A student’s passion for and instrument inspires an unusual research experience.
Winter 2016
In this Issue
![Happiness Is a Warm Friend](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/Warm%20Friend%20Web.png?itok=LbkdPAWa)
Life Satisfaction in the New Millennium Still Requires that we Know Ourselves Best
![Essmart Acceptance](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/A14X6094%202000x1125.jpg?itok=fwaZkRS0)
Grinnell Prize Winners Empower Next Generation of Social Justice Innovators
![Spark Tank Winners](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/20161011sparktank288%202000x1125.jpg?itok=RnCmxVwM)
The Spark Tank Innovation Challenge, part of the weeklong Grinnell Prize celebration, encourages Grinnell students to design their own social innovations.
![Dining Hall activity during the lunch hour](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/Lunchroom%20975x455_1.jpg?itok=DvW0gQV3)
After nearly 4 months of bargaining, the Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers (UGSDW) and Grinnell administrators ratified a one-year contract.
![Real Foods Coordinator Molly Schintler encourages students to sample real foods.](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/Molly_Shintler_Action_Photo%20975x455.jpg?itok=Arl5dQj-)
Real Foods Coordinator Molly Schintler works to “ensure that the food people have access to is truly nourishing to people and the planet.”
![Joan Linder Exhibition](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/Linder%20Banner%20975x455.jpg?itok=ja5clgR4)
Joan Linder: Operation Sunshine and Crossing the Line: Selections from the Grinnell College Art Collection on display from Jan. 27 to March 19, 2017.
![Kesho Scott](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/IconoclastClass%20975x455.jpg?itok=1qz8BNhK)
IAAHF recognizes the outstanding achievements of African-Americans who have enhanced the quality of life for all Iowans.
![Tammy Nyden and Eliza Willis with others at ceremony where Nyden was given the Isabel Turner Award](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/Tammy-Nyden-awards-ceremony%20720x336.jpg?itok=c371a9yk)
Tammy Nyden was honored with the Isabel Turner Award in recognition of her outstanding achievements in advocacy for improving children’s mental health services.
![Penny Bender Sebring ’64 and her husband, Charles Ashby Lewis](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/CAL%20PBS%20Head%20Shot%202015%20WEB.jpg?itok=N3pC9RiU)
Penny Bender Sebring ’64 and Charles Lewis establish second CLS career community.