Trinity College has begun the process of building a new strategic plan, Trinity 2040, and is seeking input from members of the Trinity community. The plan’s workstreams are focused on the Arts and STEM, the Learner Lifecycle, and the Neighborhood.
October is always a busy time of year, marked annually by Fall Weekend—which this year included the first Bantam Fall Fest. Academics and athletics intertwined with special events to welcome alumni speakers and the Hartford community to campus this month.
“Through my time in club meetings and traveling with the team, I was able to form a real sense of community and long-lasting friendships,” says Cate Griffin ’27, who encourages all students to discover their place at Trinity.
Paintings by Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts Jenny Wu are part of a two-person exhibition at the Windsor Art Center in Windsor, Connecticut, from November 14, 2026, through January 2, 2027.
Several members of the Trinity College faculty received grant awards in the summer and fall of 2026 to support their academic pursuits.
Trinity College’s endowment has grown to more than $1 billion for the first time in the history of the institution. Trinity joins an elite group of fewer than 200 colleges and universities in the country with endowments exceeding $1 billion.
Trinity College faculty members were recognized for their outstanding achievements in scholarship, teaching, service, and leadership at the 2026 Faculty Excellence Awards ceremony, held October 29 in Mather Hall’s Washington Room.
A senior thesis project by political science and human rights double-major Chloe Libby ’27 aims to increase voter turnout in Hartford during this election season. “Civic engagement is so important,” Libby said of the motivation behind her work.
Trinity College’s Fall Weekend 2026 welcomed alumni and families to campus for a combined Homecoming Weekend and Family Weekend. This year marked the first Bantam Fall Fest, which featured food and entertainment.
Trinity’s tennis teams hosted a clinic for children from local Boys & Girls Clubs on the new courts at the Paul Assaiante Tennis Center. The workshop helped develop basic tennis skills, foster interest in the sport, and build community connections.
Film studies major Emma Baskin ’27 recently organized a program that welcomed Trinity alumna, casting director, and producer Joanna Colbert ’87 back to campus to talk about her career in the entertainment industry. Read more from Baskin in her own words.
Pablo Delano’s installation, The Museum of the Old Colony, opens this fall at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP). It brings together around 300 photographs and objects that invite reflection on the history of Puerto Rico.
