Rosenfield Program, Grinnell College

08/30/2024

Join us Tuesday, September 3 at noon in JRC 101 to hear from our 2024 Rosenfield Program internship recipients. All students, staff and faculty are welcome. Pizza will be served!

06/05/2024

Professor of Political Science Wayne Moyer has taught at Grinnell College for 5+ decades. In May, the College celebrated Moyer’s career as he retires from full-time teaching.

04/08/2024

The Estonian defense minister addressing Grinnell College students today… Thanks Ed Cohn, incoming Rosenfield Program director, for organizing a great event.

03/27/2024

Hayes Gardner '15, now with the Baltimore Sun, covers the Key Bridge tragedy. Hayes interned in 2014 with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, supported by a Rosenfield summer internship grant.

A massive container ship adrift at 9 mph issued a “mayday” early Tuesday as it headed toward the iconic Francis Scott Key Bridge, losing power before colliding with one of the support columns. As t…

10/31/2023

The Politics of Artificial Intelligence will be the theme of the Rosenfield Program 2024 spring break tour, co-sponsored by the CLS Government, Law, and Policy (GLP) Career Community. The tour will travel to Washington D.C., March 18 – 23, the first week of spring break. Students of all majors and class years are invited to apply.

Information sessions will be held on Wednesday, November 8 at 7 pm in JRC 209 and on Monday, November 13 at 4:15 pm in HSSC*N1112.

Applications are due on Wednesday, November 29 at 11:59 pm.

Spring Break 2024 Rosenfield Program Study Tour Application

10/24/2023

10/04/2023

This is our 2023-24 Rosenfield Program Committee!

Front Row: (L to R) Zachary Spindler-Krage '25; Valery Lopez '24; Madison Gummer '24; Sira Nassoko '24; Director Barbara Trish;

Back Row: (L to R) Eiren Shea (Art History); Paata Kaloiani '25; Andreas Jozwiak (Political Science); Myron Herzberg (Community Member); Charles Cunningham (Physics); Amelia Lobo '99 (DAR)

Missing from the photo is Karen Edwards (Student Affairs) and Jani Springer (Athletics).

09/28/2023

Our final symposium speaker is Kathie Obradovich, Editor-in-Chief for the Iowa Capital Dispatch. Kathie will speak on Judicial Selection and Retention in Iowa. Please join us as we wrap up the Courts in the U.S.: Modern Challenges, Historical Foundation symposium.
Wednesday, October 4, 4:15 PM
HSSC A1231

09/26/2023

Continuing our "Courts in the U.S." symposium, tomorrow's guest Rachel Shelden from Penn State University will present "Ethics, Power, & the Political Culture of the 19th-Century Supreme Court". Please join us!
9-27-23
4:15 PM
HSSC A1231

09/21/2023

Join us when Judge Kimberly Mueller presents a review of the judicial canons, statutory provisions and reporting requirements designed to hold federal district judges to high ethical standards. She will also discuss how the canons and rules work in practice. Judge Mueller's visit is sponsored by the Rosenfield Program, and is part of the 'Courts in the U.S.: Modern Challenges, Historical Foundation symposium'. She is a Chief Judge in the United States District Court from the Eastern District of California.
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
4:15 PM
HSSC A1231

09/20/2023

Scholars’ Convocation: Politics, Ethical Quandaries, and Demise of State Decisis and the Fragile Legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court

Thurs., Sept. 21, 11 a.m., HSSC A1231 or Webex

Mario Barnes, professor of law and co-director of the Center on Law, Equality, and Race at the University of California-Irvine, will discuss whether the public legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court and its decisions have been undermined by recent occurrences related to ethics, political ideology, and deferring to existing legal precedents.