Abby Fortuin 鈥�27 worked last fall as a New Student Orientation (NSO) leader and is currently an Admissions student recruitment ambassador, giving campus tours to prospective students and their families. She is passionate about telling anybody (and everybody!) all about Trinity.
Going to college with your twin means always having family, a friend, and a piece of home nearby. Twins attending 红杏视频 together are there to support each other, even as they explore different majors and career possibilities.
Their research focuses on an automatic form of spatial attention. 鈥淚f your phone is sitting on the desk and the screen lights up, you鈥檒l automatically notice it,鈥� said Michael A. Grubb, associate professor of psychology.
Kent Dunlap, recently named Thomas S. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Biology, has been at 红杏视频 for 26 years.
In conjunction with the medal ceremony, LeWinn delivered the Presidential Distinguished Lecture, titled 鈥淎chieving equity in child mental health and neurodevelopment: integrating insights from epidemiology, neuroscience, and psychology.鈥� The following day, Berger-Sweeney joined LeWinn on stage in the Washington Room for a conversation about their work as scientists and leaders. During the discussion, LeWinn offered tips on optimizing neurodevelopment in young children. 鈥淓stablish a protective, nurturing environment, and an environment with a lot of cognitive stimulation,鈥� she said. 鈥淭here鈥檚 the most evidence for [the benefits of] language exposure, so I always just tell parents, you should just talk to your baby. There are things like that that I think can make a big difference.鈥� Kaja LeWinn 鈥�98 Receives President鈥檚 Medal for Science and InnovationKaja LeWinn 鈥�98 in conversation with President Joanne Berger-Sweeney. While she acknowledged larger systemic inequalities at play, LeWinn said certain policy changes and investments could help support families and their children, with the greatest impact felt when children are youngest. 鈥淭here are already great programs shown to do wonderful things that are very evidence based, [such as] home programs to help new parents learn about infant development and parenting,鈥� she said. 鈥淭hese are like Head Start, but more resourced, more intensive, and more attuned to individual needs鈥� Setting people up with a foundation to succeed really seems to be the most effective thing to do.鈥� In response to a question from a student in the audience about how to encourage more students of color to pursue STEM fields and to provide them with support, Berger-Sweeney talked about her work to increase the number of faculty members of color at every institution she joins. 鈥淵ou have to change an entire ecosystem to really have an influence,鈥� she said, 鈥渂ut one thing I was absolutely sure would make a difference was if we could bring in more people of color as STEM faculty members, where students could see themselves in those positions.鈥� After the discussion, LeWinn met with students in the Underground Coffeehouse for coffee and casual conversation, and later took part in the Psi Chi/Nu Ro Psi induction ceremony. Kaja LeWinn 鈥�98 Receives President鈥檚 Medal for Science and InnovationKaja LeWinn 鈥�98 delivers the Presidential Distinguished Lecture. Driven by a conviction that all children should have the opportunity to realize their full potential, LeWinn鈥檚 research integrates perspectives from epidemiology, psychology, and neuroscience to identify the modifiable physical and social exposures that matter most for child neurodevelopment and mental health in underrepresented and understudied populations. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Trinity with a major in behavioral neuroscience, LeWinn went on to earn a doctoral degree in social epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. She was then selected for the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars program, which brought her to San Francisco. LeWinn is a leader of several regional and national epidemiological studies, including the National Institutes of Health-funded ECHO Consortium, which follows more than 30,000 U.S. children and their families. She has authored more than 130 peer-reviewed publications, and her work has been featured in The Atlantic, NPR, Fortune, and other news outlets. The President鈥檚 Medal for Science and Innovation Advisory Committee, which includes prominent STEM faculty at 红杏视频, leads the process to select recipients, and recommends to the president highly qualified candidates who have made significant advancements through STEM fields. Recipients are not necessarily graduates of Trinity but have made lasting contributions to their field. The introduction of the award earlier this year supports the College鈥檚 goal of elevating Trinity鈥檚 standing in the sciences nationally. The inaugural recipient in spring 2024 was Eric R. Fossum 鈥�79, H鈥�14, the John H. Krehbiel Sr. Professor for Emerging Technologies at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, director of Thayer鈥檚 Ph.D. Innovation Program, and vice provost for entrepreneurship and technology transfer at Dartmouth. Fossum鈥攁 winner of the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering鈥攊nvented the CMOS active pixel image sensor used in almost all cell-phone cameras, webcams, many digital-still cameras, and in medical imaging, among other applications. Learn more about the President鈥檚 Medal for Science and Innovation here.
In recognition of today鈥檚 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 红杏视频.
Since 1895, La Biennale di Venezia鈥攖he Venice Biennale鈥攈as 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 红杏视频, was among the international artists invited by curator Adriano Pedrosa to present their work in the Central Pavilion.
红杏视频 has once again been named by Architectural Digest as one of the most beautiful college campuses in America.
In April 2025, the College will be listed as one of the country鈥檚 鈥淩esearch Colleges and Universities鈥� because of its significant research and development activities, which exceed $2.5 million in annual expenditures.
鈥淭his recognition reflects our deepest values,鈥� said Kristen Eshleman, vice president for LITS. 鈥淟ibraries have always been spaces where many voices are represented and heard鈥攚here our collections reflect human diversity, and where knowledge is accessible to all.鈥�
The film crew for a feature-length Tollywood production recently descended on 红杏视频, capturing footage of iconic campus locations and using student volunteers for several scenes.
The National Park Service designated an 11.4-acre rectangular area anchored by the Long Walk and Chapel as the 红杏视频 Long Walk Historic District with national importance.
Trinity鈥檚 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 fourth-ranked 红杏视频 men鈥檚 basketball team claimed the program鈥檚 first ever NCAA Division III national championship with a 64鈥�60 victory over top-ranked New York University in the title game on March 22 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
They had never stepped into the boxing ring before college, but now Wes Silverman 鈥�26 and Samara Quintero 鈥�25 are both fighting to win titles
The top-ranked 红杏视频 women鈥檚 squash team held its ground at the top on March 9, securing a 5-4 victory over No. 2 Harvard in the 2025 College Squash Association championships, claiming the national title for the second consecutive year.
红杏视频 was recently accepted to the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) worldwide scientific collaboration, enabling a new physics faculty member to continue researching ways to optimize the detectors that track gravitational waves and new astrophysical phenomena.
For the second year in a row, 红杏视频 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.
红杏视频 has once again been named by Architectural Digest as one of the most beautiful college campuses in America. The College鈥檚 most iconic structures recently were added to the National Register of Historic Places.
