27 looks back at the camera while watching a presentation.

1959 Grinnell Alumna Was First Female Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Lab

Jul 17, 2025
While working Reunion, Sophia Ramalli ’27 discovered Dana Ulery ’59, NASA’s first female engineer, and helped bring her story to current Grinnell students.
A male student lifts the side of a bluebird box while two other students look on

Work is Fun, and Fun is Work for CERA Student Employees

Jul 10, 2025
Three Grinnell students working at CERA this summer are getting hands-on experience that ranges from identifying native prairie plants and collecting their seeds to driving on gravel roads.
A two-story brown house surrounded by trees

Grinnell Student Spends Summer Steeped in New England History

Jun 27, 2025
History is a lively and fascinating endeavor for Maya Albanese, one of the summer fellows at Historic Deerfield in Deerfield, Massachusetts.
Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant and Valeriya Woodard talking at event

New Fellowship to Deepen Engagement With Grinnell’s Black Alumni History

Jun 24, 2025
There was much joy and a sense of overdue recognition of Grinnell College’s Black alumnae during and after the 2024 dedication of Renfrow Hall, recalls Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant, Louise R. Noun ’29 Chair in Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies.

A Grinnell “Survivor”

Jun 20, 2025
Mary Zheng '15 reflects on her time as a contestant on "Survivor" and her time at Grinnell.
George Magoun in the center of a group of faculty

Three-Minute History: Grinnell Leads the Way in Scientific Inquiry

Jun 18, 2025
Student-faculty research at Grinnell is nothing new. The College has been on the cutting edge of scientific inquiry since its earliest days.
A new weather tower at CERA with a big sky and rolling landscape

Weather Tower Erected at CERA

Jun 16, 2025
Associate Professor of Chemistry Evan Couzo and three Grinnell students erected a 30-foot-tall atmospheric measurement station at Grinnell’s Conard Environmental Research Area.

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