A member of the Trinity College faculty has been selected by the Talcott Mountain Research Institute (TMRI) as an inaugural Faculty Research Mentor for its 2026 Summer Program.
Per Sebastian Skardal, Marjorie V. and Robert W. Butcher Distinguished Professor of Applied Mathematics, will join five other scholars and educators to form the intellectual heart of the first cohort of TMRI Scholars. Each is an active researcher and a deeply committed teacher. As Faculty Research Mentors, they will be inviting a select group of students into a close STEM community on TMRI’s mountain-top campus in Avon, Connecticut—showing them the real habits, creativity, uncertainty, and excitement of serious research.
The TMRI Summer Program is a four-week, immersive research experience for advanced high school students who are eager to engage deeply with STEM disciplines through mentored research. Through February 18, TMRI will be accepting applications for its Summer Program, the first major programmatic step for this new research institute.
In an announcement from TMRI, Skardal said, “Getting the chance to work with students and research at the same time is just super fun!”
The Trinity College Writing Center recently received the 2025 Martinson Innovation Award from the Small Liberal Arts Colleges-Writing Program Administrators in recognition of the Center’s efforts to tutor incarcerated individuals.
Gabriel Salgado, assistant professor of political science, has been awarded a four-month fellowship to pursue research examining the role of race in shaping the modern world, with a focus on early modern Latin America.
A recent article by Channon S. Miller '11, assistant professor of American Studies and history, was awarded the 2025 Letitia Woods Brown Article Prize for the Best Article in Black Women's History.
Megan Crutcher, Ann Plato Postdoctoral Fellow in History, has received a grant from the Institute of Nautical Archaeology for the project, "Where Trees Meet the Tide: Documenting Traditional Watercraft Construction in Liberia, West Africa.”
