The Grinnell connection
Winter 2019
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![Shafiq R. Kahn talking with Grinnellians around a table](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/20191003.gp_.coffee.051-web.jpg?itok=cavuKrjR)
The $100,000 Grinnell College Innovator for Social Justice Prize was awarded to Shafiq R. Khan, founder and CEO of Empower People.
![Detail of HSSC skylight and crenellations](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/20190927.hssc_.gates_.142.jpg?itok=DwHnCuo-)
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded Grinnell College a $1 million grant for “The Humanities in Action,” a project that will focus on curricular reform, community engagement, and career development.
![All Hands on Deck #3 by Damon Davis](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/Davis%20All%20Hands%203_CMYK.jpg?itok=y_JBBzQE)
Damon Davis exhibition Jan. 24–March 14, 2020, at the Grinnell College Museum of Art
![Julie Mehretu, Entropia](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/Mehretu-Entropia-web.jpg?itok=shYvj_mQ)
Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu, Jan. 24–April 4, 2020, at the Grinnell College Museum of Art
![Hand raising in crowd](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/iStock-864886554%20WEB.jpg?itok=0BXZag_4)
More than half of U.S. residents say their feelings towards President Donald Trump have become “more unfavorable” since he took office, according to the newest edition of the Grinnell College National Poll, released Oct. 29, 2019.
The poll, a...
![Roger Roe ’70 and Paula Speltz Roe ’73](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/Giving_winter_finalweb.jpg?itok=SDMNc9GI)
In town early for football practices, Roger Roe ’70 first met his future wife, Paula Speltz Roe ’73, outside Burling Library during Paula’s freshman orientation week at Grinnell.
![Evelyn and Will Freeman standing next to the score board for the Darren W. Young track and field complex](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/20190724.Freeman.portrait.016_web.jpg?itok=3o_kR7Bb)
After four decades of coaching, the Will and Evelyn Freeman era is coming to an end.
![Emily Mize Robare](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/Robare_headshot_web.jpg?itok=q3z49ZXY)
My 7-year-old and her friend were playing fairies. Her friend said, “If I could have any wish, I would wish that magic were real.” Annabel responded, “Really? Not to stop global warming?”