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Recent News About Grinnell College
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Students Win with the Grinnell Prize
Juliet Torres ’19 and Luz Helena Alfaro ’22
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62% of Americans Say Politics, Not Law, Drives Supreme Court Decisions
EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW is the motto of the Supreme Court of the United States, but more than 60% of Americans today believe the decisions of the court are based more on the political leanings of justices than the Constitution and the law, according to the newest edition of the Grinnell College National Poll (Grinnell-Selzer).
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52% of Americans Believe Democracy Facing “Major Threat”
While 85% of Americans believe it is very important the United States remain a democracy, 52% believe American democracy is facing a “major threat” according to the newest edition of the Grinnell College National Poll (Grinnell-Selzer).
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AccessScience®
AccessScience® covers all major scientific disciplines with articles drawn from the McGraw-Hill encyclopedias, dictionaries, and yearbooks, Science News magazine, as well as videos, curriculum materials, and links to primary source documents.
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Met Opera’s “Fire Shut up in My Bones” To Be Streamed Live on Oct. 23
“Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Grammy Award–winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard’s adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s moving memoir, which The New York Times praised after its 2019 world premiere at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as “bold and affecting” and “subtly powerful.”
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How Grinnell College and Neolth Partnered to Increase Access to Mental Health Support for Students
Knowing that stress is the most common health issue affecting college students, the office of Student Health and Wellness (SHAW) at Grinnell College has partnered with Neolth, a company that helps students manage stress by empowering them to develop resiliency skills.
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Professor Susan Ferguson Wins National Award from the American Sociological Association
Susan Ferguson, a professor of sociology at Grinnell College, has received the Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award from the American Sociological Association (ASA)
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Celebrate Banned Books Week
Please join the Grinnell College Libraries to celebrate Banned Books Week, Sept. 26–Oct. 2, 2021, by checking out our selected collection of banned/challenged books, recordings, and films on the book display near the Peer Mentoring Study Spaces on first floor.
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The Magic Box
New to the Burling Library lobby is the Magic Box, a digital display case to feature rotating items from the Salisbury House Library Collection and Grinnell College Special Collections.
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Where the Humanities and Neuroscience Converge and Become So Much More
At Grinnell College, it is difficult to avoid the pull of taking courses across a range of disciplines.
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#IowaSummer
What is there to do when you’re unable to return home for the summer and are living in Grinnell, Iowa?
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Alix Ohlin in Conversation With Dean Bakopoulos
Join acclaimed author Alix Ohlin and Writers@Grinnell director Dean Bakopoulos for a discussion of Ohlin's new story collection, We Want What We Want, featuring thirteen glittering, surprising, darkly funny stories of people testing the boundaries of their lives.
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Writers@Grinnell Welcomes Melissa Febos and Donika Kelly
Melissa Febos is the author of the memoir Whip Smart and two essay collections: Abandon Me, a LAMBDA Literary Award finalist and Publishing Triangle Award finalist, and Girlhood, a national bestseller, which was released on March 30.
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Welcoming the class of 2025
Setting foot today in their first Grinnell College classrooms in itself will be an immense achievement for the class of 2025.
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Find Your Zone in Burling Library
We recognize that our students, faculty and staff use Grinnell’s libraries in a variety of ways, depending on, for instance, their academic assignments and studying preferences.
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From Amazônia to Grinnell – An Impressive Agave
In autumn 1980, Professor of Biology David Campbell was on a research expedition in Brazil, as part of a group of scientists funded by the New York Botanical Garden, in collaboration with Brazil’s Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA).
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More Than a Mural
A few hours each evening in July, community volunteers and Grinnell College students joined together in downtown Grinnell to paint a mural on the south side of the McNally’s Food Store building.
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Dirty Hands and Wet Feet
Tommy Hexter ’21, puts knowledge into action as a member of the Poweshiek County Soil and Water Commission.
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Growing a Sustainable Garden, Prairie, and Land Ethic
In the southeast corner of the Grinnell College campus lies a plot of land.
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Grinnellians remain committed to philanthropy throughout turbulent year
A pandemic and a slew of other challenges in 2020-21 could not stand in the way of Grinnellians investing in Grinnell’s current and future students.