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$300,000 awarded to individuals under 40 working to foster positive social change; nominations open for 2013 Grinnell Prize thru Nov. 5.

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HHMI capstone award to Grinnell for "sustained excellence and important contributions to undergraduate science education"

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Caribbean novelist Jamaica Kincaid will address the Grinnell College Class of 2012 at the college’s 166th Exercises of Commencement, on Mon., May 21, at 10 a.m. on Central Campus.

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Two Grinnell College political science resources available to comment on caucus process.

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Up to three $100,000 prizes for advancing positive social change.

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Grinnell College sociologist and health psychologist available to discuss research on end of life care and the impact of chronic illness on relationships.

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Undergraduate Research Week, Apr. 11-15, was established to recognize the importance of research in students’ personal and professional growth. Grinnell College Professor of Psychology David Lopatto has published research-based evidence on the impact of research activities in students’ undergraduate experiences.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author Anna Quindlen will address the Grinnell College Class of 2011 at the college’s 165th Exercises of Commencement, on Mon., May 23, at 10 a.m. on Central Campus.

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Grinnell College geologist Larry Aspler teaches a course on "Natural Hazards and Disasters," that examines the science, social, political, and economic factors that contirbute to risk and severity.

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Grinnell Science Project recognized with Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring.

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Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize honors individuals under 40 who are effecting positive social change.

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Up to three $100,000 prizes will honor young innovators, organizations advancing positive social change.

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Grinnell College faculty and staff are available to discuss college transitions and learning styles.

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Grinnell College Commencement speaker and Earth Institute director Jeffrey Sachs charged the college’s 380 graduates with being the “generation that can end poverty on this planet . . . with the ideals of social purpose, community, skill and scientific knowledge you have learned here.”

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Jeffrey Sachs, director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, will address the Class of 2010 at Grinnell College’s 164th Exercises of Commencement, on Mon., May 24, at 10 a.m. on Central Campus.

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Experts are available on topics such as race in America and Poverty and socioeconomic disparities.

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Grinnell College has added two more Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified buildings to its green campus commitments. The Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, the campus center opened in 2006, and the Robert N. Noyce '49 Science Center's second phase construction completed in 2008, are the two latest additions to Grinnell's LEED building certifications. The science center received the LEED silver designation, and the student center received the base certification.

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Nicotine addiction plagues millions. A group of Grinnell College researchers recently uncovered a “key” that may “unlock” proteins and guide efforts to develop treatments for nicotine addiction. The research, conducted by Grinnell biological chemistry students and led by Mark Levandoski, associate professor of chemistry, examined the family of proteins in the nervous system that respond to nicotine.

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Grinnell College assistant professor of sociology Karla Erickson studies the relationships between caregivers, elderly patients, and their families and is at work on a book about "Laboring at the End of Life."

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Grinnell College Professor of Economics Bill Ferguson is available to reporters to discuss the current financial crisis.

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Grinnell College Campus Environmental and Safety Coordinator Chris Bair is available to talk to reporters about Grinnell's campus sustainability efforts and student-led green initiatives.

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Grinnell College Commencement speaker and New York Times columnist Tom Friedman called the 350 graduates the "Re-Generation" and charged them with using their newly earned liberal-arts degrees to "rejuvenate, renew and refresh America." Friedman received the honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Grinnell for his work as a journalist, author, and commentator on public affairs.

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Houston Dougharty, vice president for student affairs at Grinnell College, is available to discuss student reliance on social media and the impact electronic contact can have on interpersonal relationships.

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New York Times columnist and acclaimed author Thomas Friedman will address the Grinnell College Class of 2009 at Commencement on May 18 on Central Campus.

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Grinnell College experts available on civil libertis and social justice topics.

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Grinnell College experts available to discuss climate change, sustainability and green campus efforts, and effects of chronic disease on couples.

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Grinnell College will dedicate the Robert N. Noyce '49 Science Center on Oct. 4. The innovative science teaching building is named for the late Robert Noyce, co-founder of Intel Corp. and co-inventor of the integrated circuit.

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Grinnell College faculty, who were also resources during the Iowa caucuses, are available for comment on the upcoming election process.

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Grinnell College experts available to discuss the science behind research on climate change from the perspective of many disciplines, including ecology, biology, economics, global food supplies, and geology.

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Two Grinnell College experts available on chronic disease and meditation.

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Experts on upcoming national conventions; back to school topics in education, pedagogy and testing; college student issues and transitions.

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Philosopher and gender politics expert Judith Butler will address the Grinnell College Class of 2008 on Mon., May 19.

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Grinnell College experts available on following spring-related topics: health campaigns, women's history month, arts advocacy day, global warming concerns, morel mushroom season, Autism Awareness Month.

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Grinnell College faculty with expertise in civil liberties and social justice, including Martin Luther King, Jr., U.S. foreign policy and "despotic" regimes, immigration issues, the Darfur, and inequalities based on gender, race, and sexuality.

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Discussion of global climate change seems to be everywhere these days. Fans of the popular Weather Channel learn about global climate change from meteorologists and research scientists, usually in 10- or 15-second sound bites. And, recently, former Vice President Al Gore received an Academy Award for his documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," which looks at his crusade to halt global warming.

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Angela Y. Davis, formerly associated with the Black Panther Party in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as the Communist Party of the United States of America, will Davis will address Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, Commencement ceremony on May 21.

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A Grinnell College biology professor has discovered a new genus of an extinct branch of the Collembola, a group of small arthropods partly responsible for the nutritious soil farmers enjoy. "The Collembola is a group often ignored and mostly misunderstood," said Ken Christiansen, professor emeritus of biology at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, and a leading researcher of Collembola worldwide. "I feel certain that if Collembola were the size of cats there would be whole zoos devoted to them because they are so weird and varied. They are among the most numerous arthropods on earth's surface, with as many as a trillion in an acre of soil."

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"The parents of students, today, are the most involved parents in the history of the world," said Steve Langerud, associate dean for experiential education at Grinnell College. "They have been told ... to be involved with their child's life. Sometimes college seems like going "˜cold turkey' from that life of involvement. I want parents to continue that pattern of involvement throughout college."

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When students at Grinnell College sit down to breakfast, they can be assured that their eggs come from chickens raised in a cage free environment. In fact, the nationally known Liberal Arts school in Grinnell, Iowa, is proud to boast that not only is the office of Dining Services using eggs from cage free hens, but produce and other foods raised, produced, and grown by "local" producers.

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The bookstore manager at Grinnell College offers some advice to students and parents of first-year students buying textbooks for the upcoming school year.

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Carol Bellamy, director of UNICEF since 1995, and a respected voice in the international community, will speak at the 2005 Exercises of Commencement at Grinnell College on Monday, May 23, 2005.

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It's that time "” college students arriving home in droves for the Holiday season "” some for the first time since starting college just a few months ago.

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How Will the current tax policy of the past four years affect future economic performance? What are the international implications of the 2004 elections? What constitutional law issues will arise in the next four years?

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According to Janet Gibson, associate professor of psychology, Grinnell College, people find solutions in many ways. To test that theory, she selected a few problems and tried them out on several different groups.

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Grinnell College's Peace Studies Program and the Rosenfield Program in Public Affairs, International Relations, and Human Rights are co-sponsoring three lectures on peace in the Middle East and one discussing world food issues at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, from Oct. 8-12.

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The associate dean for experiential education has a message for incoming first-year students and their parents at the start of their first year of college. "It's OK to be confused when you are 18 years old." And it is also OK for parents to not want to completely let go when dropping their child off at school.

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John Garang, the leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Army, credits his education in Iowa as an influence in his fight for peace in Sudan. Garang, (then known as John de Mabior), received a bachelor's degree in economics from Grinnell College in 1969.

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Grinnell College has joined with the Posse Foundation as the first partner school for Posse's just launched Washington, D.C. site. Grinnell is also the first partner school for Posse's Los Angeles site, and is the first partner school to lead from the start in two Posse cities.

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William F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA, will speak at the 2004 Exercises of Commencement. The New York Times Review of Books says he "has done more ... in the American human rights movement to make human rights issues known" in the US.

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The symposium brings scholars who will address globalization and cultural capital. What can the "˜cultural' work in the humanities and social sciences offer to analyzing the globalized flows of money, media, people, goods, and services?