- ALL IN names Eliza Macaluso ’27 to 2025 Voting Honor RollFor the third year in a row, the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge as awarded a Connecticut College Camel with a place on their Voting Honor Roll. This year’s honoree is Eliza Macaluso ’27.
- 21 Conn faculty members awarded promotions, tenureAt its most recent meeting, the Connecticut College Board of Trustees approved 12 faculty promotions to full professor, seven promotions to associate professor with tenure, and two promotions to associate teaching professor.
- May in PicturesSunshine and celebrations abound.
- 154 named to NESCAC Spring All-Academic TeamThe New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) has named 154 Connecticut College student athletes, two All-America track runners, a Watson Fellowship winner and 19 members of the Women’s Rowing team, to the 2025 Spring All-Academic Team.
- Abdou-Latifou Dare ’27 wins $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grantAbdou-Latifou Dare ’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 “Nour Al Bayan Wal Huda” (Lighthouse of Eloquence and Guidance), in his hometown of Bassar in the West African coastal country of Togo.
- Class of 2025 graduates told to ‘make your voices heard’Grammy- and Emmy-nominated multimedia writer and producer Maxim Langstaff ’81 told the 433 members of Connecticut College’s Class of 2025 that in trying times, his grandmother, political activist and former Conn trustee and College Medal recipient Percy Maxim Lee, would ask him a simple question: “What are you going to do about it?”
- Owyn Ledina ’25 wins the 2025 Oakes and Louise Ames PrizeOwyn Ledina ’25, an English major and educational studies and sociology double minor from Newtown, Connecticut, was awarded the 2025 Oakes and Louise Ames Prize for their honors thesis, “Child’s Play: Revolution and Liberation in 21st Century American Children’s Speculative Fiction” at Connecticut College’s 107th Commencement May 18.
- Skyler Kardell ’25 wins the 2025 Claire Gaudiani ’66 PrizeSkyler Kardell ’25 was awarded the 2025 Claire Gaudiani ’66 Prize for his honors thesis and senior integrative project, “Vagrancy 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,” at Connecticut College’s 107th Commencement on May 18.
- Ana Flood ’25 wins the 2025 Anna Lord Strauss medalAna Flood ’25, an English and government double major and scholar in the Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy from Sherman, Connecticut, is awarded the 2025 Anna Lord Strauss Medal for her unwavering commitment to public service and social justice.
- Beat the Fed: Matt Sambor ’22 is making macroeconomics funIt’s barely 9 a.m. in a third-floor Fanning Hall classroom overlooking a moody Tempel Green in January, and Matthew Sambor ’22 has just put eight first- and second-year Conn students in charge of the U.S. economy.
- Professor Andrea Wollensak awarded Connecticut Artistic Excellence AwardProfessor of Art Andrea Wollensak has been named one of 13 recipients of the Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) Artistic Excellence Award.
- April in PicturesCamel Country celebrates spring.
- Dance students represent New England at the ACDA National College Dance FestivalBella Donatelli ’25 and Andrew Solomon ’27 have been selected to represent New England at the American College Dance Association’s National College Dance Festival taking place May 2-4 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
- Walk to End Homelessness raises $60KHundreds of people of all ages—and quite a few of their canine companions—took 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.
- Forward TogetherAndrea E. Chapdelaine is inaugurated as Connecticut College’s 12th President
- Koda inDOGurated as First Dog of Connecticut CollegeThey 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—including the canine of honor, bernedoodle Kodachrome “Koda” Chapdelaine Tetreault—behaved admirably and adorably during Connecticut College’s first-ever inDOGuration ceremony, one day before the inauguration of Koda’s mom, President Andrea Chapdelaine.
- Chap Swapped: President Chapdelaine and Davi Schulman ’25 switch placesChapdelaine and Schulman had multiple opportunities to swap places and experience life at Conn in the other’s shoes.
- Lead Producer Sarah Schoellkopf ’97 brings ‘Norita’ to ConnSarah Schoellkopf ’97, a film producer and founder of the production company DoctoraStories, returned to Connecticut College earlier this month to introduce and screen the documentary Norita for students, faculty, staff and alumni at Silfen Auditorium in Bill Hall.
- Natalia Hall ’25 named 2025 student Commencement speakerNatalia Hall ’25 has been selected as the student speaker for Connecticut College’s 107th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 18.
- Grit and magic: Suzan-Lori Parks gets candid at 2025 Klagsbrun SymposiumConnecticut College’s 21st Daniel Klagsbrun Symposium welcomes Playwright and Screenwriter Suzan-Lori Parks
- Connecticut College honors 18 seniors as Langer ScholarsAlongside friends, family and members of Connecticut College’s academic community, 18 seniors gathered in Blaustein Humanities Center on April 3 to join an esteemed group of Camels—the Langer Scholars—in a tradition that dates back nearly a century to 1928.
- Don't Cry for MeConnecticut College hosts author Daniel Black for One Book One Region finale event.
