{"id":170,"date":"2019-10-24T13:49:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T17:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/lits\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2026-08-11T18:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T18:44:10","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/library\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News &amp; Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The main library and Watkinson library both maintain blogs that feature news and highlights from our services and collections. Below is a feed of recent posts from both blogs.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.domains.trincoll.edu\/blog\">Main library blog<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/trinitywatkinson.domains.trincoll.edu\/\">Watkinson Library blog<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/events.trincoll.edu\/lits\/all\">Events calendar<\/a><\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"is-grid columns-2 has-dates has-excerpts wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/trinitywatkinson.domains.trincoll.edu\/happy-birthday-odell-shepard\/'>Happy Birthday, Odell Shepard!<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-07-21T19:36:50+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">July 21, 2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Born in western Illinois on July 22, 1884, Odell Shepard was the inaugural J.J. Goodwin Professorship of English. He taught at Trinity College from 1917 to 1946. However, it was not always clear that Shepard would remain in Connecticut at Trinity. At age 34, the summer after he finished his first full year of teaching [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/trinitywatkinson.domains.trincoll.edu\/distinguished-professor-emeritus-alden-r-gordon-69-donates-his-faculty-papers-and-alumni-memorabilia-to-the-trinity-college-archives\/'>Distinguished Professor Emeritus Alden R. Gordon \u201969 donates his faculty papers and alumni memorabilia to the Trinity College Archives<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-01T20:30:33+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">June 1, 2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Alden Rand Gordon was the coxswain of the Trinity College freshman crew team in the spring of 1966.<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/trinitywatkinson.domains.trincoll.edu\/trinitys-first-microcomputer-new-exhibit-in-lobby-of-mecc\/'>Trinity\u2019s FIRST Microcomputer:  New Exhibit in Lobby of MECC<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-03-27T21:44:56+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">March 27, 2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Earlier this month, on March 10, 2026, a new exhibit was installed in the ground-floor lobby at the eastern end of the Mathematics, Engineering, and Computer Science (MECC) building on Trinity College\u2019s campus. Professors\u00a0August Sapega\u00a0and David (Dave) Ahlgren purchased Intel\u2019s first 8-bit microprocessor chip (8008) in 1974.\u00a0 The kit included the 8008 processor, 1024 bytes [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/trinitywatkinson.domains.trincoll.edu\/watkinson-library-acquires-five-new-artists-books-courtesy-of-booklyn\/'>Watkinson Library Acquires Five New Artists\u2019 Books, Courtesy of Booklyn<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-03-20T18:37:13+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">March 20, 2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">by Casey Machenheimer, Special Collections and Archives Librarian for Public Services, Research, and Outreach The Watkinson Library has acquired five new artists\u2019 books, courtesy of the artist-run non-profit, Booklyn. Siempre Junto, 2026, by Raoul Deal (Milwaukee, WI) and Marshall Weber (Brooklyn, NY), with Kurt Allerslev (Hopewell, NJ) Siempre Junto is a unique copy. It is [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/trinitywatkinson.domains.trincoll.edu\/making-the-box-trinity-students-design-building-models\/'>Making the Box: Trinity Students Design Building Models<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-03-17T21:37:12+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">March 17, 2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The Scheuch Atrium in the Raether Library currently features a new exhibit comprised largely of models built by students taking courses on architecture. With the architectural minor program flourishing at Trinity, Dr. Willie Granston \u201913 answered a few questions about what the students learn through the construction of architectural models. 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