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The Grinnell Singers, the College's premier choir, will perform in five concerts during a spring concert tour of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa from March 16-21.

Award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil will lead a panel discussion about writing poetry at 4:15 p.m. in the living room of Mears Cottage and then read from her work at 7:30 p.m. in the Hotel Grinnell ballroom on Thursday, May 2, as part of the Writers@Grinnell Series.

Tommy O'Donnell ’20, a resident of Plymouth, England, will to travel this summer to Arizona, California, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and New York to explore how U.S. communities are creating and defining their own food and agriculture systems.

Monessa Cummins, of the Department of Classics, has received a national prize for her excellence in teaching and her dedication to serving as an expert, adviser, and mentor to students.

On March 7, 2019, the College learned that an unauthorized person accessed the system that houses prospective student and applicant information. A call center is being established for individuals who may have been affected by this incident.

Grinnell College's Board of Trustees has appointed a Board Task Force on Student Financial Support and Success.

On March 7, 2019, the College learned that an unauthorized person accessed the system that houses admission-related information. Today a message was sent to students with records in the Grinnell College admission system. A dedicated and confidential toll-free response line will be available at 888-526-1229, starting at Noon (CT) on Monday, March 11.

Ken Adler, professor of history and Milton H. Wilson Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University, will give a Scholars’ Convocation Lecture at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 14, in Room 101 of the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center.

March 12-13, 2019, Sunny Yudkoff will present on the role played by tuberculosis in the life and writing of the Hebrew modernist David Vogel and also participate in an informal conversation, Jewish Studies Today, with students.