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Avery Barnett ’21, a physics major with concentrations in technology studies and environmental studies from Kington, Jamaica, was recently awarded a presentation award at the 2020 Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) — National Diversity in STEM Conference.

From Nov. 1 through 13, a series of department welcome sessions with titles like, “Get the right angle on math! Get the big data on stats!,” “Sociological Promise in the Age of Crises,” and “Why Art History Matters,” encourage students to meet faculty and to learn about upcoming courses, faculty research opportunities and the major in general.

Acclaimed short story masters Danielle V. Evans and Laura van den Berg share work from their new collections, followed by a conversation on the craft of short fiction with Dean Bakopoulos.

Authors and activists Reginald Dwayne Betts and Kiese Makeba Laymon discuss their newest works and discuss the intersection between creativity and justice. Moderated by Dean Bakopoulos.

Reflections on Health Humanities and the Birth Justice Movement by Latona Giwa ’09, a leading figure of the American Birth Justice movement, at noon, Nov. 12, 2020

Proactive steps students can take to help ensure that things go well.

As the election season reaches its fevered pitch, we at SHAW are aware of the distress and anxiety this on-going contentiousness has caused many members of our campus community. It has laid bare…

A new political science prof’s serpentine career path back to Grinnell

How he built a career that matters, step by step