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Grinnell College will show William Shakespeare’s’ masterpiece, “King Lear,” at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 3, in Harris Center Cinema as part of Britain’s National Theatre Live encore production series.

The third annual memorial lecture honoring Armando“Mando” Alters Montaño ’12 will feature renowned author Wil Haygood.

Ed Fallon, climate activist and former state legislator from northeast Des Moines, will address the urgent need for action on climate disruption on Monday, March 4, 2019.

Charlie Paquette ’19 tackled his Global Development Studies (GDS) research requirement by traveling to Paris to interview policy analysts, retired French military personnel, and political activists — all of which helped to inform a summer Mentored Advanced Project (MAP) that focused on France’s war on terror in its former colony of Mali.

At 4:15 pm on March 5 History Professor Elizabeth Prevost and English Professor Ralph Savarese will lead a discussion about the deceptively simple act of reading.

Over the past few months, the Grinnell community has been engaged in a complicated and often difficult debate about expanded student unionization on campus. To try to move forward, the College is initiating three steps: possible selective expansion of the UGSDW, a task force to address financial support for student success, and improving the academic component of student experiential learning.

The College has been named a top producer of U.S. Fulbright Students for 2018-19 among bachelor’s institutions, continuing a tradition of being named a top producer every year since 2004.

Internships in the Global Development Studies (GDS) concentration can require critical and creative thought at the nerve centers of international problem-solving.

The Metropolitan Opera’s production of Gaetano Donizetti’s classic La Fille du Régiment will be streamed live at noon on Saturday, March 2, in Harris Center Cinema as part of the Met’s Live in HD Series.