{"id":704,"date":"2015-02-09T17:16:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T17:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/facultyhighlights\/?page_id=704"},"modified":"2015-03-23T20:02:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T20:02:24","slug":"october-2014","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/facultyhighlights\/inthenews\/october-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wnpr.org\/post\/consciousness-and-soul\"><b>Consciousness and the Soul<br \/>\n<\/b><\/a>WNPR<br \/>\nDan Lloyd is a Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College in Hartford CT focusing on using neuroscience to understand human consciousness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.courant.com\/entertainment\/arts-theater\/hc-ctn-pablo-delano-1009-20141009-story.html\"><b>In-Depth Photographic Study of Hartford At CHS<br \/>\n<\/b><\/a><i>The Hartford Courant<br \/>\n<\/i>When photographer Pablo Delano arrived in Hartford in 1996 to teach at Trinity College, he heard the stories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.courant.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/hc-op-courtney-was-hartford-richest-city-in-americ-20141010-story.html\"><b>Was Hartford &#8216;The Richest City In The United States&#8217;?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/a><i>The Hartford Courant<\/i><br \/>\nAndrew Walsh of Trinity College, one of the best interpreters of Hartford&#8217;s Gilded Age history, says that &#8220;the problem with the Scribner&#8217;s piece is not the general drift \u2014 Hartford was an unusually prosperous place \u2014 but with the baroque specificity of the claim, the wealthiest city per capita.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wnpr.org\/post\/deliberating-political-debates\"><b>Deliberating Political Debates<br \/>\n<\/b><\/a>WNPR<br \/>\nKevin McMahon is the John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science at Trinity<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishledger.com\/2014\/10\/how-jewish-are-american-jewish-college-students\/\"><b>How Jewish are American Jewish college students?<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Jewish Ledger<\/i><br \/>\nTrinity College professors Barry A. Kosmin and Ariela Keysar have just announced findings of their new Demographic Survey of American Jewish College Students, a survey of 1,157 self-identified Jewish college undergraduates throughout the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.courant.com\/community\/hartford\/hc-trinity-college-inaugurates-new-president-1027-20141026-story.html\"><b>Trinity Inaugurates Joanne Berger-Sweeney As 22nd President<br \/>\n<\/b><\/a><i>The Hartford Courant<br \/>\n<\/i>Trinity College on Sunday enthusiastically inaugurated its 22nd president, Joanne Berger-Sweeney, a scholar and scientist who most recently served as dean of the school and arts and sciences at Tufts University.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.courant.com\/obituaries\/hc-extraordinary-life-chatfield-1005-20141004-story.html#page=1\"><b>Extraordinary Life: Civil Rights Activities Shaped Teacher&#8217;s Career<br \/>\n<\/b><\/a><i>The Hartford Courant<br \/>\n<\/i>[Jack Chatfield] retired in 2012 as professor emeritus at Trinity College, the recipient of two prestigious teaching awards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctpost.com\/local\/article\/Foley-dogged-by-questions-about-tax-write-offs-5817432.php\"><b>Foley dogged by questions about tax write-offs for the rich<br \/>\n<\/b><\/a><i>Connecticut Post<br \/>\n<\/i>Adrienne Fulco, director of the public policy and law program at Trinity College in Hartford, said the controversy over Foley&#8217;s tax bill fits the broader narrative woven by Malloy that the GOP nominee is a callous corporate raider who profited from factory layoffs, consolidation and bankruptcies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wnpr.org\/post\/deliberating-political-debates\"><b>Deliberating Political Debates<br \/>\n<\/b><\/a>WNPR<br \/>\nKevin McMahon is the John R. 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