Paul Assaiante (top left, center), Head Coach of Trinity College men’s squash, led the U.S.A. women’s team to gold in Toronto, Ontario in the 2015 Pan American Games. In addition, Harvard’s Amanda Sohby (top […]

While Trinity’s campus is home to some of the most noteworthy collegiate architecture in the world, it’s the many small details of the campus that accentuate its beauty and history. Click the image above for a […]

Trinity’s campus was abuzz with excitement this past weekend, which included the announcement of a new student-created mentoring system, “Bantam Networks,” four huge playoff wins for the Bantams, the fall […]

President Joanne Berger-Sweeney and attendees at a United Technologies Corporation alumni-networking event held on March 9, 2015, on the Trinity campus.

It was a photo finish for the indoor women’s track and field 4×200 meter relay team at the New Balance Armory ECAC Championships in New York City this weekend.  Click the photo to watch the finish (shaky […]

Last week, No. 2-ranked Trinity men’s squash handed top-ranked St. Lawrence a 7-2 loss while the defending National Champion and No. 3-ranked Trinity women’s squash team knocked off No. 1-ranked University of […]

As part of the new Outdoor Experiential Education program at Trinity College, students canoed their way through Everglades National Park in southern Florida this winter, camping on beaches and on the famous […]

Trinity College composition students of professor Dan Román share a moment with members of the Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra (HICO).  The professional orchestra performed the students experimental compositions last Thursday, December 4 at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Hartford. This event and collaboration were made possible thanks to a generous grant by the Center for Urban and Global Studies Arts Committee. In this photo, from left to right: Michael Munzer ’16, Matthew Russo (trombone – HICO), Davis Kim ’15, Malcom Moon ’15, Janet Jacobson (violin – HICO), Malibongwe Thwala ’17, Ebban Maeda ’16, Matthew Angelo (flute – HICO), Steve Syz ’17.

Today, the chemistry department at Trinity College hosted a “ChemisTree Party” for their majors.  Students crafted  ornaments that now adorn two artificial trees in the lobby of Clement Hall.  Click here for […]

Jonathan Gonzalez ’12, an award-winning, New York-based choreographer whose work has appeared on stages in the United States and Europe, returned to Trinity as a guest choreographer and performer in Fall Dance (November 20-22), in which he presented a solo. He also took time out to lead a dance workshop for students.

“Jonathan is very generous. It was his suggestion to stay after his solo performance and personally work with students,” Professor Leslie Farlow of the Theater and Dance Department, with whom Gonzalez studied at Trinity, said. “He is a wonderful role model and everything you want an artist to be.”

Above: Oludare Bernard ’15 watches Gonzalez (right) instruct a group of students.  Gonzalez is currently pursuing his MFA in dance at Sarah Lawrence College.  Click here for a full gallery of his visit to Trinity.
Written by Dayana Alexandrova ’15
Photos by Diana Guay photography

Trinity hosted the Northeast Deans meeting in early November. The gathering is held annually at one of the varying member institutions, bringing the deans together over two days to discuss salient issues in higher education and providing an opportunity to share best practices and offer advice within the group.

Tom Mitzel, Trinity’s dean of the faculty and vice president for academic affairs, said, “I know I treasure this meeting every year, to be able to learn from the wisdom of my colleagues, and to engage in high level conversations about how best to continue offering the highest level of education for our students.”

Attendees pose for a group photo in Hamlin Hall (left to right): Neil Weissman, provost and dean of the college, Dickinson College; Christopher Zappe, provost, Gettysburg College; Robin Rinehart, dean of the faculty, Lafayette College; Joel Martin, provost and dean of the faculty, Franklin and Marshall College; Denise Buell, dean of the faculty, Williams College; Tom Stephenson, provost, Swarthmore College; Abby Van Styck, dean of the faculty, Connecticut College; Jon Chenette, dean of the faculty, Vassar College; Michele Dominy, vice president and dean of the college, Bard College; Cristie Collins Judd, dean for academic affairs, Bowdoin College; Catherine Epstein, dean of the faculty, Amherst College; Beau Breslin, dean of the faculty and vice president for academic affairs, Skidmore College; Lori Kletzer, provost and dean of the faculty, Colby College; Patrick Reynolds, dean of the faculty, Hamilton College; Therese McCarty, dean of the faculty and vice president for academic affairs, Union College; and Tom Mitzel, dean of the faculty and vice president for academic affairs, Trinity College.

Members of the Trinity community took part in an early yoga session on the Long Walk Quad this morning.  The outdoor class was offered by the Office of Recreation and the Office of Residential Life at Trinity College.  Follow Recreation on Facebook for future events: http://www.facebook.com/TrinityCollegeRecreation.  Yoga classes are offered every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, free of charge with a Trinity ID, at Vernon Social Center.

Will Schreiber-Stainthorp ’15 has been named as the next host for Trinitea, a student-faculty talk show at Trinity College.  New episodes will be released in the fall semester.  Visit http://www.trincoll.edu/trinitea for more information, or follow the show on Facebook for updates at http://www.Facebook.com/TriniteaShow.

Trinity students enrolled in Film 309 at Trinity created a documentary entitled “Coaching Colburn: Finding Love and Laughter in the Face of Autism.” The story centers around a Trinity student’s cousin, who suffers from a developmental disorder called Fragile X.  The film was directed by Jeff Bemiss (pictured center), who taught the course, and produced by the 11 students in the class.  The film screened at the Trinity Film Festival in May and at the Newburyport Documentary Film Festival this past weekend.  Click here for more.

Above: Trinity students from Praxis, a residentially based community-service program at Trinity, who volunteered to help with EnvisionFest activities at the Wadsworth Atheneum. Pictured l-r: Lupita Barajas ’17, Lizzy Foley ’17, Bo Etropolski ’17, Natalie Sooksatan ’17, Soham Modnani, Jessie Stowell ’17, and Shanice Hinckson ’15.

Below: Scott Gac, associate professor of history and American studies at Trinity, talks about violence, manliness, and race in early American art at the Wadsworth Atheneum. Among the paintings he discussed were George Catlin’s Catlin the Artist Shooting Buffalos in Texas with Colt’s Revolving Pistol (1855) and John Frederick Peto’s Reminiscences of 1865 (1897).

(photos by John Atashian)

Joanne Berger-Sweeney, 22nd President of Trinity College, meets Jim English H’89, President of Trinity from 1981-1989, at a recent alumni event in Watch Hill, Rhode Island.  Looking on is Jack Fracasso, Vice President for Advancement.  Berger-Sweeney assumed the Presidency on Tuesday, July 1, and will be inaugurated on Sunday, October 26, in a ceremony that is open to the public.

In 1975, Dr. James Bradley, Professor of Classics Emeritus at Trinity College, started the Chamber Music Series to complement the Carillon Music Series that Trinity has offered since 1949.  The Trinity Summer Music Series has since become a summertime favorite for Hartford residents and the Trinity community, as groups gather on campus for classical music performances in the Chapel before picnicking beneath the bells on the scenic Long Walk Quad after the recitals.  Last night, forty years after the first chamber recital, Bradley was back to see the Chamber Series still pleasing so many concert goers.  Joining Bradley was Peter Shea (tenor), and Susan Zimmerman Lowenkron (flute), who were each members of the inaugural performance back in 1975.   Pictured above, the three stand alongside Robert Edward Smith (right), Composer-in-Residence at Trinity College.  Click here for a full set of photos from the special night.  Click here for more on the Trinity Summer Music Series.

The Class of 2014 left their mark on Trinity, and this year’s Commencement was one to remember.  This video recaps the event, and includes links to Katie Couric’s full commencement speech, as well as student reactions and farewells.

Trinity Professors are some of the brightest scholars in the world.  But their knowledge was put to the test in “Trinitea,” a new student/faculty talk show, featuring chats over tea.  Click the above photo to watch the professors on the hot seat.

The 2014 Trinity Film Festival made for another memorable evening at Cinestudio and on Trinity’s campus.  Click here for a full photo gallery from the event.  (Photos by John Atashian)

Baby Brownell was born as part of an arts project at Trinity, created by Mark Yanagisawa ’14.  Students studying sculpture with Associate Professor of Fine Arts Patricia Tillman were asked to create a site specific work on campus.  Yanagisawa, a mechanical engineering major and architectural studies minor, created this as a juxtaposition to the iconic Bishop Brownell statue on the Long Walk Quad to “free some of the seriousness of the bishop,” and to make it more accessible to students.  Next year, Yanagisawa will be in Chester, Penn., working as a mechanical engineer for Kimberly Clark Corporation.

Above: Jennifer Lee, an eighth grader at the Two Rivers Middle Magnet school in East Hartford, presents her research on birds at Trinity’s Annual Science Symposium Poster Presentations.  Jennifer was selected to present her work along with Trinity students, having been chosen for her standout research analyzing 10 years of bird banding data from Dr. Morrison’s field site at Two Rivers.  Jennifer worked with Dr. Joan Morrison (pictured), Professor of Biology at Trinity, and a long-time ornithologist.  Jennifer was most surprised to learn from her research that the diversity of birds in the urban Hartford area is quite high and not dominated by any one species, and that birds’ food of choice during the nesting season is, overwhelmingly, insects.

Morrison works with area students throughout the year on tagging birds and researching their behaviors and distributions.  In addition to studying birds in Connecticut, Morrison has returned repeatedly to the MacArthur Ago-ecology Research Center in south-central Florida for over 20 years to continue her studies of the Crested Caracara, a unique falcon found year-round on Florida’s ranchlands and remnant prairies. Morrison’s research now uses GPS/GSM transmitters to study the caracara’s movements. Her plan is to use this technology to facilitate the next research phase for this federally- and state-threatened species, to understand breeding pair responses to habitat conversion.  Click here for a short video about Professor Morrison’s research on the Crested Caracara.

Chris Hager, Associate Professor of English at Trinity College, stands alongside filmmaker Steven Spielberg and a bronze bust of President Abraham Lincoln.  The occasion was the celebration of The 2014 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, on April 24, at the Union League Club in New York City.  The Prize is awarded by Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.   Hager was one of six finalists for his book, Word by Word: Emancipation and the Act of Writing (Harvard University Press).  The book was recognized as “an original and compelling study, that asserts that more slaves were literate than is commonly thought, and that their fugitive letters, diaries, petitions and other writings provide valuable insights.”   Spielberg received a Special Achievement Award for his movie “Lincoln,” released in 2012, which won two Academy Awards, was nominated for twelve, and grossed over $275 million worldwide.  Click here for more on the event.  (Photo by Don Pollard)

Over 100 people gathered at the Washington Room in Mather Hall to watch presentations at the 2014 Trinity Entrepreneurship Competition, held by the Career Development Center.  Pictured above, Nathaniel Nurmi ’14 was one of four teams to present at the event.  Alex Barker ’14 and Jake Shimmel ’14 ultimately won the competition, which included a top prize of $10,000 to pursue their project.  Click here for full details about the event and the winning idea.  Click here for a photo gallery of the final event.
(Photos by John Marinelli)

This is a scene from an all-campus BBQ last week, co-hosted by the Greek organizations at Trinity and by Chartwells Dining Service.  Students got perfect weather for the event, held on the Long Walk Quad.  For more photos from the cookout, click here.  (Photos by Klair Siciliano ’16)

David Pietrocola ’07, his father, and his brother, Joe Pietrocola, a student at Drexel, watch one of Trinity’s robot in action.  Six countries were represented at the 21st Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest, one of the premier robotics events in the world.   Click here for a complete photo gallery.   (Photo by John Atashian)

This oil on canvas piece (3 ft. x 6 ft.), “Soldiers,” by Mary Kanzler ’15, will hang in the Widener Gallery from April 8-30, 2014 as part of the annual Studio Arts exhibition.   The selections represent work from foundation through advanced levels.  Included are a variety of media and styles ranging from abstract painting,  representational drawing and color prints to documentary photography, video, and mixed media sculpture, among many others.  Click here for more on studio arts at Trinity and for a schedule of events.

From left, Xiangming Chen, dean and director of the Center for Urban and Global Studies (CUGS) and Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Global Urban Studies and Sociology, and Nick Bacon ’10, PhD student in Urban Anthropology at the City University of New York and CUGS research associate, autograph copies of the book they co-edited, Confronting Urban Legacy, after a recent presentation at the Mark Twain Museum Center. The book explores the transformative relationship between globalization and urban transition in Hartford while including comparative chapters on other New England cities: Portland, Maine, along with Lawrence and Springfield, Massachusetts.  Bacon in particular used his research on East Hartford to demonstrate the importance of studying Hartford locally, regionally, and globally.  For more on the book, click here.

Last weekend, Trinity celebrated another stunning theatrical production at the Austin Arts Center.  The musical, “Parade,” featured an undergraduate cast of 25 and a professional chamber orchestra, under the direction of Gerald Moshell, professor of music and director of the Musical-Theater Program at Trinity. The choreography was by Julia Strong ’94, and Micah Greene.  For video scenes from the production, click here.  For photographs, click here.
(Photo by John Attasian)

Four students talk about their experiences studying away from Trinity, and discuss their academic, cultural, and social growth along the way.  For more on study away at Trinity College, click here.

Students taking Music 312, an upper-level course for music majors, recently took a trip to see Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.  Marisa Tornello ’15, who has grown up in an opera-loving […]

Trinity men’s hockey takes on Williams at historic Fenway Park in Boston, Mass., on January 7, 2014.  The above film […]

Every November, Trinity students run a Thanksgiving Food Basket Drive to provide a Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and all of the trimmings to 100 families of children at a local school.  Organized by […]

John Rose, Chapel Music Director at Trinity, leads the Trinity College Chapel Singers at the 2013 Lessons and Carols event this weekend.  The annual event is one of the oldest continuing traditions in […]

The animated short film above, “Chicken or the Egg,” landed Elaine Wu, from Ringling College of Art and Design, a second place prize of $1,000 in the 2013 Trinity […]

These photos were selected as finalists for the annual Study Away Photo Competition, hosted by the Office of International Programs and the Center for Urban and […]

At Trinity’s Homecoming this weekend, with ten minutes remaining in his collegiate career, Evan Bunker, Trinity College football co-captain running back, broke the New England Small […]