Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College Michael Latham:

In a way, Grinnell can take some credit for Kumail Nanjiani’s enormous success in comedy…

In summer immersion programs, Hannah Hwang ’18 will study Korean in South Korea; Emily Howe ’16 will study Swahili in Tanzania.

Exhibition of works by Robert Hodierne ’68 runs April 7 through June 4, 2017, at Faulconer Gallery.

Grinnell College celebrated its class of 2017 at this year’s Exercises of Commencement. The ceremony, in which approximately 400 students received their Bachelor of Arts degree, featured an address by Kumail Nanjiani ’01.

During spring break in 2017, 20 students trekked to Washington, D.C. and Baltimore to learn more about human rights and technology. Major stops included the Baltimore Sun, the Verizon Innovation Center, and the Federal Trade Commission.

See a preview of the concept for a public art piece at the corner of highways 6 & 146. Two public information sessions about the design will take place on Friday, May 12.

Faulconer Gallery will display photographs by John F. Phillips ’67 of civil rights and war protests from Selma & Lowndes County, 1965/1966.

Alvin Irby ’07 will use the $10,000 prize to expand his community-based reading program.

Randye Jones will give opera talk at 11 a.m., and the live stream will begin at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 13.

Grinnell College Jazz Ensemble will play ‘brave music for troubled times,’ including Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Alright.’