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Trinity in the News

Below is a list of links to media stories about Trinity College. Titles in red indicate links to full story. Please note some of the URLs may require a login in order to gain access to the article, which is easy to acquire and may or may not require a membership fee.

 

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June 23, 2007 – June 29, 2007

 

Immigration Rally 6/29

Fox 61 WTIC-TV – June 29, 2007

Trinity College students also speak out during rally. *Please note that you must watch through the “Bomb Plot” story in order to reach the “Immigration Rally” story.

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Suburbs need not fear school vouchers
Christian Science Monitor – July 28, 2007
Los Angeles - The tight connection between test scores and home prices that was reported by the recent Trinity College study raises fresh doubts about the ability of an open educational marketplace to improve schooling for all children...

 

Concert series giving back
Daily Pilot – July 28, 2007
By Jessie Brunner When Chase Caillouette arrived in Hartford, Conn., to begin his first semester at Trinity College, classmates couldn't wait to find out if...

 


June 16, 2007 – June 22, 2007

 

Trinity College Offers Program For Low-Income Hartford Residents

NBC30.com – June 20, 2007

Thanks to Trinity College and the Connecticut Council on Humanities, many Hartford area residents…

 

Colin McEnroe with John Mertens

WTIC.com – June 20, 2007

John Mertens, professor of Engineering at Trinity College talks to Colin about the energy bill.

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State Wins National Grant For Childhood Education
Hartford Courant – June 19, 2007
Three members of Trinity College's Class of 2007 have won Fulbright Fellowships to teach English abroad. Caitlin Schiller of West Hartford will teach in...

 

School Basics: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Real Estate

New York Times – June 17, 2007

…prices within a town can fluctuate, even by neighborhood, based on the strength of the local elementary school, according to a new study by seven professors and students at Trinity College.

 

Athletics in the News

 

Brisson rows to success at Trinity
Danbury News Times – June 19, 2007
Currently, the Trinity College sophomore loves the sport after the Bantams' women's varsity and junior varsity eight-person boats both finished second to...

 

Kjellman named tops in collegiate lacrosse
Boston Globe – June 17, 2007
Trinity College attackman Kris Tedeschi was selected to the All-New England Small College Athletic Conference men's lacrosse second team...

 


June 2, 2007 – June 15, 2007

 

A Losing Battle, So Far
Hartford Courant – June 13, 2007
Trinity College researchers will issue a report today showing in stark numbers how little progress has been made toward creating magnet schools that draw a…

 

Hawk Attracts A Flock Of Officers

Hartford Courant – June 12, 2007
...Officer Laura Fago and Sgt. Robert Arsenault gather on the Capitol lawn to check out a red-tailed hawk caught by Trinity College Professor Joan Morrison


May 26, 2007 – June 1, 2007

 

School's Focus: Science, Engineering
Hartford Courant – May 29, 2007
Trinity College Assistant Professor of English David Rosen has won the Warren-Brooks Award for Outstanding Literary Criticism for his book, "Power,...

 

Lone, Latin Cause: `L' Is On His Mind
Hartford Courant – May 28, 2007
Yelena Baraz, an assistant professor of classics at Trinity College, and Roger Travis, an associate professor of classics at the University of Connecticut,...


May 19, 2007 – May 25, 2007

A sheepskin of dishonor

Boston Globe – May 24, 2007

IN APRIL, the student senate at the University of Massachusetts at Boston voted to revoke the honorary degree awarded to President… Vijay Prashad, who lives in Northampton, is director of the International Studies Program at Trinity College.

 

Teachers Win Awards
Hartford Courant – May 22, 2007
Trinity College in Hartford has named biology Professor Daniel Blackburn to the Thomas S. Johnson Distinguished Professorship, which was established with a...

 

Big names pomp up graduation

USA Today – May 21, 2007

…Sunday, Trinity College, Hartford…"The urge to be cool is something that seizes everyone's life…

Graduates Celebrate Statewide
Hartford Courant – May 21, 2007
Three Rivers Community College in Norwich also had its graduation. Wolfe, who was given an honorary doctor of letters degree, was introduced at Trinity by...


May 12, 2007 – May 18, 2007

 

Landmark Picasso Exhibition Makes Final Stop at Walker Art Center ...

Walker Art Center Press Room – May 18, 2007
Picasso and American Art is curated by Michael FitzGerald, Associate Professor in the Department of Fine Arts at Trinity College, Connecticut, in association with Dana Miller, Associate Curator at the Whitney...

 

Colin McEnroe with Tom Wolfe

WTIC.com – May 18, 2007
Tom Wolfe Author and journalist talks to Colin about his commencement address at Trinity College this weekend.
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Colin McEnroe with Mark Silk

WTIC.com – May 15, 2007
Colin is joined by Mark Silk professor of religion in public life at Trinity College to talk about the passing of Jerry Falwell.
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Athletics in the News

 

Risica help lifts Big Red in chasing the Crimson
Boston Globe – May 13, 2007
Former Globe All-Scholastic Michelle Smith of Wayland and CJ Yanofsky of Needham helped power the Trinity College women's lacrosse team (11-4) to its first...


May 5, 2007 – May 11, 2007

Just 'Pure Medicine'

Hartford Courant – May 6, 2007
...and countless non-medical volunteers including a group of Trinity College students who serve soup in the waiting room on Wednesdays...

 

Athletics in the News

 

Eastern Wins Again In Little East Baseball
Hartford Courant – May 10, 2007
Dual honors for Dougherty: Trinity senior Sara Dougherty was named NESCAC player and pitcher of the year. Dougherty, who also plays first base...

 

Gulls Fall to No. 11 Trinity in NCAA First Round
Lacrosse Magazine Online – May 9, 2007
HARTFORD, CT - The Endicott College women's lacrosse team saw its season come to an abrupt end at the hands of Trinity College on Wednesday afternoon as the...

 

Of Note: Colleges
Hartford Courant – May 9, 2007
Senior third baseman and captain Marcia Whitehead went 4-for-4 in her final game against Trinity and finished as Wesleyan's career hits leader (122)...

 

Division III notes

NCAA News – May 7, 2007

…Junior pitcher Tim Kiely posted the first perfect game in 139 years of baseball at Trinity College (Connecticut)…


April 28, 2007 – May 4, 2007

Acute Avian Fever
Hartford Courant – May 3, 2007
Joan L. Morrison, an ornithologist and associate professor at Trinity College in Hartford, said the daily records these birders produce can be helpful in...

 

Nigeria Stumbles At A Key Step
Hartford Courant – May 2, 2007
This was a historic opportunity to strengthen democracy," said Okey Ndibe, a Nigerian and a literature professor who will be teaching at Trinity College in...

 

Trinity Names Dean For New Global Studies Center
Hartford Courant – May 1, 2007
A University of Illinois scholar recognized for his expertise in urban and international studies was named Monday the dean and director of Trinity College's...

 


April 21, 2007 – April 27, 2007

 

Scholars learn and return

The Budapest Sun – April 25, 2007

Scholarship recipients attend Bard College, or Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, with all expenses paid, including airfare, tuition…

 

Athletics in the News

 

Wood is on the ball: Windham freshman playing up a storm at Trinity

Eagle Tribune – April 25, 2007
The only thing better than one trusty Wood? A pair of Woods says Bill Decker, and the veteran Trinity College baseball coach is not talking about golf either...

 

Notebook: A perfect day
NCAAsports.com – April 24, 2007
A PERFECT DAY: Trinity College’s Tim Kiely tossed the first perfect game in the 139-year history of the school’s baseball program en route to a 4-0 victory...

 

Third time didn't fail for Kiely
SalemNews.com – April 24, 2007
Tim Kiely's perfect game for the Trinity College baseball team this past weekend was the first in the Bantams' 139-year history...

 

Kiely Perfect For Trinity
Hartford Courant – April 22, 2007
Eastern 12-17, Rhode Island College 3-13: Shawn Gilblair won the first game, allowing no earned runs in seven innings, and had three hits in the second game...

 


April 14, 2007 – April 20, 2007

Candidates Engage YouTube Users
Hartford Courant – April 19, 2007
Kevin McMahon, an associate professor of political science at Trinity College, says the online video-sharing site has already proved itself a force in ...

 

Colleges Revisit Safety Alert Measures
Hartford Courant – April 18, 2007
Frederick Alford, dean of students at Trinity College, said leaving messages on the phones in students' rooms in residence halls is of minimal value...

 

Firefighting robots

WTNH.com – April 15, 2007

"The competition is very big for us. We've been working on this day and night and we didn't get any sleep," said Trinity junior Dave Maliniak.

 

For Some Hispanics, Coming to America Also Means Abandoning Religion

New York Times – April 15, 2007

“They come, they adopt the American way, and part of the American way is moving towards no religion,” said Ariela Keysar, associate director of the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture at Trinity College in Hartford

 

When Race, Privilege Collide
Hartford Courant – April 14, 2007
... case helps persuade white people of the danger of these kinds of assumptions" said Cheryl Greenberg, who teaches race and ethnicity at Trinity College...

 

Athletics in the News

Trinity track star Miller will be honored
Bristol Press – April 18, 2007
Trinity College track athlete Kristina Miner, who spent nearly two months at Hospital for Special Care in New Britain after being struck while jogging,...

 

John Carter: Fox Lane grad happy to play, study at Trinity
Lower Hudson Online – April 17, 2007
That decision wound up being to combine academics and athletics and landed Carter at Division III Trinity College in Hartford....

 

A Miner Miracle That Runner Is Back
Hartford Courant – April 16, 2007
George Suitor, the Trinity cross country and track and field coach, has his own words for a real sportswoman on his team. He knows the spirit inside her:...

 


April 7, 2007 – April 13, 2007

 

A Little Imus In All Of Us
Hartford Courant – April 12, 2007
At Trinity College in Hartford, and at many other colleges, racist incidents often happen unreported. When one of them catches peoples' attention it always...

 

The Generation of IEDs and iPods
CounterPunch.com - April 11, 2007
Vijay Prashad is the George and Martha Kellner Chair of South Asian History and Director of International Studies at Trinity College, Hartford,...

 

CONVERSATION WITH… Prof. Sam Kassow
Connecticut Jewish Ledger - April 10, 2007
HARTFORD n Professor Samuel D. Kassow has been teaching at Trinity College since 1972. This past semester he has been on sabbatical, traveling to Poland...

 

Higher Apps For Higher Ed

Hartford Business Journal – April 9, 2007

No measly increases, these: An 11 percent jump in applications for Trinity College in Hartford. About 6.6 percent for the University of Connecticut

 

Walsh Wins Kolinsky Scholarship
Hartford Courant – April 8, 2007
Trinity runner Kristina Miner of Suffield will also be honored at the dinner with the Bob Casey Award for courage and overcoming adversity...

 

Where Nature Holds Its Ground
Hartford Courant – April 8, 2007
In 1939, the Trinity College English professor Odell Shepard, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, wrote of the vast meadows along both sides of the Connecticut...


March 31, 2007 – April 6, 2007

Storytellers on storytelling

WNPR.com – April 6, 2007

Lucy Ferriss is Interim Director of the Creative Writing Program at Trinity College. She put together "Giving Voice: The Art of Memoir."

 

Getting Lost In The Bog, I Mean Blog

Hartford courant – April 1, 2007

Initially it sounded to me like an admission…Lucy Ferriss, of West Hartford, is writer-in-residence at Trinity College and the author of eight books…


March 24, 2007 – March 30, 2007

Students give up social networks for Lent

CNN.com – March 29, 2007

“People try to be clever with Lent," said the Rev. Michael J. Dolan, college chaplain at Trinity College and the University of Hartford in Connecticut

 

DeLuca gives Italian-American of the Year award
TownTimesNews.com – March 29, 2007
Donald DeFronzo, D-6, presented two $10000 checks to the Italian Studies programs at Central Connecticut State University and Trinity College...

 

Trinity Hosting Hip-Hop Festival
Hartford Courant – March 27, 2007
Trinity College in Hartford will hold its second annual International Hip-Hop Festival, featuring hip-hop performances, lectures, films and academic panel...

 

International Hip Hop Festival at Trinity College
TLA-PROnline – March 27, 2007
Following last year's highly successful First Annual International Hip Hop Festival at Trinity College, which made international headlines on the BBC for...


March 17, 2007 – March 23, 2007

 

‘Casey’ and the Cubs
Chicago Tribune – March 18, 2007

Books that look at the creation of a baseball ballad and one of the 1st sports dynasties of the 20th Century…By Louis P. Masur, director of the American studies program at Trinity College

 

My Parents Couldn’t Outlive, or Outrun, Each Other

New York Times – March 18 2007

Lucy Ferriss is writer in residence at Trinity College in Hartford. Her latest book is the memoir “Unveiling the Prophet: The Misadventures of a Reluctant Debutante.”

 

Athletics in the News

 

Stars aligned to lead Bantams to playoffs
Boston Globe – March 18, 2007
Two high-scoring lacrosse stars from this area hope to lead Trinity College into the New England Small College Athletic Conference playoffs for the first...

 


March 10, 2007 – March 16, 2007

 

Brain's 'Default Mode' Awry In Schizophrenia
Science Daily (press release) – March 14, 2007
Abigail Garrity of Trinity College was the lead author and Vince Calhoun of the Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital was the senior author...

 

Secularism has become the default position

Vancouver Sun – March 10, 2007

These growing numbers of "secular" citizens are at the heart of a major new report by the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture, based at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn...

 

Athletics in the News

 

Small College Scoop: First Timers
Lacrosse Magazine Online – March 14, 2007

Kate Perine officially received word she would be the interim women's lacrosse coach at Trinity College last June, filling in for the sabbatical-bound Kara...

 

Trinity Rallies To Sweep Opening Doubleheader
Hartford Courant – March 11, 2007
Later, South Carolina's Natasha Hastings set a college record in the women's 400 in 50.80 seconds. Iowa's Kineke Alexander, the defending champion,...

 


March 3, 2007 – March 9, 2007

 

Of Note

Hartford Business Journal – March 5, 2007

The Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism awarded Clare Rossini [Trinity College Director of the InterArts Program and Visiting Assistant Professor of InterArts]

 

Romney's Run Raises Mormon Questions
Hartford Courant – March 4, 2007
Mark Silk directs the Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College.

 

Athletics in the News

 

Trinity's Dunham Retires
Hartford Courant – March 6, 2007
He will remain at Trinity as a major gifts officer in the college's development office. Cataruzolo was an All-NESCAC and All-New England hockey player at...

 

Trinity's Dunham Retires After 33 Seasons
USCHO, MN – March 5, 2007
Dunham was the guiding force behind the Trinity College ice hockey program for 37 years, beginning his coaching career with Trinity's club hockey team in...

 


February 24, 2007 – March 2, 2007

 

Groups Turn Rough Neighborhoods Into Communities Of Hope
NBC30.com – February 28, 2007
Students at Trinity College teamed up with a neighborhood group, Hartford Areas Rally Together, to map problem properties...

 

Symposium At St. Joseph College Looks At Early Learning
Hartford Courant – February 27, 2007
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected Trinity College in Hartford as one of 76 US colleges and universities to be included in...

 

A Great Teacher With A Passion For Poetry And Life
Hartford Courant – February 25, 2007
During 40 years at Trinity College in Hartford, he inspired hundreds of students and made his mark with his poems about the natural world...

 

Leading Town Into The Woods
Hartford Courant – February 25, 2007
Susan Masino, a Trinity College neuroscience professor, mother of two and one of the group's more prominent figures, has just announced that they are within...