CLICK SCREEN TO PLAY The Fourth Annual Samba Fest at Trinity College, free and open to the public, takes place this Sat., May 8 from 1-4 p.m. Berimbrown, an Afro-Brazillian fusion band, will be headlining the event as part of their North American debut. For complete details, visit: http://www.trincoll.edu/AboutTrinity/News_Events/trinity_news/042010_Samba2010.htm To listen to a recent WNPR […]

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Chaired primarily by members of Trinity College’s English Department, “Anthologies: A Conference,” brought academics from around the country and the world to carefully discuss and analyze anthologies.  The event was organized by Thora Brylowe, Visiting Assistant Professor of English; and Paul Lauter, the Allan K. and Gwendolyn Miles Smith Professor of Literature, as well as the […]

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Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist and activist, KRS-One (which stands for “Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone”), the headline performer at the 2010 Trinity International Hip Hop Festival, stuck around for an extra day to give a lecture to students at Gallows Hill.  KRS-One (a.k.a. “The Teacha”) talked about the origins of hip-hop, it’s role in society as […]

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On Saturday, April 3rd, the Studio Arts Program sponsored a free trip to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.  Professor Nathan Margalit led the tour.  The colorful wall pictured is part of an exhibition of Sol LeWitt’s work. (Photo courtesy of Matthew Bamberg-Johnson)

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Isabel Iwachiw, a senior goalie at Trinity College, received the Laura Hurd Award, given to the nation’s top Division III player, after leading the women’s ice hockey team to their first NCAA tournament. Iwachiw led Div. III in save percentage (.952), set single-season school records for games (25) and minutes (1,577), and established school career […]

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Sam Kassow ’66, Charles H. Northam Professor of History at Trinity, author, and American Historian of Ashkenazi Jewry, spoke to Trinity students as part of Holocaust Remembrance Day at Trinity College.  A group joined on the Cave Patio to reflect in a ceremony of candle lighting, poetry, and prayer.     

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Trinity College students joined others in one of the largest national fundraising and community service a-thons in the country by volunteering at local hunger and homelessness relief agencies inthe Hartford community.  Students prepared community gardens, cooked and served food, repaired and cleaned food banks, planted gardens in parks, and did manual construction. Across the state, students […]

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Pictured on the left is Judy Dworin, co-chairwoman of the department of theater and dance at Trinity, one of the first four woman to graduate with a bachelor’s degree from the College. She was the first to officially receive her diploma, as they were awarded alphabetically.  Dworin transferred to Trinity in 1969, when the College first became co-ed, and has […]

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This Google Maps image illustrates a dual-window comparison of Hartford’s Parkville neighborhood in 1934 and 2008, revealing how interstate highway development (such as I-84) altered urban neighborhoods.  Jack Dougherty, associate professor of educational studies at Trinity, is putting this tool to work.    Dougherty, along with the University of Connecticut, was recently awarded a grant from the […]

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James F. Jones, President and Trinity College Professor in the Humanities, is shown serving Mayra Esquilin, the primary prevention services coordinator of the Children’s Trust Fund, for Hartford Areas Rally Together (HART), the oldest community organizing agency in New England. Esquilin is president of the HART Board. The dinner was held at the Vernon Social Center […]

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