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The Hartford Medical Society’s historical collection of books, journals, and artifacts dating back to the 1500s has returned to the Watkinson Library at Trinity College, having previously been housed there from 1893 to 1898. The collection includes more than 30,000 volumes, 100 archival collections, and 550 medical instruments.

Trinity’s Center for Caribbean Studies helped to organize the raising of the flags of Central American countries at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford. This was part of the college’s larger efforts to raise awareness of Central American culture, history, and immigrant experiences.

“Welcome to the new academic year and, for many of you, to the formal beginning to your life as a member of the Trinity College family,” Trinity President Joanne Berger-Sweeney said to the crowd gathered on the Main Quad on September 1. “Students, parents, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends, we are all part of the Bantam family.”

“Success belongs to us because when it mattered most, we did it as a community,” class speaker Matthew Rivera ’20 said to fellow members of the Trinity College Class of 2020 during their long-awaited Commencement, held two years after the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted their senior year.

More than 520 members of the Trinity College Class of 2022 received their degrees on May 22. “May your journey be long and purposeful, and may each of you leave an indelible mark on the sands of time,” Raja Changez Sultan ’72 said in his Commencement address.

Trinity’s Legislative Internship Program has proven to be a transformative experience for Jason Farrell Jr. ’23, who spent the spring 2022 semester working as an intern for Rep. Jason Rojas M’12 in the Connecticut General Assembly.

This year’s “Take Back the Night” program at Trinity College featured special guest Maggie Nichols, an elite gymnast who was the first to report sexual abuse by former USA Gymnastics team doctor Lawrence (Larry) G. Nassar.

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.

Members of the Trinity College community recently attended The Connecticut Forum’s “Creative Minds” program, featuring a panel discussion with actor Nick Offerman, musician Jeff Tweedy, and poet Tracy K. Smith. Trinity is an education partner of The Connecticut Forum, which is presented on stage at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Hartford.

John Quiñones, host of What Would You Do?, spoke to the Trinity community on Friday, September 17, to kick off the college’s celebration of Latine Heritage Month.