This year, GRH took place in Orlando, Fla. and featured presentations and professional development opportunities including some 30,000 guests and over 400 speakers. The donor-supported Diversity in Computer Science fund supported student participation in GRH. Students Mia Hines, Livia Stein Freitas, Dieu Anh Trinh and Hong Doan attended GRH with Computer Science Professor Nicole Eikmeier and look back at their time at the conference as informative and inspiring. 

Grinnell College is a global institution, one where events happening thousands of miles away are likely to personally impact students, staff, and faculty.  We are a community where more than 60 languages are spoken, which represents more than 40 nationalities, and which includes a broad diversity of ethnicities and religious affiliations. Over the past 24 hours, multiple messages have been sent through college platforms.

Americans say tech companies and platforms like Google, Apple and Facebook have too much influence in their lives.

"You just can’t have results be the daily thing that’s keeping you going," Adriane Thompson ’24 learned during summer MAP research with Ben DeRidder, professor of biology.

A summer MAP brought Ioanna Giannakou ’24 into close contact with rats, studying the effects of early-life stress on their anxiety and depression levels.

Another story in the Summer MAP Series. Gracie Song ’25 jumped headfirst into laboratory research, using a tricky technique to study the structure of a mutated protein.

In the first in a series of stories about Mentored Advanced Projects from summer 2023, follow Katie Shermak ’25 as she models human visual imagination in order to build better artificial intelligence.

Global envoys are poised to help fellow students connect to educational global opportunities, no matter their interests and backgrounds.

In West Hollywood, Los Angeles, Grinnell’s young alumni gathered to enjoy a fabulous drag brunch.

Students, faculty, and staff passionate about civic action and community engagement are invited to discuss and learn during Iowa and Minnesota Campus Compact’s annual Civic Action Academy.