Telling Trinity’s story each month through photography. This regular feature offers a glimpse into the many presentations, performances, competitions, and other events held during the academic year at this prestigious liberal arts institution. Photos by Nick Caito, staff photographer.
September 2024
September 2024
Guest artist Ian Trask hangs his installation at the Widener Gallery. The exhibition, titled "Detritus," features four New England artists—three from Connecticut and one, Maine—from September 16 through October 28.
Students celebrate Trinity's "Do It Day" by working with community groups on improvement and beautification projects around the city. Members of the softball team worked with the Hartford Business Improvement District performing maintenance downtown.
In partnership with Hartford Healthcare, Trinity's health and wellness team brought to campus one of the medical helicopters for the state. On September 12, students, faculty, and staff explore the helicopter and talk with the pilots and medical team.
Trinity’s chapter of IGNITE—a national organization of young women who are ready to become the next generation of political leaders—hosts a series of informational tables around campus September 13.
Family and friends of late Trinity College Trustee Eric Estes '91 gather on September 14 to dedicate a memorial bench in honor of Estes and other classmates who have died.
Members of the Davis United World College Scholars Program come together September 15 for a reception and cookout at the home of Trinity College President Joanne Berger-Sweeney.
Biology Professor Kent Dunlap points out the neck vertebrate on a skeleton while talking about his forthcoming book on the topic, titled “The Neck.”
Michael Puljung, assistant professor of neuroscience and chemistry, examines an illuminated petri dish under a microscope. Puljung recently received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to further his work examining electrical currents in cell structures.
Students gather materials to create art with guidance from artificial intelligence in the first-year seminar “Didn’t Humans Used to do That? Collaborating and Co-Creating with Generative AI.”
Students learn about and register for clubs and student groups on campus during the Student Engagement Fair, a fall tradition at Trinity.
Deputy Secretary of the State Jacqueline Kozin joins a group of Trinity Students promoting voter registration on September 17.
Students register to vote, request an absentee ballot, or simply take some free candy on September 17.
Members of Trinity College’s Center for Urban and Global Studies program pose with Captain Florent Groberg during a pre-event reception for the World Affairs Council’s Global Security Forum, held September 20.
Dancers prepare for the first theater production of the semester on September 26. Titled “Bodies Becoming,” performers explore the movement and interactions of their bodies in physical space.
Trinity students and faculty attend the first Connecticut Forum of the season at The Bushnell on September 28. The event featured a conversation with New York Times bestselling author Suleika Jaouad and multiple Grammy Award-winning musician Jon Batiste.
