The facade of Northam Hall has become an iconic symbol of Trinity College, and when surrounded by summer foliage and nearly silhouetted by the summer sun, I can understand why.
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Reunion Sky 2024
Another June brings another set of reunions to Trinity’s campus, but the experience is notably different now that I’m a faculty member who walks across this quad every weekday on my way to the office.
NIRC Oars
The arrayed oars of college crew teams at Quinsigamond State Park make for a rhythmic demonstration of the number of competitors present. I’m told (though I’m no expert) that the two kilometer course is considered a particularly excellent one.
NIRC 2024 III
Trinity College’s Women’s Rowing Team, in the foreground here with the pink hats, just placed third in the nation! Way to go!
Warm Light Chapel
Golden summer light lands perfectly on Trinity’s chapel with the Hartford skyline in the distance.
2024 National Invitational Rowing Championship
As the semester finished, I traveled to support Trinity Rowing at the National Invitational Rowing Championship in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Unlike most other spectators, stationed down at the finish line, some coincidence and some bushwhacking led me to a position near the starting line. The benefit to this view was capturing the boats while they were still closely spaced, making for some really dramatic competitive compositions.
Looong Walk
Trinity College’s Long Walk lives up to its name.
Sun Behind the Chapel
Sunset light shining through the bells of Trinity College’s chapel is an entirely new sight for me.
Towers in the Arboretum Campus
This central section of Trinity College’s campus was announced as a new addition to the National Register of Historic Places on the anniversary of the College’s founding 201 years ago.
Spring Light Lasts Longest (on the Field)
Delicate, not-fully-chlorophyll’ed spring foliage may be bright on its own, but being the only objects still tall enough to catch the sunlight once Trinity’s Long Walk gets in the way really makes the campus’s trees stand out all the more.
Arboretum Campus
An aerial view makes it even less surprising that Trinity College was recently classified as an arboretum. The warm spring evening air between their branches makes for perfect sensory inputs.
Spring Light Highlights the Long Walk
Though a city might not seem like the most obvious place to celebrate Earth Day, I’ve honestly been astonished since my move to Hartford just how many big old trees shelter the city. Between the greenery and the public transportation, this place gives me some optimism.
Spring Elm on the Quad
With the right perspective, this old elm can tower over even the top of the chapel on a just-post-storming spring evening.
Northam Sun
Bright spring light graces the rooftops and treetops of Trinity College, even at the end of the day.
A Spring Morning at Trinity College
Perfect, breezy, warm, and effulgent spring days have sprawled across Trinity’s campus, rather like students on the quad. Grading papers in my office can at least be softened by an open window and the resulting smell of flowers.
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