The HEED Award recognizes U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to academic excellence, belonging, and community-building across all levels of campus life.
Trinity’s Summer Research Program supports intensive student involvement in ongoing faculty research. More than 100 Trinity students spent part of summer 2026 engaged in research projects with faculty mentors.
New access and affordability initiatives aim to lower barriers for local applicants and amplify opportunities for Connecticut’s brightest scholars.
Anthony M. Messina, John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, has received a 2026 Career Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association’s Section on Migration and Citizenship.
August was a time of renovation and restoration at Trinity, as residence halls, classrooms, and athletic fields were improved in anticipation of students returning. As August came to an end, new students began to arrive for Pre-Orientation Programs that took them all across campus and the city of Hartford.
Summer 2026 was filled with campus improvement projects, including progress on infrastructure updates, upgrades to classrooms and first-year residence halls, athletics facilities renovations, dining enhancements, beautification projects, and more.
Trinity College opened its 203rd academic year on September 3, 2026, when new students, their families, and members of the Trinity community gathered in the Ferris Athletic Center’s Ray Oosting Gymnasium for Convocation and Matriculation.
Through collaborative partnerships across campus, in Hartford, and beyond, Trinity’s Pre-Orientation Programs foster awareness, care, connection, conversations, and experiences as a community.
For one Trinity College alumnus, the work of conducting research with faculty-scholars didn’t stop at graduation. Jacob Loor ’25—now a second-year law student at Yale Law School—recently had an article that he co-wrote with two Trinity faculty members published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Trinity College staff and faculty members recently heard from best-selling author and kindness expert Shola Richards. The community gathered before the start of the academic year to continue the work of building a culture of belonging and connection on campus.
Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of alumni, parents, families, and friends, the Trinity College Fund raised $10.5 million in fiscal year 2026, marking the most successful year for annual giving in the College’s history.
Trinity College’s Austin Arts Center and its resident theater company, HartBeat Ensemble, will present Athol Fugard’s South African drama “A Lesson from Aloes” from October 8 through October 17, 2026.
