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.
Myri Ayala ’25 received a Professional Pipeline Student Scholarship from EDUCAUSE and has accepted a job that begins after graduation with the risk management company AON. Ayala has spent four years at Trinity working for Library and Information Technology Services.
Blase Provitola, assistant professor of language and culture studies and women, gender, and sexuality, is dedicating time this semester to writing their first monograph as a research associate at the Five College Women’s Studies Research Center.
An American Chemical Society (ACS) SEED grant awarded to Michelle Kovarik supported a summer research opportunity for high school students. “This program allows students to see early on if chemistry is a profession they’re interested in,” Kovarik said.
Trinity College students, staff, and faculty members heard internationally renowned artists Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad talk about the power and process of creativity at a recent Connecticut Forum event.
Trinity College Professor of Fine Arts Robert Kirschbaum received a fellowship grant from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture for his Ashlar Series, a work of art that will raise issues of identity, spirituality, and abstraction.
With the November 5 presidential election quickly approaching, voter engagement initiatives including IGNITE THE VOTE and TrinVotes! are helping Trinity students to register to vote and make their voices heard.
Amanda J. Guzmán, assistant professor of anthropology and co-director of Trinity’s Center for Caribbean Studies, has been named as a fellow for a new research project hosted by Hunter College’s Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO).
