Marcia Hinckley M’91 (right) and her husband Sam (left) applaud a performance by Peter Zay (above) at the Chamber Music Series portion of the annual Summer Music Series at Trinity.  Zay is the principal cellist of the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra and a member of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra.  Hinckley, a pianist and vocalist, and her husband, have been coming to the Music Series since they discovered it more than five years ago.  “The series is a gem,” she said after the chamber performance – her personal favorite portion of the weeklyperformances, which are followed by an outdoor picnic carillon concert on the Long Walk Quad. For photos, visit: http://bit.ly/NBEQRY.  For more information on the 2012 series, visit:

http://www.trincoll.edu/NewsEvents/NewsArticles/pages/SummerMusicSeries2012.aspx

Miriam Zichlin ’06, Research Coordinator and Data Analyst at Judge Baker Children’s Center, Harvard Medical School, talks with Trinity undergraduates who remained on campus as part of the annual Summer Science Program led by Trinity faculty.  Several recent Trinity alums in the science fields came back to talk to current students about their experiences at and beyond Trinity, and to answer student questions.

“Lots of memories of summers at Trinity flooded back immediately,” Zichlin said. “I’m glad I was able to share some of my perspectives of ‘the real world.’  It’s great to see how excited and optimistic the current students are.  They’re all doing really interesting research.”

For more photos, by Nick Lacy, visit: http://bit.ly/OghnVr

Above photo by Tim Cross, Associate Director Admissions  

Below photo by Jason Luis, Distributed Computing Technical Service Manager

Trinity is buzzing with activity this summer, as several campus improvement projects are under way and on schedule to be completed before the start of the fall semester.   The most notable project, a complete redevelopment of the Mather Quad, is pictured above. The project broke ground in May, just after Commencement, and will be completed at the start of the academic year. Upon completion, it will be renamed the Gates Quad, in honor of trustee John Gates, Jr. ’76, P’13, and the lead donor for the project.  More information and images will be shared upon completion of the project.  For more on the Quad transformation, visit: http://bit.ly/L620Nc.

A feathered friend perched on the sill of an office window on the Long Walk to say hello to Trinity.  The campus is no stranger to birds, and specifically juvenile Red-tailed hawks, pictured above.  Professor Joan Morrison says this bird probably hatched just this spring.  “Juvenile hawks frequent campus probably because there is alot of food for them,” she said.  “They mostly eat squirrels.”  Morrison adds that there are three known hawk nests around Trinity, where this juvenile could have come from, the closest of which being Pope Park.  “There are many hawk nests around Hartford,” Morrison said.  “These raptors do well in the city, eating squirrels and birds and rats.  They nest in Hartford’s large trees but also on buildings and billboards.”

Read more about bird life at Trinity here: http://www.trincoll.edu/NewsEvents/NewsArticles/pages/Birds.aspx.

(Photo by Devlin Hughes, Area Coordinator at Trinity College)

Hartford is gearing up for the 2012 Trinity Samba Fest by brushing up on their dance moves at a samba dance workshop held on Thursday at the Vernon Social Center on the campus of Trinity College.  Trinity students and members of the Hartford community joined to learn the rhythms and patterns of Afro-Peruvian and Puerto Rican dances. The workshop was conducted by the music and dance ensemble Bomba Ashe, who instructed participants in bomba, a dance form developed on the sugar cane plantations of Puerto Rico.  For more photos from the set, visit: http://bit.ly/I5mj0I.  The Trinity Samba Fest will be held May 5, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Riverfront Recapture in Hartford.  www.sambafest.com.

D.B. Sweeney, known for his roles in The Cutting Edge, Eight Men Out, and many other films and television shows, voices his support for the Trinity Film Festival, on May 5, 2012. Today is the late deadline for submissions, so make sure to get them in!

Last week, The Quirks and The Accidentals a Cappella groups, were invited to sing “America the Beautiful,” during the seventh inning stretch of a New Britain Rock Cats game.  The Rock Cats are the AA affiliate of the Minnesota Twins major league baseball team.  Trinity’s SGA and Office of Campus Life provided tickets and transportation to the game for students.  (Photo by Wil Goldsholl ’13)

For more on the Trinity Film Festival, visit www.trinityfilmfest.org.  “Like” Trinity Film Festival on Facebook for timely updates: www.facebook.com/TrinityFilmFestival.

Kristen Duquette ’13 (right) with Former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, and Governor of Connecticut, Daniel Malloy, at the Bushnell Center for Performing Arts.  Duquette has set her sights on the Paralympics in London this summer. The qualifying trials are in June in North Dakota, and she will attempt to make the U.S. team in the 50- and 100-meter freestyle. For more on Duquette, visit: http://goo.gl/72CVF

(Photo by Nick Caito)

Trinity students Joseph Laws ’12 and Angela London ’15 (pictured), and Shanice Hinckson ’15 collected signatures from hundreds of their classmates, who pledged support toward the elimination of the word “retard-ed” when used in a derogatory fashion.  Last year, over 300 students signed the pledge, and this year, the Trinity College Best Buddies chapter organizing the campaign is aiming for 600.  Students that pledge receive a Spread the Word wristband, and a Spread the Word flyer to put in their windows.    For more on the nationwide movement, visit the Spread the Word campaign website: http://www.r-word.org/.   To join Best Buddies, email trinitybestbuddies@gmail.com.