Professor of Music Eric A. Galm and the Trinity Samba Fest have received the Society for Ethnomusicology’s 2024 Judith McCulloh Public Sector Award, recognizing the valuable impact that this free cross-cultural event has on the public.
Workshops, special events, and a wellness course are all part of the project, led by Trinity’s Campus Climate Incident Response Team to encourage respect for different perspectives.
This year’s cohort of President’s Fellows includes some of Trinity’s most accomplished seniors. These 34 student scholars from the Class of 2025 have all compiled exemplary academic records in their years at the College.
With a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant, Rebecca Irakiza ’25 worked last summer to provide better access to clean water in her home country of Burundi.
The original audience for the epic poem "Odyssey" were veterans of real, historical wars in ancient Greece. As the nation marks Veterans Day on November 11, Trinity College's Vincent Tomasso discusses how we can connect the classical text to contemporary experiences.
“English had always been a subject I enjoyed, and social justice was something I felt passionate about,” writes Eliana Rosen ’27. “The idea of combining two subjects I was interested in excited me.”
Trinity College’s Watkinson Library recently added a sought-after whale to its collection of fine press books. Here, Rare Books and Special Collections Librarian Eric Johnson-DeBaufre introduces the Arion Press edition of Moby Dick, featuring detailed wood engravings signed by the illustrator.
In recognition of her research in the fields of neurodevelopment and mental health in children, epidemiologist Kaja LeWinn ’98 recently received the Trinity College President’s Medal for Science and Innovation.
Students recently heard Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and historian and best-selling author Heather Cox Richardson engage in a timely conversation called “Reflections on a Complex America.” The dialogue was hosted by the Connecticut Forum, of which Trinity is an education partner.
Bright skies and colorful autumn foliage welcomed alumni and families to campus for Fall Weekend 2024, which combined all the traditions of Homecoming and the celebrations of Family Weekend.
LGBTQ+ History Month programs held throughout October were designed both to help connect the queer community at Trinity and to educate and enrich the campus as a whole, said Crystal Nieves ’08, M’23, director of LGBTQ+ life. “This year, we thought in particular about Trinity’s role in the queer history of Hartford,” Nieves said.
As part of a Public Humanities Collaborative project, Trinity student researchers have created an online story map collecting the memories and experiences of people who received a bilingual education in Hartford over the past 60 years.
