Trinity students ‘immersed in science’ at the Trinity College Field Station in Ashford, Connecticut. As environmental science majors, the students come to the 60-acre field station to gain a deeper understanding of nature that can’t be replicated in the classroom or in a laboratory. Trinity students, faculty, and staff use the field station for research, teaching, and recreation through fieldwork, class outings, and club activities.
Avery Sands ’26, a Trinity College environmental science major with a minor in legal studies, has been awarded a National Environmental Leadership Fellowship by the Rachel Carson Council (RCC), one of the nation’s oldest environmental advocacy organizations. This national recognition supports her research and community outreach efforts focused on environmental health and justice in urban communities. Sands is one of 35 students selected for this fellowship nationally.
In his junior year at Trinity College, Weyessa “Ace” McAlister ’20 founded H2OPE, a student organization dedicated to providing clean water to rural villages in Ethiopia, where he grew up. “My idea for this project began back in high school, with me asking myself, what can I do for my community?”
We all seek different ways to leave our footprint or legacy around Trin’s flock, but Bant Trinna Larsen ’20 hopes to do the same by reducing hers—her carbon footprint that is.
By combining engineering, urban studies, and a vision for helping the public good, Joseph Orosco, Jr. ’19 is working to uncover new ways to make life in cities affordable and sustainable.
