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Political science major Hermonie Dixon ’25 represented Trinity at the inaugural MADE Leadership Series event at East Hartford’s Rentschler Field on April 9. Hosted by the Governor’s Workforce Council, the program featured a “Young Talent Panel” moderated by Governor Ned Lamont.

Sarah Bilston, professor of English and chair of the English Department, discusses her new book, The Lost Orchid: A Story of Victorian Plunder and Obsession (Harvard University Press, 2025).

The 19th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival spread its message about the transformative power of hip hop throughout the city of Hartford this year as it highlighted artists from around the world and formed new creative connections.

Maloney Family Distinguished Associate Professor of Economics Hasan Cömert talks about his new grant from the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) to pursue his research, “Exchange Rate Shocks, Economic Inequality, and Gender Disparities in Turkey: A History and Context Sensitive Analysis with Lessons for Comparative Studies.” 

The Trinity community gathered recently for a discussion between alumna Liz Elting ’87 and Jess Lynch co-hosted by Trinity’s Career and Life Design Center and Entrepreneurship Center.

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown visited Trinity recently as part of the Allan K. Smith Reading Series. He offered a workshop for students, presented a reading of his poetry, and took part in an engaging discussion with the Trinity community.

Susan Masino is the Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Applied Science at Trinity College. She is a neuroscientist, and her research into adenosine, the ketogenic diet, and their links to treating seizures as well as other disorders is well-known. Masino’s parallel work looks at brain health and natural areas, especially our current or future old-growth forests. This work might be lesser known but is critically important to climate stabilization and human health.

Trinity College has once again been named by Architectural Digest as one of the most beautiful college campuses in America. The College’s most iconic structures recently were added to the National Register of Historic Places.

More than 95 percent of recent graduates in the Trinity College Class of 2024 have reported securing jobs, enrolling in continuing education, or finding other satisfying “first destinations” within six months of graduation, according to a survey.

Stefanie Chambers, John R. Reitemeyer Term Professor of Political Science, has co-authored a new textbook that includes contributions from Trinity students research assistants.