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Grinnell College will fully comply with New Iowa Code Chapter 27B. The College will not require anyone to carry "vaccine passports."

Shuchi Kapila, professor of English, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant, which she’ll use to travel to India to complete the research for and writing of her second book.

Your Grinnell student days may be coming to a close, but your quest for knowledge does not have to be. To support alumni’s lifelong learning endeavors, the Grinnell College Libraries and Office of Development and Alumni Relations are pleased to provide alumni with access to a range of academic databases.

Beggs comes full circle, mentoring and being mentored, inspiring and being inspired.

The Board of Trustees has approved the awarding of tenure, and President Anne F. Harris has approved numerous faculty promotions for the 2021–22 academic year.

I used Grinnell’s individually advised curriculum to explore my interests and carve my own interdisciplinary path.

Ariel Richards ’23 has been selected for a competitive American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP) Summer Research Fellowship (SRF). She is synthesizing molecules and evaluating their biological activity in the lab of Erick Leggans, assistant professor of chemistry at Grinnell College and member of the ASP. ASP members investigate plants and other natural products for drug discovery.

The board elected Michael Kahn, a 1974 Grinnell graduate, to a two-year term

The Post-Pandemic Return to Workplace committee has been meeting over the past several weeks to develop recommendations for a phased return to workplace on-campus plan. Employees who are normally contracted to work during the summer will return to standard campus operations between June 21 and August 9, in accordance with their department’s plan.

Michael Kahn ’74 was elected by his fellow trustees to serve as the new board chair during the Grinnell College Board of Trustees annual meeting held May 6-8. Michael succeeds outgoing board chair David Maxwell ’66.

Grinnellians rose to the challenges brought on by remote learning during the 2020–21 academic year. Theatre majors, like Conner Stanfield ’21, didn't let anything get in their way.

Fredo Rivera ’06, assistant professor of art history, has received a six-month Career Enhancement Fellowship funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Nicole Eikmeier, assistant professor of computer science at Grinnell College since 2019, has been named a Scialog fellow by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement.

The Knight-Hennessy Scholars program cultivates a diverse, multidisciplinary community of emerging leaders from around the world and guides them to collaborate, innovate, and communicate as they prepare to address the complex challenges facing society.