Hartford, Connecticut, July 16, 2018—The teaching interns in the Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy (HMTCA) Summer Science Academy are all undergraduate students who are majoring in science and interested in careers in teaching. Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation – Teaching Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF-TEU) program, these teaching interns come from colleges and universities across the country. One of the 12 NSF-TEU interns this summer is current Trinity College student Jessica Duong ’19.
Because starting a teaching career is such a difficult task, the teaching interns have had mentors to observe and comment on their teaching and student learning. On July 2, mentor teachers from HMTCA met with the NSF-TEU interns to talk about highlights and challenges in teaching high school science. Trinity College alumna Zuleyka Shaw ’06 also joined the conversation as a former mentor and current HMTCA science teacher.
The HMTCA Summer Science Academy and NSF-TEU programs are led by Trinity College Science Center Director Alison J. Draper and Dr. Kurt Love. Learn more about the program in a story from The Trinity Reporter (Winter 2017), “Teaching to Teach.”
Trinity’s Summer Research Program supports intensive student involvement in ongoing faculty research. More than 100 Trinity students spent part of summer 2026 engaged in research projects with faculty mentors.
Anthony M. Messina, John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, has received a 2026 Career Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association’s Section on Migration and Citizenship.
For one Trinity College alumnus, the work of conducting research with faculty-scholars didn’t stop at graduation. Jacob Loor ’25—now a second-year law student at Yale Law School—recently had an article that he co-wrote with two Trinity faculty members published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Hundreds of Trinity College students spent the summer exploring potential careers as they gained practical skills through wide-ranging internships. Read about the highlights and lessons that six Trinity students took from their experiences.
