This year’s cohort of President’s Fellows includes some of Trinity’s most accomplished seniors. These 33 student scholars from the Class of 2026 have compiled exemplary academic records in their years at the College.
Highlights from October included lectures, workshops, performances, awards ceremonies, and the inauguration of President Daniel G. Lugo. Inauguration Weekend coincided with Fall Weekend, which brought alumni and families to campus for a celebration of the Trinity community.
Jessica Cruz ’26 was announced recently as a recipient of the 2025–26 Newman Civic Fellowship from Campus Compact. The fellowship is a yearlong program that recognizes students for their leadership potential and commitment to creating positive change in communities.
Trinity College’s Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life recently presented the 2025 Moses Berkman 1920 Memorial Journalism Award to Chana Joffe-Walt, a radio journalist and producer for This American Life.
Trinity College President Emerita Joanne Berger-Sweeney and her family funded the design and creation of a new stained-glass window in the Trinity College Chapel. It is a gift to the College that Berger-Sweeney hopes will be appreciated by generations to come.
Members of the Trinity College faculty were recognized for their outstanding achievements in scholarship, teaching, service, and leadership at the 2025 Faculty Excellence Awards.
Trinity College’s Fall Weekend 2025 welcomed alumni and families to campus on October 17 and 18. The celebration of Bantam spirit served as a combined Homecoming Weekend and Family Weekend.
Last summer, Trinity College Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Sally Bernardina Seraphin received a Fred Karush Endowed Library Readership from the Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library to support her research project on E.E. Just.
Trinity College students recently attended a discussion hosted by The Connecticut Forum called “On Pop Culture, Comedy, and Change,” featuring author Roxane Gay and comedian-writer Amber Ruffin.
The team that created “Voices of Keney Park”—an initiative that began as a Public Humanities Collaborative (PHC) project at Trinity College—has received the 2025 President’s Award from the Olmsted Network, in recognition of its community leadership.
