Members of the Trinity College community recently attended the Connecticut Forum’s latest program, “The Fight for Racial Justice: Understanding and Dismantling Systematic Racism,” and reflected on the experiences shared by the panelists.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Law Matthew A. Weiner has been nominated by Governor Ned Lamont to become a judge on the Connecticut Superior Court. Weiner currently serves as a prosecutor in the Chief State’s Attorney’s Office and has taught “Fundamentals of American Law” at Trinity since 2016.
More than 1,300 alumni, families, students, and friends made a gift during the fourth annual Trinity Athletic Giving (TAG) Week, a competitive fundraising challenge. Supporters of Trinity’s 30 varsity athletics teams mobilized and bolstered their squads, as the week-long push broke records with more than $1.2 million in gifts.
Trinity College President Joanne Berger-Sweeney is included on the Hartford Business Journal’s annual list of Greater Hartford’s most influential leaders, along with several other people who have connections to Trinity.
The spring 2022 semester brings some big changes to Trinity’s Career and Life Design Center, which is now open in the Cornelia Center (formerly known as Vernon Social). As it continues its mission to empower students and graduates to be active agents in designing their careers, the center is a new hub for student-centered activity on campus.
Research about women of color in politics by Annika Davies ’21, M’22, Blythe Young Hastings ’23, and Professor of Political Science Stefanie Chambers has been published in 1619: Journal of African American Studies. The students and faculty member worked together to research, write, edit, and submit their paper.
Trinity College's head men's and women's cross country coach and men's and women's track and field coach for the last 30 years, has announced his retirement following the spring 2022 outdoor track and field season.
Jasmin Agosto ’10, an event organizer and producer in Hartford who continues to maintain strong ties to the Trinity community, is included on Connecticut Magazine’s “40 Under 40” list for 2022. Agosto has been involved for many years with Community Learning and the Trinity International Hip Hop Festival.
Trinity College has named the students who have earned Faculty Honors for the fall 2021 semester.
Ndlovu comes to Trinity owning a wealth of impressive coaching and playing experience at many levels.
The new Academic Innovation for the Public Good online book talk series will foster discussion about how to make higher education’s future more equitable and accessible. The monthly programs begin January 26 with Trinity’s Davarian Baldwin, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies.
‘Missing in Brooks County,’ a documentary co-directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Film Studies Jeff Bemiss, premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on January 31. As part of Trinity’s Film Studies Program since 2013, Bemiss teaches film production, screenwriting, and editing. In this Q&A, Bemiss discusses his filmmaking experiences and how he uses them to teach Trinity students.
