{"id":692,"date":"2015-02-09T17:13:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T17:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/facultyhighlights\/?page_id=692"},"modified":"2015-03-23T20:18:06","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T20:18:06","slug":"january-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/facultyhighlights\/inthenews\/january-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hartfordbusiness.com\/article\/20150105\/PRINTEDITION\/301029973\">Berger-Sweeney looks to strengthen Trinity&#8217;s ties to CT Inc.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/b><i>The Hartford Business Journal<br \/>\n<\/i>Even before formally setting foot on campus earlier this year, the 22nd president in Trinity&#8217;s 190-year history knew the breadth of the 2,300-pupil school&#8217;s involvement in Hartford&#8217;s South End and the greater community but the depth of those ties are just becoming more apparent to her.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.courant.com\/politics\/hc-ctm-school-choice-lottery-20141210-story.html#page=1\">Despite Robust Options, Thousands Pass On School-Choice Lottery<br \/>\n<\/a><\/b><i>Hartford Courant<\/i><br \/>\nJust one in four students in Grades 3 through 7 attending Hartford schools entered the lottery for a seat at a regional magnet or a suburban public school last school year, according to a recent study by Trinity College.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/lens.blogs.nytimes.com\/2015\/01\/09\/visual-beauty-and-history-in-hartford\/?_r=1\">Visual Beauty and History in Hartford<br \/>\n<\/a><\/b><i>The New York Times<\/i><br \/>\nPablo Delano is a professor of fine arts at Trinity College in Hartford. \u201cHartford Seen\u201d is on display at the Connecticut Historical Society through mid-March.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.uvic.ca\/index.php\/news\/2014\/12\/22\/the-alchemy-of-special-collections#.VLZ4aXtWJ9V\">The Alchemy of Special Collections<br \/>\n<\/a><\/b>University of Victoria Libraries<br \/>\nRichard Ring, Head Curator &amp; Librarian of the Watkinson Library Trinity College is the presenter of the University of Victoria, University Librarian\u2019s Lecture Series 2015.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsnews.net\/2015\/01\/u-s-ally-yemen-in-danger-of-splitting-into-two-again\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=u-s-ally-yemen-in-danger-of-splitting-into-two-again\">U.S. Ally Yemen in Danger of Splitting into Two \u2013 Again<br \/>\n<\/a><\/b><i>Inter Press Service<br \/>\n<\/i>Vijay Prashad, George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies at Trinity College, told IPS it is very hard to gauge what will happen in Yemen at this time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/life-of-forms-through-water\/\">\u2018Life of Forms through Water\u2019<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The Navhind Times<br \/>\n<\/em>This group exhibition has a combination of American and Goan artists. 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