TrinTalk

Someone on the ACB posted a link to a very nice article that appeared in Friday’s New York Times. The article outlines the renovations done by the school and quotes Katie Marinello ‘11 and Sophie Starchman ‘11 about their experiences so far living in the newly renovated Jarvis. It’s a great piece and a short read.

Like many colleges on the East Coast, with long histories and traditional buildings that no longer suit the needs of 21st-century students, Trinity College knew it had to modernize some of its student housing and classroom buildings to stay current. So it spent $33 million to renovate three connected brownstone buildings from the early 1870s that make up what is known as “the Long Walk.” The project was funded through long-term debt that will be offset by fund-raising, officials said.

See the whole article here.

I wish I had known about this earlier, considering there is only one day left in this year’s Henley Royal Regatta. It appears as though some of the men from the Trinity Crew Team have started their own blog, capturing the events of their summer training as well as their races and other various updates about competition at the regatta.

Check the blog out here.

Trinity’s crew teams are currently in England for the Henley Royal Regatta and this morning advanced to the semi-finals after a win against Grand Valley State University in Michigan. 

From articles:

Grand Valley State, from Allendale, Mich., then easily beat England’s University of Warwick by 3 3/4 lengths before Trinity College bested Southampton University, also of England, by 1 lengths. - USA Today

In the first race, Trinity College of Connecticut took an early lead over Grand Valley State University of Michigan and held on to win by two-thirds of a length.

Trinity advanced to a semifinal Saturday against Stanford University, which defeated Cornell University of New York by one length. - International Herald Tribune

There was a bit of rocky water (no pun intended), however, as The Times (London) reports: 

Take Kieran West, a gold medal-winner for Britain in the eight at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, whose brother, Josh, is at present training in the Alps in the hope of emulating him. West, 30, was rowing at No3 and steering a composite crew from Imperial College and Kingston against Trinity College, Hartford, in the Visitors’ Challenge Cup and his power showed as the American crew fell well behind early on and lost by 3 lengths.

Articles also mentioned fellow NESCAC Williams College, who in their quarter-final race kept pace with Harvard until the half mile marker, where Harvard took and maintained a 3/4 lead for the win. Aww, at least the Ephmen gave it their all…

Hopefully Trin will be able to advance further in the coming days of the regatta, we’ll keep our eye out for any updates.

 

The Hartford Courant reports that Trinity’s very own President Jones will join 10 other college presidents on a trip to Israel from June 29th until July 7th. The trip, sponsored by Project Interchange in Washington, D.C., will put the heads of Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and other schools in meetings with the 10 visitors from the United States. 

The nine-day trip will focus on educational and research collaboration efforts.

In Israel, the delegation will meet with representatives or presidents of Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Ben Gurion University of the Negev. The participants will also visit Al-Quds University to discuss issues of Palestinian education and governance.