Sharon Quinsaat holds a copy of her new book.

Quinsaat’s Book Wins Recognition

Aug 27, 2025
Associate Professor of Sociology Sharon Quinsaat’s 2024 book, “Insurgent Communities: How Protests Create a Filipino Diaspora,” has been widely praised and has won multiple honors from professional organizations.
Four students holding butterfly nets pose on a bridge with a brilliant blue sky behind them

The Challenges and Excitement of Field Research: A Grinnell Student’s Perspective

Aug 28, 2025
For Josh Emrys Payong, a Mentored Advanced Project (MAP) in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with Associate Professor of Biology Idelle Cooper ’01 was the perfect way to satisfy his urge to conduct more field research.
Four young people carrying butterfly nets walk in a shallow stream surrounded by trees

Damselflies Looking for Love: The Joy of Studying Nature in Nature

Aug 25, 2025
This summer, Associate Professor of Biology Idelle Cooper ’01 took four students and her 11-month-old son, Wendell, to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for a four-week field research experience to study jewelwing damselflies.
RS8 (left to Students in Laura Ng's summer MAP excavating at the site of the Rock Springs Wyoming Chinatown.

Unearthing Forgotten Stories

Aug 19, 2025
Professor Laura Ng leads students in a summer Mentored Advance Project (MAP) on an archeological dig to unearth the forgotten history of the Rock Springs Wyoming Chinatown.
Sociology professor Ross Haenfler, smiling and wearing a black shirt

Sociology Professor Ross Haenfler Wins Award for Mentorship

Aug 13, 2025
The Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction has awarded Grinnell College sociology professor Ross Haenfler the Helena Lopata Mentor Excellence Award, recognizing his accomplishments as a mentor to and advocate for junior scholars in the field of symbolic interactionism.

Grinnell Student Engages in Legal Advocacy for Detained Immigrant

Aug 12, 2025
Ben Albrecht '26 speaks about his summer internship with the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center
Lotus Liu ’27 presenting her research on black hole shadows. A projection of black hole concept images displays behind her.

Gravitational Pull: Students Model the Mysteries of Black Holes in Summer MAPs Course

Aug 08, 2025
Four physics students extend models for some of the universe's most mysterious phenomena.
Bella Totten showing two study participants the tube for saliva collection while at CERA

Immersed in Nature

Aug 05, 2025
Research ideas can come from anywhere. Bella Totten ’27, a biological chemistry student, first learned about forest bathing while working at Student Health and Wellness (SHAW) and is now completing a Mentored Advanced Project (MAP) about the physiological benefits of spending time outdoors.
Maddie Church '27

Variety is the Spice of Internships

Jul 29, 2025
Maddie Church ’27 explores the world of publishing in a summer internship.

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