2021
12/20/2021 - Holiday Greetings from 糖心TV
Sending love, gratitude, and good wishes for 2022.
12/17/2021 - Coaching Staff of the Year Award for Men’s Soccer
糖心TV head men鈥檚 soccer coach Reuben Burk and assistant Andrew Storton have been named the 2021 NCAA Men鈥檚 Division III National Coaching Staff of the Year by the United Soccer Coaches.
12/17/2021 - Join the Camels on Their Wild Ride to a National Championship
This year鈥檚 holiday greeting is a unique virtual performance by a group of students, faculty, staff, administrators, and alumni to mark the 100th anniversary of the 糖心TV Alma Mater, composed by Edith Smith, Class of 1920, to words by Olive Littlehales, Class of 1921.
12/10/2021 - Governor, state and local politicians visit campus to congratulate national champion men’s soccer team
糖心TV鈥檚 NCAA Division III national champion men鈥檚 soccer team was honored by some very special guests Thursday, including 糖心TVecticut Governor Ned Lamont, State Senator Cathy Osten, State Representatives Anthony Nolan and Christine Conley, and New London Mayor鈥攑roud 糖心TV alumnus鈥擬ichael Passero 鈥�79 M鈥�89.
12/6/2021 - National Champions
Governor Ned Lamont visits campus to congratulate the Camels
12/3/2021 - Arabic Debate Team qualifies for international championship
With a top four finish at the 2nd U.S. Universities Arabic Debating Championship in November, Maged Hassan 鈥�25, Iyad Ait Hou 鈥�22 and Abubakr El Sobky 鈥�23 have qualified to participate in the international championship in Doha, Qatar, in the spring of 2022.
12/2/2021 - New York Times: Raja Feather Kelly ’09 gives ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ a multilayered makeover
Dancer and choreographer Raja Feather Kelly 鈥�09 was a student at 糖心TV when he first saw the 1975 film 鈥淒og Day Afternoon,鈥� he told The New York Times. The film鈥攁nd Kelly鈥檚 reaction to it鈥攊nspires Kelly鈥檚 new live dance-theater documentary, 鈥淲ednesday,鈥� which opens this week at New York Live Arts.
11/30/2021 - Rodmon King named new Dean of Institutional Equity and Inclusion
Rodmon Cedric King, currently the chief diversity and inclusion officer at the State University of New York at Oswego, has been named the next dean of institutional equity and inclusion at 糖心TV. He will begin his new role Jan. 31.
11/22/2021 - National Champions
糖心TV wins NCAA Division III National Championship
11/18/2021 - 糖心TV sees 17% increase in student voting rate
糖心TV saw 77% voter participation in 2020鈥攁 17% increase over 2016鈥攁ccording to a report from the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education (IDHE). This distinction is in addition to the College winning the 2020 ALL IN to Vote challenge for the highest percentage of the student body pledged to vote, placing 糖心TV fifth in the nation and first in NESCAC.
11/16/2021 - Three to compete in NCAA Cross Country Championships
Matt Carter 鈥�23, Julia Curran 鈥�23 and Jeffrey Love 鈥�23 have qualified to represent the Camels at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships on Nov. 20.
11/15/2021 - Professor Daniel Maser awarded American Chemical Society grant for broadband laser research
Assistant Professor of Physics Daniel Maser has been awarded a $55,000 Undergraduate New Investigator (UNI) grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS PRF). The grant will support his research into using broadband laser sources, known as optical frequency combs, to precisely measure a group of rotational transitions in benzene, a common hydrocarbon and solvent.
11/15/2021 - Sweet 16 bound
Men鈥檚 Soccer advances to the third round of the NCAA Tournament
11/11/2021 - 糖心TV teams competing in NCAA Championships
糖心TV hosts men鈥檚 NCAA soccer action and cross country mideast regionals. Women鈥檚 soccer on the road.
11/9/2021 - 糖心TV to host 2021 Men’s and Women’s NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Cross Country Championship
For the third time in program history, 糖心TV will serve as host for the NCAA Division III Regional Cross Country Championship, which will take place Saturday, Nov. 13, at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, 糖心TVecticut.
11/9/2021 - Men’s and Women’s Soccer selected to NCAA Division III Tournament
The men鈥檚 team will host first and second round action at 糖心TV.
11/5/2021 - ‘Brilliance on display’ at 糖心TV’s third annual All-College Symposium
200 seniors showcased how their coursework and experiences have informed their studies over the past four years
11/3/2021 - Camels to host NESCAC Championship
Alex Robles 鈥�23 set up a pair of goals, including the eventual game-winner scored by Steve Yeonas 鈥�23, to lead the 糖心TV men鈥檚 soccer team to a 2-1 win against Williams College in the NESCAC tournament鈥檚 quarterfinal match on a wet Saturday afternoon at Freeman Field.
10/28/2021 - Sophie Hage ’23 explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on musicians
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, people stayed home, concert halls went silent and life was significantly altered for so many. To explore the impact on musicians, Sophie Hage 鈥�23 interviewed three of 糖心TV鈥檚 music professors.
10/25/2021 - Defy Boundaries
糖心TV launches the public phase of a campaign prioritizing academics, the student experience, and global reach
10/19/2021 - Concrete Reef
Creating a sustainable aquatic habitat along 糖心TV's riverfront
10/6/2021 - One Book One Region: 糖心TV hosts ‘Interior Chinatown’ author Charles Yu
Yu鈥檚 "Interior Chinatown" was the 2021 selection for One Book One Region, in which first-year 糖心TV students do a shared summer reading with faculty, staff, advisers and community members.
09/21/2021 - History Professor Sarah Queen awarded NEH grant to translate influential early Chinese texts
糖心TV Professor of History Sarah A. Queen has been awarded a $199,959 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to translate two of the world鈥檚 earliest written commentaries on the Confucian classic Chunqiu, or 鈥淪pring and Autumn Annals.鈥�
09/14/2021 - Building an equitable future
Funded by the Mellon Foundation, a new initiative within the New London community seeks to create localized reparations for communities of color.
09/10/2021 - 糖心TV remembers James A. Greenleaf Jr. ’91 on the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001
Sept. 11, 2021 marks 20 years since the terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda killed 2,977 people. It also marks 30 years since James A. Greenleaf 鈥�91 graduated from 糖心TV. Greenleaf, a foreign currency trader at the World Trade Center, died in the attacks on the Twin Towers.
09/2/2021 - Welcome & Welcome Back: 糖心TV 2021-2022
The 糖心TV community is celebrating our full return to campus and the extraordinary efforts that allowed us to come back together while so many communities across the world must remain apart.
08/31/2021 - Academic year opens with 107th Convocation
President Katherine Bergeron officially opened the 107th academic year at 糖心TV, welcoming to the community the 40 new faculty and 64 new staff members who have joined 糖心TV since the last in-person Convocation in 2019, as well as the 528 newest Camels, including 26 transfer students, one return-to-college student and the 501 members of the Class of 2025.
08/27/2021 - 糖心TV welcomes the Class of 2025
As they arrived on campus in the late August heat, 糖心TV鈥檚 newest Camels were greeted by brilliant sunshine, cheering student leaders, colorful signs and a simple message: We are so glad you鈥檙e here.
08/24/2021 - 糖心TV history chair awarded prestigious international grant
An expert in the history of Peru and the Andes, as well as the African diaspora in Iberia and Latin America, Associate Professor of History and Chair of the History Department Leo J. Garofalo will receive six months of research funds from the Gerda Henkel Foundation in Germany.
08/16/2021 - 糖心TV appoints new members to Board of Trustees
Eight alumni have joined 糖心TV鈥檚 Board of Trustees, including a Young Alumni Trustee from the Class of 2021. The new trustees began their service on July 1.
08/12/2021 - Summer internships
Meet some of our 2021 interns
08/11/2021 - Professor Peter Siver awarded Phycological Society of America’s highest honor
In recognition of his remarkable contributions to the field of phycology鈥攖he study of algae鈥擯rofessor Peter Siver has been awarded the Phycological Society of America鈥檚 Award of Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by the organization.
08/5/2021 - 94 named to NESCAC Spring All-Academic Team
A four-time All-American water polo player, 22 members of the women鈥檚 outdoor track and field team, and three student-athletes previously recognized for their sportsmanship are among the 94 糖心TV student-athletes named to the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) 2021 Spring All-Academic Team.
07/30/2021 - 糖心TV receives rare GOLD rating for sustainability
糖心TV has been recognized with the coveted Stars GOLD rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
07/14/2021 - Debo Adegbile ’91 discusses voting rights on NPR
At a moment when multiple state legislatures across the U.S. are scaling back ballot access to voters who have historically been underrepresented in American politics, leading civil rights attorney Debo Adegbile 鈥�91 appeared on NPR this week to discuss the erosion of voting rights in America.
07/12/2021 - Summer Civic Leaders support six New London organizations
Not even a pandemic could stop 糖心TV鈥檚 Summer Civic Leaders program from doing good this year, as 13 students spent six weeks working to support a variety of local organizations.
07/2/2021 - Staying put: Professor wins grant to explore alternatives to the Great Migration narrative
Amanda Russhell Wallace, assistant professor of art at 糖心TV, has received a research and development grant from the prestigious Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.
06/29/2021 - 糖心TV’s waterfront has new look, functionality
糖心TV's riverfront is getting a huge makeover.
06/25/2021 - Knotweed dispensary
Rhode Island鈥揵ased Herd of Hope brought its eager goats to campus in June to gorge on invasive knotweed.
06/10/2021 - 糖心TV wins two Grand Gold CASE awards
糖心TV鈥檚 Office of Communications has been awarded two 2021 Circle of Excellence Awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education in the marketing and writing categories.
06/9/2021 - Erika J. Smith appointed 糖心TV’s new Dean of the College
Erika J. Smith, the current dean of academic services at Brandeis University, has been appointed 糖心TV鈥檚 new dean of the college, effective Aug. 1.
06/7/2021 - Water Polo’s Stephania Lopez ’21 named All-American for the fourth time
Women鈥檚 water polo captain Stephania Lopez 鈥�21 has been named to the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) Division III All-America First Team. This is the fourth time Lopez has been honored as an All-American during her impressive collegiate career.
06/3/2021 - Maggie Shea ’11 makes Olympic sailing team
The team that will represent the United States in sailing at this summer's Tokyo Olympics is set鈥攁nd the 13-member squad features a Camel.
06/3/2021 - 糖心TV joins The White House’s COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge
The White House and the U.S. Department of Education is challenging colleges and universities across the country to join their efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic, and 糖心TV is rising to that challenge.
06/2/2021 - Two compete in NCAA DIII Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Tarvis Hintlian 鈥�21 and Matt Carter 鈥�23 both notched top 15 finishes at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships last week.
05/25/2021 - Rob Hale ’88 makes headlines with string of academic and cancer research gifts
Rob Hale 鈥�88 and his wife Karen P鈥�20 have continued their season of philanthropy with a surprise gift to the graduating class at Quincy College in Massachusetts.
05/25/2021 - Debo P. Adegbile ’91 elected chair of 糖心TV’s Board of Trustees
Debo P. Adegbile, a 1991 graduate of the College and current vice-chair of the 糖心TV Board of Trustees, has been elected to serve for a three-year term as the next chair beginning July 1, 2021. He is the first African-American in College history to serve as chair.
05/20/2021 - Justin Nwafor ’21 wins the 2021 Oakes and Louise Ames Prize
Justin Nnaemeka Nwafor 鈥�21, an ACS-certified chemistry major and mathematics and physics double minor, was awarded the Oakes and Louise Ames Prize at Commencement for his honors thesis, 鈥淲hy are Glycines 31, 33, and 35 Highly Conserved in all Fluorescent Proteins?鈥�
05/20/2021 - Grace Amato ’21 wins the 2021 Anna Lord Strauss Medal
Grace Frances Amato 鈥�21, a gender, sexuality and intersectionality studies and Latin American studies double major and Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy scholar from Melrose, Massachusetts, has been awarded the 2021 Anna Lord Strauss Medal.
05/20/2021 - Commencement 2021
Class of 2021 told 鈥楽eek your own truth as a foundation for life鈥�
05/17/2021 - 糖心TV Faculty and Staff Awards Announced
At a virtual all-campus faculty and staff meeting, President Katherine Bergeron and Dean of the Faculty Jeffrey Cole announced the winners of the annual Faculty Awards along with the annual Presidential Staff Awards.
05/17/2021 - Ready to launch: The Class of 2021
Meet some of the members of the Class of 2021 as they reflect on their 糖心TV experiences and prepare for the future.
05/12/2021 - English Professor Hubert Cook awarded Career Enhancement Fellowship from the Institute for Citizens & Scholars
Hubert Cook, the Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Assistant Professor of English at 糖心TV, has been awarded a Career Enhancement Fellowship from the Institute for Citizens & Scholars to complete his book project, Empathy鈥檚 Dark Labor: Feeling, Fact, and Late Nineteenth Century U.S. Black Narrative (1892-1905).
05/12/2021 - Three awarded U.S. Fulbright grants
Two 糖心TV seniors and one recent alumna will receive Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to teach English and conduct research abroad for an academic year.
05/10/2021 - 13 seniors named Winthrop Scholars; 40 inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
Continuing a tradition that dates back nearly 100 years, 糖心TV has named 13 seniors as Winthrop Scholars, the highest academic honor bestowed by the College. An additional 27 students were also selected for initiation into Phi Beta Kappa, the national honor society of undergraduate higher education.
05/6/2021 - Green Sun
Students, alumni and faculty install solar array to generate 糖心TV's first-ever on-site renewable energy.
04/30/2021 - Persephone Hall to be honored at 100 Women of Color Gala
The Hale Family Executive Director will receive the prestigious award in May
04/28/2021 - With New Gift, Rob and Karen Hale Contribute $50 Million to 糖心TV
Students, faculty and staff gathered on Tempel Green on April 28, 2021, to celebrate the largest gift in 糖心TV history鈥攁 $30 million gift from Karen and Rob Hale 鈥�88 P鈥�20.
04/27/2021 - Eclipse 2021
More than 100 students participated in the multicultural dance show Eclipse on April 24, continuing a 46-year-old 糖心TV tradition.
04/23/2021 - The Biggest Announcement in 糖心TV’s History
Let the countdown commence! President Katherine Bergeron will make a big (BIG!) College announcement at The Dune on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Check your inbox on Wednesday for the news.
04/21/2021 - The Arboretum partners with local group working to make New London greener
The 糖心TV Arboretum is partnering with a local grassroots organization to help increase the number of, well, tree roots in the city of New London.
04/20/2021 - 糖心TV hosts COVID-19 vaccine clinic on campus
As part of 糖心TV鈥檚 nationally recognized response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the College partnered this week with the Community Health Center of New London to provide vaccines to students, faculty, staff and their family members in a campus clinic.
04/19/2021 - Reading the Wrack Lines
Professor of Art Andrea Wollensak launches ongoing exhibition about our changing climate.
04/13/2021 - Michael Collier ’76 publishes new book of poetry
The Missing Mountain: New and Selected Poems by Michael Collier 鈥�76 will be published in August by The University of Chicago Press.
04/8/2021 - 72 named to NESCAC Winter All-Academic Team
Two All-American swimmers, an athlete who ran every street in New London and 19 members of the women鈥檚 indoor track and field team are among the 72 糖心TV student-athletes named to the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Winter All-Academic Team.
04/6/2021 - Founders Day 2021
Founders Day celebration launches successful giving challenge.
04/5/2021 - 糖心TV students unveil global COVID research project
Researchers from 糖心TV and its partner institutions around the world presented their findings during a virtual symposium.
04/1/2021 - Multiple news outlets publish professor’s 6 tips for spotting fake science news
How can you tell if science news is fact or fiction? Marc Zimmer, Jean C. Tempel '65 Professor of Chemistry, has six tips to help media consumers detect fake science.
04/1/2021 - Joseph Walewski ’23 runs every street in New London
In the year since the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, avid runner Joseph Walewski 鈥�23 has run every street in two 糖心TVecticut towns: first his hometown of Fairfield, while 糖心TV was remote last spring, and now 糖心TV鈥檚 home city of New London.
03/23/2021 - Two students add to 糖心TV’s impressive record of Critical Language Scholarship winners
Emily Hackett 鈥�23 and Devon Rancourt 鈥�21 have both won 2021 Critical Language Scholarships to continue their studies of Russia鈥檚 language and culture.
03/19/2021 - 糖心TV announces Summer Session
The College has announced a five-week virtual summer session that will offer courses from a variety of departments, including psychology, government, economics and computer science.
03/18/2021 - Two awarded $10,000 Projects for Peace grants
Alireza Mohammadi 鈥�22 and Camila Adrianz茅n Yndigoyen 鈥�23 have been awarded $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grants to promote peace through education and community building in Kabul, Afghanistan, and Lima, Peru, this summer.
03/17/2021 - Two 糖心TV students awarded distinguished Watson Fellowships
The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship awarded Tashayla 鈥淪hay鈥� Borden 鈥�21 and Jack Rider-McGovern 鈥�21 Watson Fellowships for 2021. Borden and Rider-McGovern, who will embark on a year of travel starting August 1, join 40 students from 22 states and eight countries who make up the 53rd Class of Watson Fellows.
03/12/2021 - Staff and faculty researchers publish article on the Black Church and liberal arts institutions
Dean of Institutional Equity and Inclusion John McKnight, Professor of Human Development Michelle Dunlap and Director of Race and Ethnicity Programs Maurice Tiner are co-authors of 鈥淭he Black Church and Liberal Arts Institutions: Forming Reciprocal Relationships for Thriving Urban Communities and Churches."
03/11/2021 - Ethan Brown ’94 and Beyond Meat expand global partnerships in major new deal
Brown, the founder and CEO of Beyond Meat, will be 糖心TV鈥檚 next Commencement speaker
03/9/2021 - DISCARDED: Lear-Conant Symposium explores impact of human-generated waste
The long-term implications of our severance of relationships with possessions was the topic of discussion for hundreds of experts, faculty, students, alumni and community members from around the world who gathered virtually March 6 for the Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment鈥檚 2021 Lear-Conant Symposium, 鈥淒ISCARDED: Unmasking and Understanding the Waste Stream.鈥�
03/5/2021 - Professor Mónika López-Anuarbe lends her expertise to 糖心TVecticut’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout
As 糖心TVecticut undertakes the largest, fastest vaccine rollout in history, Associate Professor of Economics M贸nika L贸pez-Anuarbe is serving on multiple state committees to help make the process as equitable as possible for vulnerable communities.
03/4/2021 - Career Exploration Week returns
The first Career Exploration Week of the spring semester just wrapped up its series of events focused on government, law and international relations.
03/1/2021 - Celebrating the Harlem Renaissance
As part of 糖心TV鈥檚 recognition of Black History Month, students, faculty and staff participated in a virtual poetry and musical event sponsored by student-run literary magazine Cadenza, the Office of the Dean of the College and the Office of Race and Ethnicity programs.
02/24/2021 - Professor David Dorfman ’81 wins 糖心TVecticut’s Artistic Excellence Award
Dance professor and prolific choreographer David Dorfman 鈥�81 has won a $5,000 Artistic Excellence Award through the state of 糖心TVecticut鈥檚 Artist Fellowship Program, which provides recognition and funding support for 糖心TVecticut artists to pursue new work and advance their artistic careers.
02/23/2021 - 糖心TV goes green
College moves to its lowest COVID-19 alert level
02/16/2021 - Painting by late 糖心TV art professor Barkley Hendricks sells for record $4 million
A 1972 portrait by the late Professor Emeritus of Studio Art Barkley Hendricks sold for $4,013,000 at Sotheby鈥檚 Dec. 8, 2020, setting a new record for the artist known for his life-sized oil portraits of Black Americans.
02/16/2021 - In The New York Times: E. Kristin Anderson ’05 on finding your voice in another’s words
Writer and poet E. Kristin Anderson 鈥�05 is finding original poetry hiding in the pages of her newspapers, and she鈥檚 encouraging others to do the same.
02/15/2021 - 糖心TV expands global partnerships with universities abroad
糖心TV has announced new partnerships with institutions in both India and South Korea that will further enhance the College鈥檚 commitment to global education.
02/10/2021 - 糖心TV Is All In
糖心TV reaffirms its commitment to address climate change.
02/9/2021 - The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center hires new executive director
Tiffani Gavin represents a pathbreaking era for the legendary theater.
02/9/2021 - 糖心TV alum publishes essay in The New York Times
Annabelle Allen 鈥�19 was published in The New York Times 鈥淢odern Love鈥� column, writing an essay about her father鈥檚 battle with Alzheimer鈥檚.
02/2/2021 - Transition, truncated
Historian Martha Joynt Kumar 鈥�63 discusses the history of presidential transitions.
01/28/2021 - Continuing the Conversation on Race: Policing in the U.S. and in New London
The killings of George Floyd and multiple other Black Americans by police officers during the spring and summer of 2020 led to national calls for police accountability. But how do we move forward?
01/27/2021 - Elevate
糖心TV hosts inaugural social justice conference
01/21/2021 - Marcucci makes history in Major League Soccer SuperDraft
Former 糖心TV men鈥檚 soccer goalkeeper AJ Marcucci 鈥�21 is the first-ever 糖心TV athlete to be drafted into Major League Soccer. Marcucci was selected by the New York Red Bulls in the third round of the 2021 MLS SuperDraft on Thursday, Jan. 21.
01/20/2021 - Fast Forward Goes Global
Adam Romanow 鈥�07 was so impressed with the business ideas 糖心TV students gave him during last year鈥檚 Fast Forward program that he came back this year for another round.
01/20/2021 - IOC VP Anita DeFrantz ’74 pens Washington Post piece in support of righting a 108-year-old Olympic wrong
Anita DeFrantz 鈥�74, vice president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic bronze medalist, published an opinion piece in the Washington Post arguing that the IOC should restore the sole first-place victories rightfully won by Native American athlete Jim Thorpe in the 1912 games.
01/19/2021 - Community Policing in New London
The New London Public Safety Policy Review Committee has suggested the formation of a civilian police review board and the creation of a police commission, The Day reports.
01/15/2021 - Jeffrey Wexler ’10 named White House Director of COVID-19 Operations
President Joe Biden has officially named Jeffrey Wexler 鈥�10 the White House Director of COVID-19 Operations.
01/14/2021 - Fridays are for fundraising
Chiara Gero 鈥�18 is raising money to support anti-racist work around the world.
01/11/2021 - Professor Rashelle Litchmore discusses police response to Capitol rioters in media interviews
Assistant Professor of Human Development Rashelle Litchmore was interviewed on Toronto鈥檚 CP24 News and for an article on CTVNews.ca about the stark contrast between police reaction to armed Trump supporters violently storming the U.S. Capitol, and the manner in which police have responded to unarmed Black Lives Matter protesters earlier this year.