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Anthropology professor emeritus Doug Caulkins co-edited A Companion to Organizational Anthropology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012), with University of North Texas professor Ann…

Although several departments offer film courses each year and there is an active calendar of film-related events and film clubs at Grinnell, there is no film major or concentration. Nevertheless,…

“I’ve been to three graduation ceremonies, and this was my favorite. I liked all of the speeches; it was windy, so people’s hats kept blowing off. We didn’t realize we were supposed to line up, so…

When folks saw Yafa Napadensky ’81 and Bob Shannon ’81 at their 30-year cluster reunion in June last year, they couldn’t help noticing how happy — even luminous —…

Preliminary data on the incoming class show:

• Applications are up 55 percent from two years ago.
• 30.3 percent of applicants were admitted — down from 45 percent two…

Mae Turley joined the College’s Office of Development and Alumni Relations as Pioneer Fund director on May 31.  Her primary role is to guide and conduct fundraising efforts…

This spring, three enterprising students kicked off Grinnell’s first Liberal Arts in Finance Symposium. The April 6 event featured nine alumni speakers and an array of panels, networking sessions,…

Henry Walker, professor of computer science, received international recognition recently for his service, scholarship, and 40-plus years of teaching. The Special Interest Group on…

It’s an old saw: There are more cows than people in Iowa.
(And hogs. And chickens. And ears of corn.)

But though we spend four…