A grant from the Lower Connecticut Valley branch of the American Association of University Women supported summer courses offered by Trinity’s Prison Education Project at York Correctional Institute, Connecticut’s state prison for women.
Faculty and student researchers at Trinity College played a role in a groundbreaking discovery announced recently by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) worldwide scientific collaboration.
The debut novel by Trinity College Associate Professor of English Ethan Rutherford, North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther, has been named by the National Book Foundation as a contender for the 2025 National Book Award for Fiction.
At the start of his first year at Trinity, President Dan Lugo spoke with WTNH News 8 chief political anchor Dennis House on “This Week in Connecticut” about his plans for the College and the future of its relationship with Hartford.
Trinfo—formerly known as Trinfo.Café—is a gathering space at Trinity College that has welcomed Hartford residents for 25 years. After being closed for a year, the building has reopened with a renewed focus on serving the community.
Highlights from August included pre-orientation programs, new student move-in day, Convocation, Matriculation, New Student Orientation, and much more. Explore the gallery below.
Trinity College welcomed 506 new students last week at the President’s Convocation and Matriculation. The reach of the Class of 2029 is global, with 47 international students making up about 10 percent of the cohort.
A grant awarded to Jonathan T. Ashby ’09, assistant professor of chemistry, helped to support an undergraduate research stipend this summer for a Trinity student working on Ashby’s research project.
Trinity College has hired 11 new faculty members to tenure-line positions this year. “These scholar-teachers bring a range of talent and perspectives to Trinity in their new roles,” said Sonia Cardenas, dean of the faculty and vice president for academic affairs. Read more about them.
Trinity College officially began its 202nd academic year on August 28, when new students and their families gathered on the Main Quad with members of the Trinity community for the President’s Convocation and Matriculation.
