Award recipients embody Grinnell College’s mission of lifetime learning and service. They will be honored during Reunion 2023 in June.

Anika Jane Beamer ’22 embarks on an investigation to answer her own steaming questions and to demystify manure, its origins, and most especially: its smell.

During her research sabbatical, Charvann Bailey joined forces with Doug Spitz ’78 at the University of Iowa. Together, the two biologists are uncovering a molecule to treat aggressive lung cancer.

When Chinese immigrants came to the United States in the mid-19th century, many maintained strong ties with their families back home. Assistant Professor of Anthropology Laura Ng, a historical archaeologist studying transpacific migration and Asian diasporic communities, calls them “transnational immigrants.”

Zach Spindler-Krage wrote an op-ed piece (“For the Boundary Waters protection movement, the time is now”) about efforts to protect the Boundary Waters. To his surprise, it was accepted for publication by MinnPost, an independent, nonprofit news source covering issues of interest to Minnesotans.

Professor of Art History Jenny Anger is studying how admiration for female “madness” has affected the reality of women artists with mental illness.

Do you know what to do if a fire alarm goes off? What about a tornado warning? Or an active threat? Grinnell College News sat down with Heather Cox, Director of Emergency Management and James Shropshire, Director of Campus Safety to get answers to some of our most urgent questions.

Grinnell College will honor Edith Renfrow Smith, Class of 1937, one of the College’s most accomplished and beloved alumni, by naming the Civic Engagement Quad (CEQ) Core Building in her honor.  

Ham Serunjogi ’16 has been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in finance for 2023. Serunjogi is CEO of Chipper Cash, a financial technology company he founded with Maijid Moujaled ’14.

A Grinnell graduate and biochemist solves the structure of elusive proteins while re-imagining the culture of scientific research.