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 ĢĒŠÄTV student athletes to the 2025 Fall All-Academic Team. The honorees include All-American Cross Country runner Grace McDonough ā26, NESCAC Menās Soccer Defensive Player of the Year Max Haberman ā27, and 22 membersā95% of the eligible rosterāof the 12-3-6 Menās Soccer team.
12/1/2025 - ĢĒŠÄTV opens International Student Lounge
With a snip of a ribbon, ĢĒŠÄTV 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 Womenās 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 Menās Soccer team is heading to the Sweet 16 for the third consecutive year. Meanwhile, the Womenās Cross Country team earned its third straight NCAA bid and will compete in the championships on Sunday.
11/13/2025 - ĢĒŠÄTV debate team places in top 25 at Yale IV 2025
The ĢĒŠÄTV Debate Union reached new heights at the Yale Inter-Varsity Debate Tournament (Yale IV 2025), earning the highest scores in the Collegeās history and placing among the top 25 of 124 teams.
11/11/2025 - ĢĒŠÄTV to host NCAA first And second round men’s soccer tournament matches
The ĢĒŠÄTV Menās Soccer team will host opening weekend NCAA Division III Tournament matches Nov. 15 and 16.
11/7/2025 - ĢĒŠÄTV’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 ācampus-wide celebration of curiosity and connection.ā
10/27/2025 - New exhibit features early ink paintings and recent abstract works by Chinese artist Wei Jia
The exhibit āWei Jia: This Momentā 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’: ĢĒŠÄTV celebrates renovated College Center at Crozier-Williams
The ĢĒŠÄTV 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 ā25 is returning to Africaās 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 - ĢĒŠÄTV to host AI and the Liberal Arts Symposium
Educators, scholars and technologists from across the country will gather at ĢĒŠÄTV Oct. 17ā19 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 ā26 and many of his Menās Lacrosse teammates took part in a Gift of Life Marrow Registry āSaxtonās Swab #2 Save Challengeā 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 ĢĒŠÄTV.
09/2/2025 - Florianny Norman Reyes ’26 selected for national human rights fellowship
Florianny Norman Reyes ā26 has been selected as a 2025-2026 Fellow for Robert F. Kennedy Human Rightsā 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 ā25, the winningest athlete in ĢĒŠÄTV history, has been named the Menās 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 ĢĒŠÄTV community
In her keynote address at ĢĒŠÄTVās 111th Convocation on Aug. 26, Hans and Ella McCollum ā21 Vahlteich Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemistry Department Chair Tanya L. Schneider declared the College's newest students āa reasonably lucky bunchā and encouraged them to embrace every opportunity ĢĒŠÄTV provides.
08/21/2025 - ĢĒŠÄTV welcomes Class of 2029
As they arrived on the refreshingly cool morning of Aug. 20, ĢĒŠÄTVās 483 new studentsāincluding 462 first-years and 21 transfersāwere greeted by cheering student leaders, colorful signs and a campus community eager to welcome the newest herd of Camels in ĢĒŠÄTVās 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 ĢĒŠÄTV. 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 ĢĒŠÄTV Menās Soccer team will open the year ranked No. 2 in NCAA Division III.
08/4/2025 - July in Pictures
Even in the summer heat, ĢĒŠÄTV is a cool place to be.
07/29/2025 - Five join ĢĒŠÄTV’s Board of Trustees
Five alumni recently joined ĢĒŠÄTVās 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 ā74 to be inducted into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame
06/27/2025 - ĢĒŠÄTV collects 15,005 lbs of donations during annual Give ’N Go event
ĢĒŠÄTVās Office of Sustainability set a new record with Give āN 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 ĢĒŠÄTVās Womenās Swimming and Diving team. He will begin his new role on July 1.
06/25/2025 - Catja Christensen ’23
Catja Christensen ā23 says itās 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 ā23 is an education law paralegal at Legal Aid Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.
06/24/2025 - Lauren Carey ’25
Lauren Carey ā25 is a recruitment consultant at Phaidon International in New York, New York.
06/24/2025 - Ryan Mach ’24
Ryan Mach ā24 is a business development analyst at Triumvirate Environmental in Boston, Massachusetts.
06/24/2025 - Jake Creus ’24
Jake Creus ā24 is a player operations coordinator at Westchester Soccer Club in Mount Vernon, New York.
06/24/2025 - Beth Marsh ’24
Beth Marsh ā24 is an architectural designer at Warrenstreet Architects in Concord, New Hampshire.
06/24/2025 - Duc Tran ’24
Duc Tran ā24 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 ā25 is a field technician for HKD Snowmakers based in Natick, Massachusetts.
06/20/2025 - Learfield Directors’ Cup: ĢĒŠÄTV finishes in top 20% of DIII athletics programs
ĢĒŠÄTV finished the 2024-2025 athletic campaign ranked 63rd out of 327 eligible institutions in the Learfield Directorsā 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 ĢĒŠÄTV studentsāGwyneth Adrian ā27, Mariam Anwar ā27, Maximo Gulla ā26, Matthew Hernandez ā27, Maya Kowalska ā27 and Kaley Mendoza-Pineda ā27āhave 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 ĢĒŠÄTV Camel with a place on their Voting Honor Roll. This yearās honoree is Eliza Macaluso ā27.
06/5/2025 - 21 ĢĒŠÄTV faculty members awarded promotions, tenure
At its most recent meeting, the ĢĒŠÄTV 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 ĢĒŠÄTV student athletes, two All-America track runners, a Watson Fellowship winner and 19 members of the Womenās 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 ā27 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 āNour Al Bayan Wal Hudaā (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 ā81 told the 433 members of ĢĒŠÄTVās Class of 2025 that in trying times, his grandmother, political activist and former ĢĒŠÄTV trustee and College Medal recipient Percy Maxim Lee, would ask him a simple question: āWhat are you going to do about it?ā
05/18/2025 - Owyn Ledina ’25 wins the 2025 Oakes and Louise Ames Prize
Owyn Ledina ā25, an English major and educational studies and sociology double minor from Newtown, ĢĒŠÄTVecticut, was awarded the 2025 Oakes and Louise Ames Prize for their honors thesis, āChildās Play: Revolution and Liberation in 21st Century American Childrenās Speculative Fictionā at ĢĒŠÄTVās 107th Commencement May 18.
05/18/2025 - Skyler Kardell ’25 wins the 2025 Claire Gaudiani ’66 Prize
Skyler Kardell ā25 was awarded the 2025 Claire Gaudiani ā66 Prize for his honors thesis and senior integrative project, āVagrancy 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,ā at ĢĒŠÄTVās 107th Commencement on May 18.
05/18/2025 - Ana Flood ’25 wins the 2025 Anna Lord Strauss medal
Ana Flood ā25, an English and government double major and scholar in the Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy from Sherman, ĢĒŠÄTVecticut, 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 ĢĒŠÄTV 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
Itās barely 9 a.m. in a third-floor Fanning Hall classroom overlooking a moody Tempel Green in January, and Matthew Sambor ā22 has just put eight first- and second-year ĢĒŠÄTV students in charge of the U.S. economy.
05/7/2025 - Professor Andrea Wollensak awarded ĢĒŠÄTVecticut Artistic Excellence Award
Professor of Art Andrea Wollensak has been named one of 13 recipients of the ĢĒŠÄTVecticut 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 ā25 and Andrew Solomon ā27 have been selected to represent New England at the American College Dance Associationās 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 agesāand quite a few of their canine companionsātook 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 ĢĒŠÄTVās 12th President
04/25/2025 - Koda inDOGurated as First Dog of ĢĒŠÄTV
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 Greenāincluding the canine of honor, bernedoodle Kodachrome āKodaā Chapdelaine Tetreaultābehaved admirably and adorably during ĢĒŠÄTVās first-ever inDOGuration ceremony, one day before the inauguration of Kodaās 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 ĢĒŠÄTV in the otherās shoes.
04/23/2025 - Lead Producer Sarah Schoellkopf ’97 brings ‘Norita’ to ĢĒŠÄTV
Sarah Schoellkopf ā97, a film producer and founder of the production company DoctoraStories, returned to ĢĒŠÄTV 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 ā25 has been selected as the student speaker for ĢĒŠÄTVās 107th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 18.
04/11/2025 - Grit and magic: Suzan-Lori Parks gets candid at 2025 Klagsbrun Symposium
ĢĒŠÄTVās 21st Daniel Klagsbrun Symposium welcomes Playwright and Screenwriter Suzan-Lori Parks
04/5/2025 - ĢĒŠÄTV honors 18 seniors as Langer Scholars
Alongside friends, family and members of ĢĒŠÄTVās academic community, 18 seniors gathered in Blaustein Humanities Center on April 3 to join an esteemed group of Camelsāthe Langer Scholarsāin a tradition that dates back nearly a century to 1928.
04/3/2025 - Don't Cry for Me
ĢĒŠÄTV hosts author Daniel Black for One Book One Region finale event.
04/2/2025 - ĢĒŠÄTV opens Disability Cultural Center
At the grand opening of ĢĒŠÄTVās Disability Cultural Center on April 1, advocate and educator John Sharon ā86 recalled organizing ĢĒŠÄTVās first Disability Awareness Week more than 40 years ago.
04/2/2025 - March in Pictures
Forget lions and lambsāMarch 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 ā25 a fellow.
03/27/2025 - Three students awarded prestigious Watson Fellowships
Maged Hassan ā25, Aiza Malinias ā25 and Kinley Yangden ā25 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 ĢĒŠÄTV student athletes, including a three-time national champion swimmer, two NESCAC champion track runners and the NESCAC Womenās 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 ā25 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 Parkerās 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 - ĢĒŠÄTV’s orchestra goes international
The ĢĒŠÄTV 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
Womenās Ice Hockeyās Claire Sammons ā25 named NESCAC Player of the Year; Caitlin Pierce ā28 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 protistsāmicroscopic 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 ā25 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 ā26 and McKenna Sweet ā26 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 ā26 is determined to bring urban forestry justice to ĢĒŠÄTVās 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 - ĢĒŠÄTV awarded $500K Mellon Foundation grant to explore housing issues in ĢĒŠÄTVecticut
ĢĒŠÄTV 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@ĢĒŠÄTV, a three-year initiative to integrate AI into academic programs
To prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of an increasingly AI-driven world, ĢĒŠÄTV has launched a three-year initiative, āAI@ĢĒŠÄTV: Empowering Liberal Arts Education with AI,ā 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
ĢĒŠÄTV 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 ĢĒŠÄTV.