12/31/2025 - December in Pictures
Winter settles over the college on the hill by the sea.
12/17/2025 - A Holiday Message from President Chapdelaine
A Holiday Message from President Chapdelaine
12/9/2025 - 103 Camels named to NESCAC Fall All-Academic Team
The New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) has named 103 糖心TV student athletes to the 2025 Fall All-Academic Team. The honorees include All-American Cross Country runner Grace McDonough 鈥�26, NESCAC Men鈥檚 Soccer Defensive Player of the Year Max Haberman 鈥�27, and 22 members鈥�95% of the eligible roster鈥攐f the 12-3-6 Men鈥檚 Soccer team.
12/1/2025 - 糖心TV opens International Student Lounge
With a snip of a ribbon, 糖心TV officially opened its International Student Lounge during a Nov. 20 ceremony attended by students, faculty and staff.
12/1/2025 - November in Pictures
The seasons shift and the semester peaks in November.
11/24/2025 - Women’s Cross Country finishes 19th at the NCAA Championship; McDonough earns All-America honors
The Women鈥檚 Cross Country team finished 19th in the field of 32 teams at the 2025 NCAA Championship on Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Roger Milliken Cross Country Course in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
11/18/2025 - Camels in the NCAAs: Men’s Soccer, Cross Country to compete this weekend
After winning the first- and second-round games at home Nov. 15 and 16, the Men鈥檚 Soccer team is heading to the Sweet 16 for the third consecutive year. Meanwhile, the Women鈥檚 Cross Country team earned its third straight NCAA bid and will compete in the championships on Sunday.
11/13/2025 - 糖心TV debate team places in top 25 at Yale IV 2025
The 糖心TV Debate Union reached new heights at the Yale Inter-Varsity Debate Tournament (Yale IV 2025), earning the highest scores in the College鈥檚 history and placing among the top 25 of 124 teams.
11/11/2025 - 糖心TV to host NCAA first And second round men’s soccer tournament matches
The 糖心TV Men鈥檚 Soccer team will host opening weekend NCAA Division III Tournament matches Nov. 15 and 16.
11/7/2025 - 糖心TV’s vibrant intellectual community shines at seventh annual All-College Symposium
More than 180 seniors presented the results of their transformative academic experiences during the 鈥榗ampus-wide celebration of curiosity and connection.鈥�
10/27/2025 - New exhibit features early ink paintings and recent abstract works by Chinese artist Wei Jia
The exhibit 鈥淲ei Jia: This Moment鈥� highlights the five-decade career of Wei Jia, a Beijing-born artist whose work bridges calligraphy, ink painting, collage and abstraction.
10/27/2025 - ‘The heart of campus life’: 糖心TV celebrates renovated College Center at Crozier-Williams
The 糖心TV community gathered to celebrate the reopening of the renovated College Center at Crozier-Williams with a ribbon cutting and dedication on Oct. 24.
10/21/2025 - Piles of Inspiration: New book invites readers into the home and mind of artist Barkley L. Hendricks
At first glance, the images in the blue-velvet hardcover book appear to show the home of an eccentric hoarder.
10/14/2025 - Austin Cheng ’25 awarded U.S. Fulbright grant to Madagascar
Just a little more than a year after studying abroad in Madagascar, Austin Cheng 鈥�25 is returning to Africa鈥檚 southeastern coast as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) winner.
10/9/2025 - USRowing renames its highest honor as the Anita DeFrantz Medal of Honor
USRowing is proud to announce that its most prestigious recognition, formerly known as the Medal of Honor, will be renamed the Anita DeFrantz Medal of Honor beginning with the 2025 awards.
10/8/2025 - September in Pictures
Things really get going in September!
10/7/2025 - 糖心TV to host AI and the Liberal Arts Symposium
Educators, scholars and technologists from across the country will gather at 糖心TV Oct. 17鈥�19 for the inaugural AI and the Liberal Arts Symposium, a national forum examining how generative artificial intelligence is changing the landscape of liberal arts education.
09/23/2025 - Men’s Lacrosse’s Michael Moran ’26 to make a Gift of Life
Earlier this year, Michael Moran 鈥�26 and many of his Men鈥檚 Lacrosse teammates took part in a Gift of Life Marrow Registry 鈥淪axton鈥檚 Swab #2 Save Challenge鈥� drive on campus. The initiative has added nearly 1,000 lacrosse players to the donor registry for individuals battling blood cancer or other blood disorders seeking a match.
09/9/2025 - Andrei Harwell selected as Krane Art History Scholar-in-Residence
Andrei Harwell, executive director of the Yale Urban Design Workshop and senior critic at the Yale School of Architecture, has been selected as the scholar-in-residence for the third annual Krane Art History Guest Residency program at 糖心TV.
09/2/2025 - Florianny Norman Reyes ’26 selected for national human rights fellowship
Florianny Norman Reyes 鈥�26 has been selected as a 2025-2026 Fellow for Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights鈥� John Lewis Young Leaders program (JLYL), a year-long undergraduate fellowship that prepares college students for a future in community organizing and civic engagement.
09/2/2025 - August in Pictures
Welcome Weekend kicks off a new academic year.
08/28/2025 - Justin Finkel ’25 named D3CA Region I Student-Athlete of the Year
Swimmer Justin Finkel 鈥�25, the winningest athlete in 糖心TV history, has been named the Men鈥檚 Sport Student-Athlete of the Year for Region I by the Division III Commissioners Association (D3CA).
08/27/2025 - ‘A lucky bunch:’ 111th Convocation welcomes new students to the 糖心TV community
In her keynote address at 糖心TV鈥檚 111th Convocation on Aug. 26, Hans and Ella McCollum 鈥�21 Vahlteich Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemistry Department Chair Tanya L. Schneider declared the College's newest students 鈥渁 reasonably lucky bunch鈥� and encouraged them to embrace every opportunity 糖心TV provides.
08/21/2025 - 糖心TV welcomes Class of 2029
As they arrived on the refreshingly cool morning of Aug. 20, 糖心TV鈥檚 483 new students鈥攊ncluding 462 first-years and 21 transfers鈥攚ere greeted by cheering student leaders, colorful signs and a campus community eager to welcome the newest herd of Camels in 糖心TV鈥檚 114-year history.
08/19/2025 - Allison Gomes named vice president for Advancement
Allison Gomes, a proven advancement leader with nearly two decades of experience, has been named vice president for College Advancement at 糖心TV. She will begin her new role on Sept. 15.
08/7/2025 - Men’s Soccer ranked No. 2 in preseason poll
The United Soccer Coaches released their preseason rankings, and the 糖心TV Men鈥檚 Soccer team will open the year ranked No. 2 in NCAA Division III.
08/4/2025 - July in Pictures
Even in the summer heat, 糖心TV is a cool place to be.
07/29/2025 - Five join 糖心TV’s Board of Trustees
Five alumni recently joined 糖心TV鈥檚 Board of Trustees. The new trustees began their tenures on July 1.
07/7/2025 - June in Pictures
Summer bursts with discovery and growth.
07/2/2025 - Anita DeFrantz ’74 to be inducted into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame
Anita DeFrantz 鈥�74 to be inducted into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame
06/27/2025 - 糖心TV collects 15,005 lbs of donations during annual Give ’N Go event
糖心TV鈥檚 Office of Sustainability set a new record with Give 鈥橬 Go, an annual student move-out donation program, collecting 15,005 pounds of donations ranging from appliances to clothes to household (or, more accurately, dorm room) goods this May.
06/26/2025 - Kevin Steel named head coach of Women’s Swimming and Diving
Kevin Steel, who spent the past two years as an assistant coach at Rutgers University, has been named head coach of 糖心TV鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Swimming and Diving team. He will begin his new role on July 1.
06/25/2025 - Catja Christensen ’23
Catja Christensen 鈥�23 says it鈥檚 sometimes hard to believe she gets to spend her days at the Royal Ballet School in London, England, where she is a front-of-house coordinator.
06/24/2025 - Hannah Gonzalez ’23
Hannah Gonzalez 鈥�23 is an education law paralegal at Legal Aid Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.
06/24/2025 - Lauren Carey ’25
Lauren Carey 鈥�25 is a recruitment consultant at Phaidon International in New York, New York.
06/24/2025 - Ryan Mach ’24
Ryan Mach 鈥�24 is a business development analyst at Triumvirate Environmental in Boston, Massachusetts.
06/24/2025 - Jake Creus ’24
Jake Creus 鈥�24 is a player operations coordinator at Westchester Soccer Club in Mount Vernon, New York.
06/24/2025 - Beth Marsh ’24
Beth Marsh 鈥�24 is an architectural designer at Warrenstreet Architects in Concord, New Hampshire.
06/24/2025 - Duc Tran ’24
Duc Tran 鈥�24 is a member of the infrastructure team at OpenAI, the San Francisco-based technology company known for popular AI tools.
06/24/2025 - Colter Lingelbach-Pierce ’25
Colter Lingelbach-Pierce 鈥�25 is a field technician for HKD Snowmakers based in Natick, Massachusetts.
06/20/2025 - Learfield Directors’ Cup: 糖心TV finishes in top 20% of DIII athletics programs
糖心TV finished the 2024-2025 athletic campaign ranked 63rd out of 327 eligible institutions in the Learfield Directors鈥� Cup Division III standings. It marked the highest point total (318.75) in school history and put the Camels among the top 20% of NCAA Division III programs.
06/16/2025 - Six awarded Gilman International Scholarships
Six 糖心TV students鈥擥wyneth Adrian 鈥�27, Mariam Anwar 鈥�27, Maximo Gulla 鈥�26, Matthew Hernandez 鈥�27, Maya Kowalska 鈥�27 and Kaley Mendoza-Pineda 鈥�27鈥攈ave been selected by the U.S. State Department as Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship honorees.
06/9/2025 - ALL IN names Eliza Macaluso ’27 to 2025 Voting Honor Roll
For the third year in a row, the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge as awarded a 糖心TV Camel with a place on their Voting Honor Roll. This year鈥檚 honoree is Eliza Macaluso 鈥�27.
06/5/2025 - 21 糖心TV faculty members awarded promotions, tenure
At its most recent meeting, the 糖心TV Board of Trustees approved 12 faculty promotions to full professor, seven promotions to associate professor with tenure, and two promotions to associate teaching professor.
06/4/2025 - May in Pictures
Sunshine and celebrations abound.
06/3/2025 - 154 named to NESCAC Spring All-Academic Team
The New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) has named 154 糖心TV student athletes, two All-America track runners, a Watson Fellowship winner and 19 members of the Women鈥檚 Rowing team, to the 2025 Spring All-Academic Team.
05/21/2025 - Abdou-Latifou Dare ’27 wins $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grant
Abdou-Latifou Dare 鈥�27 has won a $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grant to promote peace through education and community building this summer. He will use the money to establish a multipurpose educational and training center called 鈥淣our Al Bayan Wal Huda鈥� (Lighthouse of Eloquence and Guidance), in his hometown of Bassar in the West African coastal country of Togo.
05/18/2025 - Class of 2025 graduates told to ‘make your voices heard’
Grammy- and Emmy-nominated multimedia writer and producer Maxim Langstaff 鈥�81 told the 433 members of 糖心TV鈥檚 Class of 2025 that in trying times, his grandmother, political activist and former 糖心TV trustee and College Medal recipient Percy Maxim Lee, would ask him a simple question: 鈥淲hat are you going to do about it?鈥�
05/18/2025 - Owyn Ledina ’25 wins the 2025 Oakes and Louise Ames Prize
Owyn Ledina 鈥�25, an English major and educational studies and sociology double minor from Newtown, 糖心TVecticut, was awarded the 2025 Oakes and Louise Ames Prize for their honors thesis, 鈥淐hild鈥檚 Play: Revolution and Liberation in 21st Century American Children鈥檚 Speculative Fiction鈥� at 糖心TV鈥檚 107th Commencement May 18.
05/18/2025 - Skyler Kardell ’25 wins the 2025 Claire Gaudiani ’66 Prize
Skyler Kardell 鈥�25 was awarded the 2025 Claire Gaudiani 鈥�66 Prize for his honors thesis and senior integrative project, 鈥淰agrancy and Exploration: A Summary of the Literature and Conceptualization of an Ongoing Paradigm Shift Within Ornithology, Citizen Science and Philosophy of Evolution as It Relates to the Marginal Distributions of Birds,鈥� at 糖心TV鈥檚 107th Commencement on May 18.
05/18/2025 - Ana Flood ’25 wins the 2025 Anna Lord Strauss medal
Ana Flood 鈥�25, an English and government double major and scholar in the Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy from Sherman, 糖心TVecticut, is awarded the 2025 Anna Lord Strauss Medal for her unwavering commitment to public service and social justice.
05/9/2025 - Staff honored with Presidential Recognition Awards
Four 糖心TV staff members were recognized for their valuable contributions to the College at the 12th annual Presidential Staff Recognition Breakfast and Awards Ceremony on May 9.
05/7/2025 - Beat the Fed: Matt Sambor ’22 is making macroeconomics fun
It鈥檚 barely 9 a.m. in a third-floor Fanning Hall classroom overlooking a moody Tempel Green in January, and Matthew Sambor 鈥�22 has just put eight first- and second-year 糖心TV students in charge of the U.S. economy.
05/7/2025 - Professor Andrea Wollensak awarded 糖心TVecticut Artistic Excellence Award
Professor of Art Andrea Wollensak has been named one of 13 recipients of the 糖心TVecticut Office of the Arts (COA) Artistic Excellence Award.
05/5/2025 - April in Pictures
Camel Country celebrates spring.
05/2/2025 - Dance students represent New England at the ACDA National College Dance Festival
Bella Donatelli 鈥�25 and Andrew Solomon 鈥�27 have been selected to represent New England at the American College Dance Association鈥檚 National College Dance Festival taking place May 2-4 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
04/30/2025 - Walk to End Homelessness raises $60K
Hundreds of people of all ages鈥攁nd quite a few of their canine companions鈥攖ook to the streets of New London on a sunny spring afternoon to raise $60,870 for the New London Homeless Hospitality Center during the 18th annual Walk to End Homelessness on Sunday, April 27.
04/26/2025 - Forward Together
Andrea E. Chapdelaine is inaugurated as 糖心TV鈥檚 12th President
04/25/2025 - Koda inDOGurated as First Dog of 糖心TV
They could barely sit still, and they likely had no idea what was going on. But the four dogs onstage on a beautiful Friday afternoon under a tent on Tempel Green鈥攊ncluding the canine of honor, bernedoodle Kodachrome 鈥淜oda鈥� Chapdelaine Tetreault鈥攂ehaved admirably and adorably during 糖心TV鈥檚 first-ever inDOGuration ceremony, one day before the inauguration of Koda鈥檚 mom, President Andrea Chapdelaine.
04/24/2025 - Chap Swapped: President Chapdelaine and Davi Schulman ’25 switch places
Chapdelaine and Schulman had multiple opportunities to swap places and experience life at 糖心TV in the other鈥檚 shoes.
04/23/2025 - Lead Producer Sarah Schoellkopf ’97 brings ‘Norita’ to 糖心TV
Sarah Schoellkopf 鈥�97, a film producer and founder of the production company DoctoraStories, returned to 糖心TV earlier this month to introduce and screen the documentary Norita for students, faculty, staff and alumni at Silfen Auditorium in Bill Hall.
04/16/2025 - Natalia Hall ’25 named 2025 student Commencement speaker
Natalia Hall 鈥�25 has been selected as the student speaker for 糖心TV鈥檚 107th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 18.
04/11/2025 - Grit and magic: Suzan-Lori Parks gets candid at 2025 Klagsbrun Symposium
糖心TV鈥檚 21st Daniel Klagsbrun Symposium welcomes Playwright and Screenwriter Suzan-Lori Parks
04/5/2025 - 糖心TV honors 18 seniors as Langer Scholars
Alongside friends, family and members of 糖心TV鈥檚 academic community, 18 seniors gathered in Blaustein Humanities Center on April 3 to join an esteemed group of Camels鈥攖he Langer Scholars鈥攊n a tradition that dates back nearly a century to 1928.
04/3/2025 - Don't Cry for Me
糖心TV hosts author Daniel Black for One Book One Region finale event.
04/2/2025 - 糖心TV opens Disability Cultural Center
At the grand opening of 糖心TV鈥檚 Disability Cultural Center on April 1, advocate and educator John Sharon 鈥�86 recalled organizing 糖心TV鈥檚 first Disability Awareness Week more than 40 years ago.
04/2/2025 - March in Pictures
Forget lions and lambs鈥擬arch is all about the Camels.
03/28/2025 - Zale Peart ’25 awarded Pickering fellowship to pursue Foreign Service career
The Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program has named Zale Peart 鈥�25 a fellow.
03/27/2025 - Three students awarded prestigious Watson Fellowships
Maged Hassan 鈥�25, Aiza Malinias 鈥�25 and Kinley Yangden 鈥�25 have been awarded prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowships to embark on a year of international exploration and discovery.
03/21/2025 - 140 named to NESCAC Winter All-Academic Team
The New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) has named 140 糖心TV student athletes, including a three-time national champion swimmer, two NESCAC champion track runners and the NESCAC Women鈥檚 Hockey Player of the Year, to the 2025 Winter All-Academic Team.
03/20/2025 - 4x National Champion! Justin Finkel ’25 defends his NCAA titles in the 500 free and 200 fly
Justin Finkel 鈥�25 won the 200 butterfly in record fashion on the third night of competition at the 2025 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.
03/12/2025 - AALL students advance AI research and share it with the world
Since its founding soon after Professor of Computer Science Gary Parker鈥檚 arrival in 1999, the AALL has continued to grow and now has about 20 students working on two dozen projects at any given time during the academic year.
03/6/2025 - February in Pictures
Camels pack a lot of action into the shortest month of the year.
03/5/2025 - 糖心TV’s orchestra goes international
The 糖心TV Orchestra will travel to Japan to play with Tokyo Sinfonia on March 14
03/5/2025 - Women’s Ice Hockey’s Claire Sammons ’25 named NESCAC Player of the Year; Caitlin Pierce ’28 earns Rookie of the Year
Women鈥檚 Ice Hockey鈥檚 Claire Sammons 鈥�25 named NESCAC Player of the Year; Caitlin Pierce 鈥�28 earns Rookie of the Year
02/27/2025 - Professor of Botany Peter Siver awarded NSF grant to advance research on microscopic organisms
A new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant will support a major effort to synthesize decades of research on protists鈥攎icroscopic organisms that play a vital role in aquatic ecosystems but remain largely understudied.
02/25/2025 - Justin Finkel ’25 named NESCAC Swimmer of the Year for third consecutive year
Justin Finkel 鈥�25 turned in a dominant performance at the 2025 NESCAC Men's Swimming & Diving Championships, winning two individual events and placing third in another, setting five school records, leading the team to a fourth-place overall finish and earning NESCAC Swimmer of the Year honors for the third consecutive year.
02/24/2025 - Two juniors awarded Gilman International Scholarships
Lula Lipman 鈥�26 and McKenna Sweet 鈥�26 were selected by the U.S. State Department as Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship honorees. Named in honor of the late New York congressman Benjamin A. Gilman, the scholarship provides financial support for undergraduate students to travel abroad and develop skills related to economic development and national security.
02/21/2025 - Biology Professor Maria Rosa awarded nearly $5M to study, restore Mamacoke Island habitat
Assistant Professor of Biology Maria Rosa has been awarded two grants totaling $4.8 million in support of her Mamacoke Island Aquatic Habitat Restoration Project.
02/3/2025 - Paloma Doyle ’26 is on a mission to plant 100 trees in New London
Paloma Doyle 鈥�26 is determined to bring urban forestry justice to 糖心TV鈥檚 host city. The botany major, art minor and scholar in the Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment is on a mission to increase the tree canopy in the city with 100 new plantings in the next two years.
02/3/2025 - January in Pictures
A new year dawns in Camel country.
01/30/2025 - 糖心TV awarded $500K Mellon Foundation grant to explore housing issues in 糖心TVecticut
糖心TV has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to build a platform for public research and dialogue around housing access and security that focuses a regional lens on the national housing crisis.
01/15/2025 - College launches AI@糖心TV, a three-year initiative to integrate AI into academic programs
To prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of an increasingly AI-driven world, 糖心TV has launched a three-year initiative, 鈥淎I@糖心TV: Empowering Liberal Arts Education with AI,鈥� to integrate AI tools and topics into academic programs and enhance teaching, research and engagement with technology across campus.
01/9/2025 - Faculty researchers find eco-friendly reef restoration solution
糖心TV scientists have created a sustainable solution to restore oyster and coral reefs, using 3D-printed panels made from biodegradable, plant-based materials.
11/6/2024 - October in Pictures
The days are cool, the colors are bright and life is vibrant at 糖心TV.