Fall 2021
In this Issue
![Prevost's tutorial meeting outside](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/F-T-20210916.tutorial.prevost.306_1.jpg?itok=DQnMSMmQ)
![artistic depiction of a virus](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/Covid%202000x1125_0.jpg?itok=6zsxtSRQ)
![The Noyce Sience Center elbow light up at sunset](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/F-175-700-20191202.campus.295.jpg?itok=j_F3uhng)
I’m always proud to share that Grinnell was a stop in the underground railroad. In fact, I feel many find our legacy of social justice impressive when I talk about my time in the prairie. When I share these stories, I often think about the decisions our founders were faced with when they opened...
![Neil Martin at a race](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/AP-Neil-Martin_cmyk_0.jpg?itok=aOXE1znN)
When racing was shut down by the pandemic, Neil Martin ’99, clinical director of radiation oncology and co-director of the Prostate Cancer Center at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center in Boston, didn’t stop. He did dozens of 26.2-mile training runs, the equivalent of 57 marathons in a...
![Suyog Shrestha ’06, left, points out a feature to Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, far right.](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/AP-Suyog-photo-2_0.jpg?itok=i5owcmKy)
Born and raised in Nepal, Suyog Shrestha ’06 knew early on that he wanted to study physics in the United States; and in the summer of 2002, he came to Grinnell. Now a particle physicist, he’s been working at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research), just outside Geneva, Switzerland...
![Tommy Lee ë22 get paint ready for community members to paint on the mural design he created](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/CN-20210719.community.mural_.115_cmyk.jpg?itok=UHSXn5XV)
This summer the Offices of International Student Affairs and Community Partnerships, Planning, and Research partnered with the Grinnell Area Arts Council on a community mural project displayed on the south side of McNally’s Foods store in downtown Grinnell. The mural was designed by Guhn...
![l to r: Sasha Baumann ’17, Evelyn Berryhill ’20, Anjali Jain ’21, and Lana Katai ’21](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/Fulbright%20975x455.jpg?itok=U7pvJbIY)
Sasha Baumann ’17, Evelyn Berryhill ’20, Anjali Jain ’21, and Lana Katai ’21 received Fulbright U.S. Student Grants for research/study and teaching English in 2021–22. For more than 70 years, Fulbright grants have provided future American leaders with...
![Jana L. Grimes](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/Jana%20Grimes%20975x455.jpg?itok=rtXLtpvH)
Jana L. Grimes has been appointed vice president of human resources. As a member of the senior leadership team, Grimes provides strategic vision, leadership, and direction for the College’s invaluable human resources. Grimes, who came to Grinnell from DePauw University in...
![Victoria Jones](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/Victoria%20Jones%20975x455..jpg?itok=hzboaoO6)
The 2021 Grinnell College Innovator for Social Justice Prize of $50,000 was awarded to Victoria Jones, founder and executive director of TONE. Jones’ social innovation work centers Black joy, activism, and community building in Memphis, Tennessee.