Jacqueline Rabe Thomas M’17, who earned her master of arts in public policy at Trinity College and is now an investigative reporter with Connecticut Public’s Accountability Project, returned to campus in the spring 2022 semester to report on the work that students were doing in an Educational Studies class.
Following up on the January settlement agreement of the 26-year-old Sheff vs. O’Neill Hartford schools desegregation case, students in Professor of Educational Studies Jack A. Dougherty’s “Cities, Suburbs & Schools” course created data visualization graphics to illustrate the current state of Hartford school integration.
The Connecticut Public story published by Rabe Thomas on May 11, “Trinity College Students’ Analysis Finds State Far from Promises Made to Desegregate Hartford Schools,” says, “Students spent a semester taking the 87-page Sheff v. O’Neill agreement filled with hard-to-digest numbers and legal jargon and translating it into a few graphics to help the public understand how far the state is from the agreement’s goal.” Quoted in the story along with Dougherty are students Maria Vicuna ’24 and Victoria Asfalg ’23.
Click here to read (or listen to) the full story, and to see some of the charts created by the students.
Is college “worth it”? Trinity College President Daniel G. Lugo recently joined other presidents to discuss the value of a college education in a candid conversation hosted by the College Guidance Network.
Hartford Public High School student Jada Wilson will attend Trinity College this fall with a scholarship from Hartford Promise. She plans to become a doctor. “I have a clear goal set that I want to accomplish. I’m hungry for success,” Wilson said.
The Museum of the Old Colony, an art installation by Pablo Delano, Charles A. Dana Professor of Fine Arts, has been named one of the 100 best artworks about America by the editors of ARTnews and Art in America.
Inspired by an “Engineering Entrepreneurship” class taught by Richard S. Guha, visiting lecturer in engineering, and supported by Trinity classmates and alumni, Lane Critchell ’28 is running a growing startup.
