Since 1895, La Biennale di Venezia—the Venice Biennale—has been the most prestigious and influential showcase of contemporary art in the world, with millions of attendees. This year, Pablo Delano, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Fine Arts at Trinity College, was among the international artists invited by curator Adriano Pedrosa to present their work in the Central Pavilion.
Amanda J. Guzmán, assistant professor of anthropology and co-director of Trinity’s Center for Caribbean Studies, is one of 13 research associates for the inaugural year of CENTRO’s five-year Rooted + Relational initiative. The project seeks to foster a dynamic intersection between academia, arts, culture, and community-driven research.
In recognition of today’s higher education landscape that includes government intervention, celebrity extremists, personal attacks on social media, and foreign interference, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) recently launched a new center and appointed as its director Isaac Kamola, associate professor of political science at Trinity College.
Through a wide variety of experiences both inside and outside of the classroom, this year’s graduates all followed their own interests as they forged unique paths. Several senior Bantams reflect on their most memorable academic and extracurricular opportunities, how their time at the College helped prepare them for what comes next, and their advice for current and future Trinity students.
Model UN teaches students how to understand current political and human rights issues, debate and represent different positions, and articulate complex arguments, all of which are skills applicable to various fields. The club’s recent success at conferences can be attributed to the hard work of a determined group of student leaders.
A half a world away from the urban landscape of Hartford, Trinity College student Joshua Jacoves ’23 spent the fall 2022 semester in the mountains, jungles, and farms of Nepal, learning the Tibetan language and studying elephant tourism.
The National Park Service designated an 11.4-acre rectangular area anchored by the Long Walk and Chapel as the Trinity College Long Walk Historic District with national importance.
“The main goal of this event is to celebrate and promote sustainability, specifically at Trinity College,” said Aurora Trani ’24, co-president of Green Campus. “We want to encourage people to take actions to be more sustainable in their daily life.”
For more than 50 years, the opportunity to study at the Trinity College Rome Campus on Aventine Hill has led students to immerse themselves in the culture and language of Italy and to do so from the comfort of a ‘home away from home.’ Trinity’s oldest global study program marked its anniversary with a celebration in Rome.
Trinity College’s Queer Resource Center (QRC) serves as the campus hub for LGBTQ+ life, providing community-building opportunities, campus education, support services, and advocacy.
Coming to Trinity as a first-year student from Afghanistan, Hanifa Darwish ’22 found support at the college’s International House, which promotes the appreciation of diversity on campus. “The iHouse helps international students adapt to life at Trinity and introduces all students to international cultures through events, discussions, and trips,” she says.
Trinity’s tree-lined campus invites people to interact with the natural environment, an activity that was formally acknowledged with the new designation of the College as an arboretum.
The Class of 2024 inductees are Hannah Brickley ’14, Lanier Drew ’80, Bea Gratry ’05, Ryan Martin ’92, Pat McNamara ’78, and storied coaches Daniel E. Jessee and Ray Oosting.
For the second year in a row, Trinity College earned a five-star rating in an independent national assessment of LBGTQ-friendly colleges and universities.
The prestigious liberal arts institution earned a bronze award from the nonprofit ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge for achieving a student participation rate between 20 and 29 percent in the 2022 midterms.
“For some, Trinity might not seem financially possible,” Board of Trsutees Chair Lisa Bisaccia ’78 said in her remarks. “But with the gift of financial aid, it becomes possible for more students from Hartford to create better lives through education.”
The team is building a scalable triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) wave energy converter, which harnesses power from waves in bodies of water. This semester, the team is creating prototypes of its TENG device using Trinity’s 3D printers, building circuitry components, determining how best to harvest and store the energy, and running computer simulations of how it all would work, before physical testing begins.
In collaboration with researchers at Poland’s National Research Institute (NASK) under the supervision of the Ministry of Digital Affairs, Associate Professor of Computer Science Ewa Syta plans to develop a long-term strategy for the implementation of a digital identity wallet for Poland. “This is a critical component of the EU’s initiative to create a universal digital identity ecosystem, where electronic transactions can have the same legal validity as traditional paper-based transactions,” Syta said.
“I am truly honored and humbled to be recognized alongside so many extraordinary colleagues for this award,” said Galbraith. “This is a testament to the culture we’ve built at Trinity and the tremendous dedication of our coaches and staff. I am inspired each day by our student athletes’ pursuit of excellence in scholarship, sport, and service to our Hartford community It is a privilege for me to work with a group of committed professionals and amazing students who work tirelessly to make Trinity Athletics special.”
Madalene Spezialetti of computer science is asking her students to partner with AI this semester to create junk journals, poetry, and comic strips, to mount an art exhibition, and stage a musical performance.
