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Among the many ways the College supports community education is through support of community-wide youth literacy initiatives. 

Grinnell College will stream Umberto Giordano’s “Fedora” on January 14 as part of the Met’s 2022-23 Live in HD season.

If you find yourself in need of a message of hope and beauty during these cold January days, visit the Grinnell College Museum of Art to see four colorful paintings by Iraqi American artist Vian Sora (b. 1976) on exhibit through April 8, 2023

As a student in the Special Topics course Applying Human-Computer Interaction Methods to Design for Societal Impact (CSC 395) you’ll explore the design and use of computer technology with a focus on the interfaces between people and topics computers.

Grinnell’s new Neurodiversity Support Specialist, Emily Fenner, will assist students throughout their time at Grinnell.

Over 250 participants engaged in the Grinnell College Golf Course Visioning Workshops this past summer. Over the course of two full days, these workshops sparked conversations, invited the sharing of history, and cultivated new ideas.

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.”

Marshal Poe ’84 talks with Professor Emeritus Sandy Moffett about how he got to Grinnell, his experience with Grinnell students, and his extensive work preserving Iowa‘s tallgrass prairie, as well as his new book. An Authors and Artists Podcast episode.

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.

This December, Grinnell College awarded community mini-grants totaling $21,724 to three local initiatives and a fourth through the smaller donation grant program. Since 2002, the mini-grant program has directed over $528,000 to 209 community-driven initiatives. 

Recipients have projects focusing on trauma education for South Sudanese refugees, a mental health podcast in Nepal, and middle school academic advances in Alabama.